---
title: "REACH PRINTING SERVICES (WEST FERRY) LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f27f209b-ab28-5fee-b8bd-7e255eb3cab9
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/f27f209b-ab28-5fee-b8bd-7e255eb3cab9
identifier: oo:GB-COH-01997219
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# REACH PRINTING SERVICES (WEST FERRY) LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-01997219`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f27f209b-ab28-5fee-b8bd-7e255eb3cab9  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/f27f209b-ab28-5fee-b8bd-7e255eb3cab9  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Richard Clive Desmond** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/54a26fe0-5cbc-5b87-b0e9-ba09be170749
- **EXPRESS NEWSPAPERS** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0d4e71e2-5f0f-5b93-bbcf-ae5dd3a0d924
- **Mr Richard Clive Desmond** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dc31d647-c929-43f1-a3b1-0c8a1d1256d5
- **EXPRESS NEWSPAPERS** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0d4e71e2-5f0f-5b93-bbcf-ae5dd3a0d924

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **WEST FERRY PRINTERS PENSION SCHEME TRUSTEES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/86cb012f-4b0c-5b38-b62d-2d105b929fa7
- **WEST FERRY PRINTERS PENSION SCHEME TRUSTEES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/86cb012f-4b0c-5b38-b62d-2d105b929fa7

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

A **26-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:** `01997219`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1986-03-07
- **Registered office:** One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AP, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 18110

### Officers

- REACH SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2018-02-28
- FISHER, Darren — director · Australian,British · appointed 2023-02-14
- NORTH, Piers Michael — director · British · appointed 2025-03-31
- [REACH DIRECTORS LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/85c52f89-7607-4c9b-acba-5d6674b89776) — corporate director · appointed 2018-02-28
- PANNETT, Thomas Dalton John — secretary · British · appointed 1996-08-01 · resigned 2010-02-01
- RENTOUL, Anthony Mervyn — secretary · British · resigned 1996-07-31
- SANDERSON, Robert — secretary · British · appointed 2010-02-01 · resigned 2018-02-28
- ALLWOOD, Charles John — director · British · appointed 2004-12-07 · resigned 2007-03-14
- BELLINGER, Alan Edward — director · British · resigned 1993-07-31
- BRADY, Paul — director · British · appointed 2008-07-09 · resigned 2009-06-19
- CAMERON, Andrew — director · British · resigned 1996-05-17
- CAMPBELL, James Milne — director · British · appointed 1998-04-01 · resigned 2000-12-01
- COLSON, Daniel William — director · Canadian · appointed 2000-12-11 · resigned 2004-03-23
- COOKE, Patrick Joseph Dominic — director · British · resigned 1996-09-16
- DAVIES, Alan John — director · British · appointed 2000-12-29 · resigned 2002-03-22
- DEEDES, Jeremy Wyndham, The Hon — director · British · appointed 1996-05-17 · resigned 2004-10-07
- DESMOND, Richard Clive — director · British · appointed 2002-03-22 · resigned 2018-02-28
- DESMOND, Richard Clive — director · British · appointed 2000-12-01 · resigned 2000-12-29
- DRAYTON, Hugo Charles — director · British · appointed 2004-03-23 · resigned 2004-12-07
- DRAYTON, Hugo Charles — director · British · appointed 1996-09-16 · resigned 1997-09-26

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Express Newspapers](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0d4e71e2-5f0f-5b93-bbcf-ae5dd3a0d924) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06
- Mr Richard Clive Desmond — significant influence or control · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2018-02-28

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01997219
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01997219

## 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 **REACH PRINTING SERVICES (WEST FERRY) LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f27f209b-ab28-5fee-b8bd-7e255eb3cab9 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **REACH PRINTING SERVICES (WEST FERRY) LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f27f209b-ab28-5fee-b8bd-7e255eb3cab9 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/f27f209b-ab28-5fee-b8bd-7e255eb3cab9._

_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"._