---
title: "SCOTTISH EXPRESS NEWSPAPERS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e4e4dbfb-ac49-5eb7-a16b-b62dc3cf48a1
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e4e4dbfb-ac49-5eb7-a16b-b62dc3cf48a1
identifier: oo:GB-COH-SC020889
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# SCOTTISH EXPRESS NEWSPAPERS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-SC020889`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e4e4dbfb-ac49-5eb7-a16b-b62dc3cf48a1  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e4e4dbfb-ac49-5eb7-a16b-b62dc3cf48a1  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Express Newspapers** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ee627b1e-36a6-42cc-b74a-8967797b31e1
- **Mr Richard Clive Desmond** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b1432a4b-b59f-4b86-b772-e575a8916b27

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

A **24-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:** `SC020889`
- **Status:** liquidation
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1939-03-22
- **Registered office:** C/O Bdo Llp 2 Atlantic Square, 31 York Street, Glasgow, G2 8NJ
- **SIC:** 99999

### Officers

- REACH SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2018-02-28
- FISHER, Darren — director · Australian,British · appointed 2025-03-31
- [REACH DIRECTORS LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/85c52f89-7607-4c9b-acba-5d6674b89776) — corporate director · appointed 2018-02-28
- BURNS, John Macgregor — secretary · British · appointed 1996-06-21 · resigned 1997-06-02
- GILL, Maninder Singh — secretary · British · appointed 2000-11-22 · resigned 2005-08-08
- RIPLEY, Susan Merle — secretary · British · resigned 1996-06-21
- SANDERSON, Robert — secretary · British · appointed 2005-08-08 · resigned 2018-02-28
- CROSSWALL NOMINEES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 1997-06-02 · resigned 2000-11-22
- BIRRELL, George — director · British · appointed 1989-10-04 · resigned 1992-03-31
- BURNS, John Macgregor — director · British · appointed 1996-07-17 · resigned 1997-03-31
- CAMERON, Andrew — director · British · resigned 1996-05-07
- DESMOND, Richard Clive — director · British · appointed 2000-11-22 · resigned 2018-02-28
- DOWNES, Fiona — director · British · appointed 1997-03-31 · resigned 1998-05-08
- FOWLER, Anthony Stuart Voysey — director · British · resigned 1990-03-08
- FOX, Simon Richard — director · British · appointed 2018-02-28 · resigned 2019-08-16
- FULLER, Simon Jeremy Ian — director · British · appointed 2019-03-01 · resigned 2022-12-31
- IVELL, Leslie — director · British · resigned 1989-10-01
- LLOYD, Nicholas Markley, Sir — director · British · resigned 1992-03-31
- MACLENNAN, Murdoch — director · British · appointed 1989-10-04 · resigned 1989-11-30
- MCNEE, David Blackstock, Sir — director · British · resigned 1990-05-09

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Express Newspapers — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06
- Mr Richard Clive Desmond — significant influence or control · individual PSC · England — ceased 2018-02-28

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC020889
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC020889

## 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 **SCOTTISH EXPRESS NEWSPAPERS LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e4e4dbfb-ac49-5eb7-a16b-b62dc3cf48a1 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **SCOTTISH EXPRESS NEWSPAPERS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e4e4dbfb-ac49-5eb7-a16b-b62dc3cf48a1 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e4e4dbfb-ac49-5eb7-a16b-b62dc3cf48a1._

_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"._