---
title: "NEWS UK & IRELAND LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ef3ecb05-bbc2-5889-ba09-9966bf953d4e
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/ef3ecb05-bbc2-5889-ba09-9966bf953d4e
identifier: oo:GB-COH-01893198
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# NEWS UK & IRELAND LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-01893198`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ef3ecb05-bbc2-5889-ba09-9966bf953d4e  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/ef3ecb05-bbc2-5889-ba09-9966bf953d4e  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **News Corp Uk & Ireland Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8d8fbcc7-b3e8-4627-9b4c-a29c891c88eb

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **THE FIFTH LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ae996c72-4096-42de-aae9-920fb6b5b5f0

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

1. **News Corp Uk & Ireland Limited** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *NEWS UK & IRELAND LIMITED*
2. **NEWS CORPORATION** — ultimate parent → *NEWS CORP UK & IRELAND LIMITED*
2. **NEWS CORP HOLDINGS UK & IRELAND** — beneficial owner 100% → *NEWS CORP UK & IRELAND LIMITED*
2. **News Corp Holdings Uk & Ireland** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *NEWS CORP UK & IRELAND LIMITED*
3. **News Corp Investments Uk & Ireland** — beneficial owner 62.5% → *NEWS CORP HOLDINGS UK & IRELAND*
3. **NEWS CORP INVESTMENTS I LIMITED** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *NEWS CORP HOLDINGS UK & IRELAND*

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `01893198`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1985-03-07
- **Registered office:** 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF
- **SIC:** 82990

### Officers

- HUMPHREYS, Emma Caroline — director · British · appointed 2022-07-25
- MCBRIDE, Angus Keith — director · British · appointed 2025-09-29
- STEHRENBERGER, Peter Walter — secretary · Swiss · resigned 2001-10-31
- STONE, Carla — secretary · British · appointed 2001-10-31 · resigned 2012-04-02
- BROOKS, Rebekah Mary — director · British · appointed 2009-07-23 · resigned 2011-08-08
- DAINTITH, Stephen Wayne — director · British · appointed 2005-09-19 · resigned 2008-07-17
- DARCEY, Michael William — director · British · appointed 2013-01-01 · resigned 2015-09-14
- DINSMORE, David William — director · British · appointed 2015-09-14 · resigned 2025-09-29
- DUX, John Douglas — director · Australian · resigned 1995-03-17
- ERVEN, Jonathan Stuart — director · British · appointed 2009-03-24 · resigned 2013-03-27
- FAIRWEATHER, Carol Ann — director · British · appointed 2004-10-08 · resigned 2006-02-28
- FERNANDO, Sunil Anthony — director · British · appointed 2006-12-21 · resigned 2007-08-13
- FISCHER, August Antonius — director · Swiss · resigned 1995-03-15
- FLYNN, Douglas Ronald — director · Australian · appointed 1995-03-15 · resigned 1999-08-31
- GILL, Michael Charles — director · British · appointed 2019-06-03 · resigned 2024-07-22
- GILL, Michael Charles — director · British · appointed 2008-03-10 · resigned 2013-03-27
- HICKEY, Andrew Thomas — director · British · appointed 2008-04-16 · resigned 2010-12-31
- HUTSON, Stephen Frank — director · British · appointed 1997-08-29 · resigned 2008-03-20
- LINFORD, Richard Martin — director · British · appointed 2001-10-31 · resigned 2006-01-30
- LONGCROFT, Christopher Charles Stoddart — director · British · appointed 2011-09-13 · resigned 2022-07-25

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [News Corp Uk & Ireland Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8d8fbcc7-b3e8-4627-9b4c-a29c891c88eb) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01893198
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01893198

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **NEWS UK & IRELAND LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ef3ecb05-bbc2-5889-ba09-9966bf953d4e · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/ef3ecb05-bbc2-5889-ba09-9966bf953d4e._

_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"._