---
title: "HERTS & ESSEX NEWSPAPERS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/edcc0f5f-10b2-5f3a-abeb-b7c73142f5c8
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/edcc0f5f-10b2-5f3a-abeb-b7c73142f5c8
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00940896
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# HERTS & ESSEX NEWSPAPERS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00940896`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/edcc0f5f-10b2-5f3a-abeb-b7c73142f5c8  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/edcc0f5f-10b2-5f3a-abeb-b7c73142f5c8  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **ILIFFE NEWS AND MEDIA LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/073260a6-55d0-59fe-8569-f8fc29cf9f1b
- **ILIFFE NEWS AND MEDIA LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/073260a6-55d0-59fe-8569-f8fc29cf9f1b

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **HYTHE MARINA LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/06c28240-7622-5162-b220-a211004bba6c

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

A **6-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:** `00940896`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1968-10-21
- **Registered office:** Barn Close Burnt Hill, Yattendon, Thatcham, Berkshire, RG18 0UX
- **SIC:** 58130

### Officers

- FLEMING, Catherine Elinor — secretary · appointed 2012-12-13
- FLEMING, Catherine Elinor — director · British · appointed 2012-12-13
- ILIFFE, Edward Richard, The Honourable — director · British · appointed 2009-12-17
- SADLER, Stephen Paul — director · British · appointed 2013-10-08
- AYRES, Graham William — secretary · British · appointed 2006-11-06 · resigned 2007-04-27
- AYRES, Graham William — secretary · British · appointed 2003-01-01 · resigned 2005-02-28
- BRADLEY, James Patrick — secretary · British · appointed 1993-09-24 · resigned 1999-04-12
- BRUNT, Paul David — secretary · British · appointed 1999-04-12 · resigned 2002-11-29
- FINCH, Andrew James — secretary · British · appointed 2007-04-27 · resigned 2009-03-27
- HILLYARD, Nigel Peter — secretary · British · resigned 1993-09-24
- MATTHEWS, Gary Thomas — secretary · British · appointed 2002-11-30 · resigned 2002-12-31
- SLADE, Stuart John Francis — secretary · British · appointed 2009-03-27 · resigned 2012-12-13
- SLADE, Stuart John Francis — secretary · British · appointed 2005-03-01 · resigned 2006-11-06
- ALLAN, Ricky — director · British · appointed 2012-10-29 · resigned 2012-12-13
- ALLAN, Ricky — director · British · appointed 2008-07-23 · resigned 2010-05-31
- AYRES, Graham William — director · British · appointed 2009-03-27 · resigned 2012-09-04
- AYRES, Graham William — director · British · appointed 2003-01-01 · resigned 2007-11-23
- BRADLEY, James Patrick — director · British · appointed 1996-11-21 · resigned 1999-04-12
- BROWN, Aileen Valerie — director · British · appointed 2010-06-01 · resigned 2012-10-29
- BRUNT, Paul David — director · British · appointed 1999-04-12 · resigned 2002-11-29

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Iliffe News & Media Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/073260a6-55d0-59fe-8569-f8fc29cf9f1b) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00940896
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00940896

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **HERTS & ESSEX NEWSPAPERS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/edcc0f5f-10b2-5f3a-abeb-b7c73142f5c8 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/edcc0f5f-10b2-5f3a-abeb-b7c73142f5c8._

_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"._