---
title: "EXPORT MAGAZINE DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f83f4e92-c334-50bd-b62a-7364c5dbdc70
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/f83f4e92-c334-50bd-b62a-7364c5dbdc70
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02711709
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# EXPORT MAGAZINE DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02711709`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f83f4e92-c334-50bd-b62a-7364c5dbdc70  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/f83f4e92-c334-50bd-b62a-7364c5dbdc70  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Richard Clive Desmond** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8f6d2c0c-f948-53b4-91e3-3c57f2133b8c
- **REACH MAGAZINES PUBLISHING LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8f433aac-545e-52fd-957a-9037447cbbe3
- **Mr Richard Clive Desmond** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/613db272-f8e4-4dad-8afb-6ba75116c723
- **REACH MAGAZINES PUBLISHING LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8f433aac-545e-52fd-957a-9037447cbbe3

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

A **16-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:** `02711709`
- **Status:** dissolved
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1992-05-05
- **Registered office:** C/O Bdo Llp, 5 Temple Square, Temple Street, Liverpool, L2 5RH
- **SIC:** 99999

### Officers

- REACH SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2018-02-28
- [REACH DIRECTORS LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/85c52f89-7607-4c9b-acba-5d6674b89776) — corporate director · appointed 2018-02-28
- ELLICE, Martin Stephen — secretary · British · appointed 1992-05-05 · resigned 2018-02-28
- CCS SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1992-05-05 · resigned 1992-05-05
- BAILEY, Philip Rodney Frederick — director · British · appointed 1992-05-05 · resigned 1993-01-25
- DESMOND, Richard Clive — director · British · appointed 1992-05-05 · resigned 2018-02-28
- ELLICE, Martin Stephen — director · British · appointed 1993-01-25 · resigned 2018-02-28
- FOX, Simon Richard — director · British · appointed 2018-02-28 · resigned 2019-08-16
- FOXON, Barry William — director · British · appointed 1992-05-05 · resigned 1993-06-09
- FULLER, Simon Jeremy Ian — director · British · appointed 2019-03-01 · resigned 2022-12-31
- MCCARTHY, Stephen William — director · British · appointed 1993-12-01 · resigned 1994-05-20
- MULLEN, James Joseph — director · British · appointed 2019-08-16 · resigned 2025-03-31
- SANDERSON, Robert — director · British · appointed 2009-02-26 · resigned 2018-02-28
- VAGHELA, Vijay Kumar Lakhman Meghji — director · British · appointed 2018-02-28 · resigned 2019-03-01
- CCS DIRECTORS LIMITED — corporate nominee director · appointed 1992-05-05 · resigned 1992-05-05

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Reach Magazines Publishing Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8f433aac-545e-52fd-957a-9037447cbbe3) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — 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/02711709

## 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 **EXPORT MAGAZINE DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f83f4e92-c334-50bd-b62a-7364c5dbdc70 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **EXPORT MAGAZINE DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f83f4e92-c334-50bd-b62a-7364c5dbdc70 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/f83f4e92-c334-50bd-b62a-7364c5dbdc70._

_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"._