---
title: "EAST SUSSEX PRESS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c81fa5f1-e25b-5287-8082-b64052fe5c5c
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/c81fa5f1-e25b-5287-8082-b64052fe5c5c
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02872719
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# EAST SUSSEX PRESS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02872719`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c81fa5f1-e25b-5287-8082-b64052fe5c5c  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/c81fa5f1-e25b-5287-8082-b64052fe5c5c  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Mark William Handford** (beneficial owner) — 75% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/da7b078c-0535-51fa-b522-6f6583b5f92d
- **BGF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e558be93-32df-4f51-9342-66fbb9204fbb
- **Mr Mark William Handford** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3e308183-0301-481f-8995-d96b9c65ea17
- **BGF GP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a2946c42-d160-4065-8502-5a9d5e9c749c

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **PUREPRINT GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c912c06c-d792-5545-8968-cb55b81429a1

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

A **60-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:** `02872719`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1993-11-17
- **Registered office:** Beacon House, Brambleside, Uckfield, East Sussex, TN22 1PL
- **SIC:** 18129, 58142

### Officers

- SMITH, Brian Derek — secretary · appointed 2021-09-10
- BULLIVANT, David John — director · British · appointed 2019-02-25
- HANDFORD, Mark William — director · British · appointed 1993-11-18
- KASMANI, Zahir — director · British · appointed 2021-07-09
- NASH, Andrew John — director · British · appointed 2014-12-19
- OSBORNE, Richard James — director · British · appointed 2014-12-19
- SMITH, Brian Derek — director · British · appointed 2021-09-10
- TUCKER, Bridget Mary — director · British · appointed 1993-11-18
- TUCKER, Bridget Mary — secretary · British · appointed 1993-11-18 · resigned 2021-09-10
- WATKINS, Margaret Mary — nominee secretary · British · appointed 1993-11-17 · resigned 1993-11-18
- BROWN, Ian — director · British · appointed 2014-12-19 · resigned 2020-08-31
- BRYANT, Mark Gunnar — director · British · appointed 2017-08-04 · resigned 2020-08-26
- COCKBURN, Laura Frances — director · British · appointed 2020-08-26 · resigned 2021-07-06
- ERICKSON, Alex Francis — director · British · appointed 2020-01-28 · resigned 2021-09-10
- FROGBROOK, Nicholas Edward — director · British · appointed 2019-03-27 · resigned 2020-01-28
- HANDFORD, Edward Frederick — director · British · appointed 1993-11-18 · resigned 2002-05-24
- HANDFORD, Georgina — director · British · appointed 1993-11-18 · resigned 1993-12-21
- MCCOLLUM, Angela Jean — nominee director · British · appointed 1993-11-17 · resigned 1993-11-18
- SIMON, Jonathan Marc — director · British · appointed 2014-12-19 · resigned 2016-06-02
- THIRLBY, Anthony Dennis — director · English · appointed 2015-08-06 · resigned 2016-03-22

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Bgf Investment Management Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e558be93-32df-4f51-9342-66fbb9204fbb) — 25–50% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2017-10-04
- Mr Mark William Handford — 50–75% shares · individual PSC — since 2016-04-06
- [Bgf Investment Management Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a2946c42-d160-4065-8502-5a9d5e9c749c) — 25–50% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2017-10-04

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02872719
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02872719

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **EAST SUSSEX PRESS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c81fa5f1-e25b-5287-8082-b64052fe5c5c · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/c81fa5f1-e25b-5287-8082-b64052fe5c5c._

_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"._