---
title: "GPC MANCHESTER LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e2294729-da25-5cdd-987a-59a1bc3d9aaf
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e2294729-da25-5cdd-987a-59a1bc3d9aaf
identifier: oo:GB-COH-01985540
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# GPC MANCHESTER LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-01985540`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e2294729-da25-5cdd-987a-59a1bc3d9aaf  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e2294729-da25-5cdd-987a-59a1bc3d9aaf  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **GUARDIAN MEDIA GROUP PLC** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e186b2ff-7f2e-5af7-8ae4-98319814ff60
- **GUARDIAN MEDIA GROUP PLC** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e186b2ff-7f2e-5af7-8ae4-98319814ff60

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

A **3-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:** `01985540`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1986-02-04
- **Registered office:** Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, England, N1 9GU, England
- **SIC:** 99999

### Officers

- ELLIS, Charlotte Jane — director · British · appointed 2026-07-15
- HESKETH, Alexander John — director · English · appointed 2020-03-17
- BRANKIN, Grainne — secretary · appointed 2017-03-29 · resigned 2017-04-03
- COOPER, Stephen Mark — secretary · British · appointed 1992-06-22 · resigned 2009-08-25
- CORNABY, Jonathon James — secretary · British · appointed 2010-01-26 · resigned 2013-09-30
- GANNON, Derek — secretary · British · appointed 2009-08-25 · resigned 2010-01-26
- KERR, Richard James — secretary · appointed 2017-04-03 · resigned 2017-09-28
- TOWNSEND, Arthur Vincent — secretary · British · resigned 1992-06-22
- TRANTER, Philip Mark — secretary · appointed 2013-09-30 · resigned 2017-03-29
- AITKEN, Philip Stuart — director · British · appointed 2015-03-26 · resigned 2019-07-12
- ALLWOOD, Charles John — director · British · appointed 2004-11-29 · resigned 2007-03-07
- ASHCROFT, Ian Stanley — director · British · appointed 1995-11-30 · resigned 2005-12-05
- BISHOP, James Iain — director · British · appointed 2018-02-09 · resigned 2026-07-18
- BOORE, Anthony John — director · British · resigned 1996-03-31
- BRADY, Paul — director · British · appointed 2005-05-10 · resigned 2008-10-01
- CANETTY CLARKE, Neil Ashley — director · British · appointed 1995-10-23 · resigned 1998-06-30
- CASTRO, Nicholas — director · British · appointed 1998-07-01 · resigned 2009-11-02
- CIECHAN, Emma Marie — director · British · appointed 2014-07-17 · resigned 2016-10-06
- CLARK, Joseph Laurence — director · British · appointed 2004-04-01 · resigned 2009-10-23
- CONNOR, Brian — director · British · appointed 1992-06-22 · resigned 1995-11-30

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Guardian Media Group Plc](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e186b2ff-7f2e-5af7-8ae4-98319814ff60) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01985540
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01985540

## Get the full, resolved dossier (agent-callable)

The above is the free teaser. The resolved **multi-hop UBO chain**, ownership **%**, full **financial history**, itemised **assets** and the hop-by-hop **exposure path** are the paid depth — callable as tools from your agent:

```bash
npx -y @whiteintel/mcp-server   # then: get_dossier · trace_ownership_path · check_offshore_exposure
```

Or unlock a one-off cited dossier for **GPC MANCHESTER LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e2294729-da25-5cdd-987a-59a1bc3d9aaf · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **GPC MANCHESTER LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e2294729-da25-5cdd-987a-59a1bc3d9aaf · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e2294729-da25-5cdd-987a-59a1bc3d9aaf._

_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"._