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DS Smith Limited
Activities of head offices
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Previous officers 44
- Tessa Elizabeth Bamford 2024-2025 View profile
- Eric Olsen 2023-2025 View profile
- Alan Johnson 2022-2025 View profile
- Geoffrey Drabble 2020-2025 View profile
- Alina Kessel 2020-2025 View profile
- Celia Frances Baxter 2019-2025 View profile
- David Andrew Robbie 2019-2025 View profile
- Rupert Christopher Soames 2019-2022 View profile
- Louise Helen Smalley 2014-2024 View profile
- Ian Ward Griffiths 2014-2018 View profile
- Adrian Ross Thomas Marsh 2013-2023 View profile
- Christopher Paul Britton 2013-2020 View profile
- Kathleen Anne O'Donovan 2012-2019 View profile
- Gareth Davis 2010-2021 View profile
- Miles William Roberts 2010-2025 View profile
- Jonathan Clive Nicholls 2009-2019 View profile
- Stephen William Dryden 2008-2013 View profile
- George Mills Bramston Adams 2008-2009 View profile
- Philippe Jean-Claude Mellier 2006-2014 View profile
- Christopher Jonathan Bunker 2003-2013 View profile
- Jean Paul Loison 2003-2006 View profile
- Gavin Mathew Morris 2002-2008 View profile
- Anthony David Thorne 2001-2010 View profile
- Robert Geoffrey Beeston 2000-2010 View profile
- Richard Egerton Christopher Marton 2000-2009 View profile
- Peter Michael Johnson 1999-2012 View profile
- Antony Peverell Hichens 1999-2006 View profile
- John Charles Grayson Stancliffe 1996-1999 View profile
- Michael Patrick Pragnell 1996-2000 View profile
- David Frank Buttfield 1994-2003 View profile
- Daniel Robert Piette 1993-2007 View profile
- Eric Cecil Smith 1993-2001 View profile
- John Peter Williams 2002 View profile
- Michael George Green 1999 View profile
- William Neil Greig 2000 View profile
- Ogilvie Alexander Stratton 2001 View profile
- Richard David Brewster 1993 View profile
- Alan William Clements 1999 View profile
- John Michael Miller 1994 View profile
- Iain David Cameron Simm 2016-2025 View profile
- Michael David Hampson 2016-2016 View profile
- Matthew Paul Jowett 2011-2016 View profile
- Carolyn Tracy Cattermole 2000-2011 View profile
- John Stuart Russell 2000 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Activities of head offices
- Incorporated
- 07/07/1978
- Registered office
- London
Ownership
Owned by (1) 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.
- International Paper UK Holdings Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-02-05
Group
- DS Smith Limited
is controlled by International Paper UK Holdings Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-02-05 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by International Paper UK Holdings Limited.
73 other companies in this group
- Multigraphics Services Limited
- DS Smith Ukraine Limited
- ST,Regis International Limited
- SRP NEW Thames Limited
- TRM Packaging Limited
- Dssh NO.1 Limited
- DS Smith Holdings Limited
- Waddington & Duval Limited
- DS Smith Paper Limited
- Tillotsons Corrugated Cases Limited
- DSS Eastern Europe Limited
- Pavidda Paper Limited
- DS Smith Italy Limited
- Avonbank Paper Disposal Limited
- TMS Global UK Limited
- DS Smith Europe Limited
- DS Smith Romania Limited
- DS Smith Finco Limited
- ST. Regis Paper Company Limited
- Multigraphics Limited
- DS Smith Basalt Limited
- Ashton Corrugated
- David S. Smith Nominees Limited
- Rapak PSI Limited
- Multigraphics Holdings Limited
- DS Smith Haddox Limited
- DS Smith Roma Limited
- A. A. Griggs and Company Limited
- Reed & Smith Limited
- Priory Packaging Limited
- Ashton Corrugated (Southern) Limited
- Total Marketing Support Limited
- DSS Poznan Limited
- W.Rowlandson & Company Limited
- The Brand Compliance Company Limited
- DS Smith Euro Finance Limited
- Calara Holding Limited
- Miljoint Limited
- Creo Retail Marketing Holdings Limited
- DS Smith Display Holding Limited
- The Wansbrough Paper Company Limited
- DS Smith International Limited
- DS Smith Recycling UK Limited
- ST Regis Packaging (Scotland) Limited
- DS Smith Saver Plus Trustees Limited
- DS Smith Packaging Limited
- David S Smith (Pension Contributions) Limited
- Grovehurst Energy Limited
- United Shopper Marketing Limited
- DS Smith Corrugated Packaging Limited
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.
Grants received
2 grants · £65,727 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £41,517
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £24,210
Most recent
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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
- Timothy S. Nicholls Director · appointed 2025
- Vincent Pierre Andre Marie Joseph Bonnot Director · appointed 2025
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (1)
- Timothy S. Nicholls Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Vincent Pierre Andre Marie Joseph Bonnot Director · appointed 2025
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.
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
- 01377658
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 30/12/2026
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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