---
title: "FIRST PRESS PUBLISHING LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e2dfe19e-4d41-5fac-8f36-1913e12b24c5
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e2dfe19e-4d41-5fac-8f36-1913e12b24c5
identifier: oo:GB-COH-SC139798
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# FIRST PRESS PUBLISHING LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-SC139798`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e2dfe19e-4d41-5fac-8f36-1913e12b24c5  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e2dfe19e-4d41-5fac-8f36-1913e12b24c5  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **SCOTTISH DAILY RECORD AND SUNDAY MAIL LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e3253a91-7c96-56de-9acf-4889f9cc972e

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

A **12-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:** `SC139798`
- **Status:** dissolved
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1992-08-17
- **Registered office:** C/O Bdo Llp 2 Atlantic Square, 31 York Street, Glasgow, G2 8NJ
- **SIC:** 99999

### Officers

- REACH SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2002-03-11
- [REACH DIRECTORS LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/85c52f89-7607-4c9b-acba-5d6674b89776) — corporate director · appointed 2001-12-20
- FOLEY, John Gerard — secretary · British · appointed 1999-01-29 · resigned 2002-03-11
- BLP SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1992-08-17 · resigned 1999-01-29
- CHISHOLM, James Patrick — director · British · appointed 1999-02-12 · resigned 2000-03-17
- CLARKE, Martin — director · British · appointed 1999-02-12 · resigned 2000-08-31
- EWING, Margaret — director · British · appointed 2000-10-17 · resigned 2001-12-20
- FOLEY, John Gerard — director · British · appointed 1999-02-12 · resigned 2001-12-20
- FOX, Simon Richard — director · British · appointed 2014-11-17 · resigned 2019-08-16
- FULLER, Simon Jeremy Ian — director · British · appointed 2019-03-01 · resigned 2022-12-31
- HOLLINSHEAD, Mark Thomas — director · British · appointed 1999-01-29 · resigned 2001-12-20
- MULLEN, James Joseph — director · British · appointed 2019-08-16 · resigned 2025-03-31
- SAMPSON, Stephen William Fraser — director · British · appointed 1999-02-12 · resigned 2001-12-20
- SAMPSON, Stephen William Fraser — director · British · appointed 1992-08-19 · resigned 1999-01-29
- VAGHELA, Vijay Kumar Lakhman Meghji — director · British · appointed 2009-10-01 · resigned 2019-03-01
- VICKERS, Paul Andrew — director · British · appointed 2009-10-01 · resigned 2014-11-17
- VICKERS, Paul Andrew — director · British · appointed 2000-10-17 · resigned 2001-12-20
- BLP FORMATIONS LIMITED — corporate nominee director · appointed 1992-08-17 · resigned 1992-08-19

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Scottish Daily Record And Sunday Mail Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e3253a91-7c96-56de-9acf-4889f9cc972e) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC139798

## 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 **FIRST PRESS PUBLISHING LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e2dfe19e-4d41-5fac-8f36-1913e12b24c5 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **FIRST PRESS PUBLISHING LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e2dfe19e-4d41-5fac-8f36-1913e12b24c5 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e2dfe19e-4d41-5fac-8f36-1913e12b24c5._

_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"._