---
title: "DS SMITH LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c256af61-d2fd-5f47-9bb7-8b01088d11dc
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/c256af61-d2fd-5f47-9bb7-8b01088d11dc
identifier: oo:GB-COH-01377658
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# DS SMITH LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-01377658`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c256af61-d2fd-5f47-9bb7-8b01088d11dc  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/c256af61-d2fd-5f47-9bb7-8b01088d11dc  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **Ds Smith Limited** — source · `gb-coh:1377658` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5fe6817d-beeb-4879-9c88-a53ea64730ca
- **DS SMITH LIMITED** — GLEIF · `lei:39RSBE4RCI4M15BLWH36` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fa15bfd7-bdce-5f5f-b0af-ec1deab454f1

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **INTERNATIONAL PAPER UK HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/81b96343-7bdc-5220-ab65-566b6659b265

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **DS SMITH HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bb103d6f-bf88-5704-9fd1-f455a93fbd6a

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **2-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `01377658`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1978-07-07
- **Registered office:** Level 3 1 Paddington Square, London, W2 1DL, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 70100

### Officers

- HIEATT, Steven Wayne — secretary · appointed 2025-02-04
- BONNOT, Vincent Pierre Andre Marie Joseph — director · French · appointed 2025-01-31
- HIEATT, Steven Wayne — director · American · appointed 2025-01-31
- NICHOLLS, Timothy S. — director · American · appointed 2025-01-31
- CATTERMOLE, Carolyn Tracy — secretary · British · appointed 2000-11-20 · resigned 2011-06-30
- HAMPSON, Michael David — secretary · appointed 2016-01-22 · resigned 2016-06-05
- JOWETT, Matthew Paul — secretary · appointed 2011-07-01 · resigned 2016-01-22
- RUSSELL, John Stuart — secretary · British · resigned 2000-11-20
- SIMM, Iain David Cameron — secretary · appointed 2016-06-06 · resigned 2025-02-04
- ADAMS, George Mills Bramston — director · British · appointed 2008-01-29 · resigned 2009-05-26
- BAMFORD, Tessa Elizabeth — director · British · appointed 2024-01-01 · resigned 2025-01-31
- BAXTER, Celia Frances — director · British · appointed 2019-10-09 · resigned 2025-01-31
- BEESTON, Robert Geoffrey — director · British · appointed 2000-12-05 · resigned 2010-12-08
- BREWSTER, Richard David — director · British · resigned 1993-04-30
- BRITTON, Christopher Paul — director · British · appointed 2013-03-06 · resigned 2020-09-08
- BUNKER, Christopher Jonathan — director · British · appointed 2003-12-09 · resigned 2013-09-03
- BUTTFIELD, David Frank — director · British · appointed 1994-01-12 · resigned 2003-01-31
- CLEMENTS, Alan William — director · British · resigned 1999-09-08
- DAVIS, Gareth — director · British · appointed 2010-06-01 · resigned 2021-01-03
- DRABBLE, Geoffrey — director · British · appointed 2020-09-01 · resigned 2025-01-31

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [International Paper Uk Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/81b96343-7bdc-5220-ab65-566b6659b265) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2025-02-05

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01377658
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01377658

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **DS SMITH LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c256af61-d2fd-5f47-9bb7-8b01088d11dc · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/c256af61-d2fd-5f47-9bb7-8b01088d11dc._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._