---
title: "WH SMITH TRAVEL LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ed00f6a4-e7c8-5dca-bf01-c74de3a13c6e
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/ed00f6a4-e7c8-5dca-bf01-c74de3a13c6e
identifier: oo:GB-COH-06560378
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# WH SMITH TRAVEL LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-06560378`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ed00f6a4-e7c8-5dca-bf01-c74de3a13c6e  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/ed00f6a4-e7c8-5dca-bf01-c74de3a13c6e  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **WH SMITH TRAVEL 2008 LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7f404cb7-aaa0-5af1-a131-4dd99ec59114
- **Wh Smith Travel 2008 Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0ad780db-020c-4db6-a0ac-c64d11c63281

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **WH SMITH (QATAR) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/576d4e5f-94af-50e3-9f90-68be66fd0b44

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

1. **WH SMITH TRAVEL 2008 LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *WH SMITH TRAVEL LIMITED*
1. **Wh Smith Travel 2008 Limited** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *WH SMITH TRAVEL LIMITED*
2. **WH SMITH TRAVEL HOLDINGS LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *WH SMITH TRAVEL 2008 LIMITED*
2. **Wh Smith Travel Holdings Limited** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *WH SMITH TRAVEL 2008 LIMITED*
3. **WH SMITH GROUP LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *WH SMITH TRAVEL HOLDINGS LIMITED*
3. **Wh Smith Retail Holdings Limited** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *WH SMITH TRAVEL HOLDINGS LIMITED*
4. **WH SMITH PLC** — beneficial owner 100% → *WH SMITH GROUP LIMITED*

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `06560378`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2008-04-09
- **Registered office:** Windmill Hill Business Park, Whitehill Way, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN5 6PB, England
- **SIC:** 47610, 47620

### Officers

- HOUGHTON, Ian — secretary · British · appointed 2008-10-10
- HOUGHTON, Ian — director · British · appointed 2008-06-30
- IZZARD, Maxwell Leslie James — director · British · appointed 2024-11-19
- ALNERY INCORPORATIONS NO. 1 LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2008-04-09 · resigned 2008-06-30
- CLARKE, Stephen Martin — director · British,Irish · appointed 2013-09-06 · resigned 2019-10-31
- COWLING, Carl David — director · British · appointed 2019-09-19 · resigned 2025-11-19
- MOORHEAD, Robert James — director · British · appointed 2008-11-28 · resigned 2024-11-19
- STEWART, Alan James — director · British · appointed 2008-06-30 · resigned 2008-11-28
- SWANN, Kate Elizabeth — director · British · appointed 2008-08-08 · resigned 2013-06-30
- ALNERY INCORPORATIONS NO. 1 LIMITED — corporate director · appointed 2008-04-09 · resigned 2008-06-30
- ALNERY INCORPORATIONS NO. 2 LIMITED — corporate director · appointed 2008-04-09 · resigned 2008-06-30

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Wh Smith Travel 2008 Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0ad780db-020c-4db6-a0ac-c64d11c63281) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06560378

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **WH SMITH TRAVEL LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ed00f6a4-e7c8-5dca-bf01-c74de3a13c6e · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/ed00f6a4-e7c8-5dca-bf01-c74de3a13c6e._

_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"._