---
title: "HANDSEL PRESS LIMITED (THE) — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d6a4dbdf-6439-59f8-9c2e-6d64a4da451d
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/d6a4dbdf-6439-59f8-9c2e-6d64a4da451d
identifier: oo:GB-COH-SC049435
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# HANDSEL PRESS LIMITED (THE)

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-SC049435`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d6a4dbdf-6439-59f8-9c2e-6d64a4da451d  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/d6a4dbdf-6439-59f8-9c2e-6d64a4da451d  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Dr Robert Torrance Walker** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ad97b4df-7d8b-5a5d-a940-3d2ebc2af54d
- **Dr Alexander Forsyth** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/77f86bce-a6ce-57f2-87ce-623fcc5ef492
- **The Handsel Trust** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/77328da7-a448-4b30-b50e-94931b3f24ec
- **Revd Dr John Stein** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d984e45d-2ba9-4d4c-bb3b-9a8414c3732f
- **Dr Robert Torrance Walker** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0116abb8-ec2f-47c8-b2c6-5e708882c9b1
- **Dr James Andrew Bewick** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/75f6afbd-5bdd-49e2-9fa9-334c432e2a45
- **Dr Alexander Forsyth** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/871a6e41-dcfd-43a4-975e-9f7aeb831cbb

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

A **7-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:** `SC049435`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1971-11-10
- **Registered office:** 35 Dunbar Road, Haddington, East Lothian, EH41 3PJ
- **SIC:** 58110

### Officers

- STEIN, John, Rev — secretary · appointed 2015-12-17
- CLARK, Graeme Mcminn, Rev — director · British · appointed 2002-01-23
- FRASER, Liam Jerrold, Dr — director · British · appointed 2019-06-01
- QUICK, Amanda, Revd — director · British · appointed 2020-12-10
- STEIN, John, Revd Dr — director · British
- STEVENSON, Geoffrey, Dr — director · American · appointed 2011-08-23
- HODGE, John Maxwell — secretary · British · resigned 2015-11-30
- ANDERSON, Andrew Fraser, Reverend — director · British · resigned 2001-10-25
- BAUCKHAM, Richard John, Prof — director · British · appointed 2002-01-23 · resigned 2005-05-12
- BUTLER, John Mercer — director · British · resigned 1991-12-31
- CAMPBELL, Matthew Douglas, Reverend — director · American · appointed 2003-06-09 · resigned 2006-07-14
- CLAGUE, Julie, Dr. — director · British · appointed 2002-01-23 · resigned 2004-03-12
- DOWSETT, Rosemary Margaret — director · British · appointed 1995-01-20 · resigned 1996-08-17
- FORKER, Wilbert — director · British · resigned 1993-07-13
- FORSYTH, Alexander, Dr — director · British · appointed 2019-06-01 · resigned 2023-01-01
- GRANT, Douglas — director · British · resigned 1993-04-29
- GREEN, Geoffrey Frederic — director · British · appointed 2001-10-25 · resigned 2003-09-30
- HERON, Alasdair Ian Campbell, Rev Prof — director · British · resigned 1991-08-31
- HOUSTON, Joseph — director · British · resigned 2019-06-01
- JACK, Alison Mary, Dr — director · British · appointed 2020-12-10 · resigned 2026-01-15

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Dr James Andrew Bewick — significant influence or control · individual PSC · Scotland — since 2025-05-16
- Revd Dr John Stein — significant influence or control as trust · individual PSC · Scotland — since 2022-01-26
- Dr Robert Torrance Walker — significant influence or control as trust · individual PSC · Scotland — since 2022-01-26
- Dr Alexander Forsyth — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · Scotland — ceased 2024-11-27
- The Handsel Trust — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · Scotland — ceased 2022-01-01

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC049435
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC049435

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **HANDSEL PRESS LIMITED (THE)**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d6a4dbdf-6439-59f8-9c2e-6d64a4da451d · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/d6a4dbdf-6439-59f8-9c2e-6d64a4da451d._

_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"._