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Express Newspapers

Publishing of newspapers

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 48

  1. Richard John Martin 2016-2018 Director View profile
  2. Digby Benedict Rancombe 2016-2018 Director View profile
  3. Dr Paul Michael Ashford 2002-2018 Director View profile
  4. Stanley Sydney Myerson 2000-2016 Director View profile
  5. Martin Stephen Ellice 2000-2018 Director View profile
  6. Richard Clive Desmond 2000-2018 Director View profile
  7. UNM Investments Limited 2000-2000 Corporate-director View profile
  8. Crosswall Nominees Limited 2000-2000 Corporate-director View profile
  9. Nicola Louise Gray 2000-2000 Director View profile
  10. Peter Whitehead Hill 1999-2000 Director View profile
  11. Anne Mollen 1999-2000 Director View profile
  12. Richard Sterling Bogie 1999-2000 Director View profile
  13. Richard Miller 1999-2000 Director View profile
  14. John Norman Stroud 1998-2000 Director View profile
  15. Susan Carol Brader 1998-1999 Director View profile
  16. Rosel Marie Boycott 1998-2000 Director View profile
  17. Lindsay Cook 1998-2000 Director View profile
  18. Felicity Green 1998-1998 Director View profile
  19. Lord Clive Richard Hollick of Notting Hill 1998-2000 Director View profile
  20. Paul Gerald Woolfenden 1998-2000 Director View profile
  21. Philip Gould 1998-2000 Director View profile
  22. Andrew Karl Jonesco 1996-2000 Director View profile
  23. Nicholas Rudd-Jones 1996-1999 Director View profile
  24. Stephen Grabiner 1996-1998 Director View profile
  25. Fowler, Norman, Rt H 1996-1998 Director View profile
  26. Susan Margaret Douglas 1996-1997 Director View profile
  27. Richard Addis 1995-1998 Director View profile
  28. Philip Andrew Geoffrey Walker 1994-1999 Director View profile
  29. Christine Costello 1994-1996 Director View profile
  30. Donald Sinclair Gray 1998 Director View profile
  31. Robert Michael Moore 1994 Director View profile
  32. Struan Robertson Coupar 1996 Director View profile
  33. Brian Hitchen 1995 Director View profile
  34. Alan Edward Bellinger 1993 Director View profile
  35. Paul Robert Charles Sergeant 1997 Director View profile
  36. Paul Frank Rudd 2000 Director View profile
  37. Evelyn Pollard (Also Lady Lloyd) 1994 Director View profile
  38. Peter Rodney Pemberton 1998 Director View profile
  39. Stevens, David Robert, Lord Stevens of Ludgate 1998 Director View profile
  40. Ampthill, Geoffrey Denis Erskine, Lord Ampthill C.B.E. 1998 Director View profile
  41. Andrew Cameron 1996 Director View profile
  42. Sir Nicholas Markley Lloyd 1995 Director View profile
  43. Maninder Singh Gill 2000-2005 Secretary View profile
  44. Robert Sanderson 2000-2018 Secretary View profile
  45. James Milne Campbell 1998-2000 Secretary View profile
  46. Anne Claire Siddell 1997-1998 Secretary View profile
  47. John Macgregor Burns 1996-1997 Secretary View profile
  48. Susan Merle Ripley 1996 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Publishing of newspapers
Incorporated
02/10/1915
Registered office
London

Ownership

Owned by (3) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. Express Newspapers is controlled by Richard Clive Desmond
    Evidence
    ceased significant influence · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2018-02-28 · source: Companies House PSC register

The individual named as ultimate controller on the PSC register for this chain is a known formation agent or data-quality flag, not a confirmed beneficial owner - not shown as fact.

75 other companies in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

2 directors on the board

2.4y median 2.4y
average tenure
3.4y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (2)

0
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Dormant 115Professional services 20Tech and media 12Manufacturing 10Other services 2Education 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00141748
Status
Active
Type
Private Unlimited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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