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United Magazines Publishing Services Limited
Dormant Company
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 15
- Richard Clive Desmond 2000-2018 View profile
- UNM Investments Limited 1997-2000 View profile
- Donald Sinclair Gray 1993-1998 View profile
- Robert Michael Moore 1993-1994 View profile
- Paul Robert Charles Sergeant 1993-1997 View profile
- Andrew Raymond Bordiss 1993-1993 View profile
- Philip John Parker 1992-1997 View profile
- Andrew Ferrier Shanks 1993 View profile
- Andrew Cameron 1996 View profile
- Maninder Singh Gill 2000-2005 View profile
- Robert Sanderson 2000-2018 View profile
- Crosswall Nominees Limited 1997-2000 View profile
- John Macgregor Burns 1996-1997 View profile
- Peter Gerald Hope 1993-1996 View profile
- Michael Timothy Peden 1993 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Dormant Company
- Incorporated
- 25/01/1983
- Registered office
- Liverpool
Ownership
Owned by (2) 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.
- Richard Clive Desmond ceased 2018-02-28
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - Express Newspapers
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- United Magazines Publishing Services Limited
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
- Northern & Shell Lotteries Limited
- LTS Partners Limited
- 11080040
- Northern & Shell Enterprises Limited
- O.K. Magazines Limited
- Northern & Shell Engineering Services Limited
- Express Newspapers
- Portland Media Group Limited
- Export Magazine Distributors Limited
- TM Leasing Limited
- Northern & Shell Group Limited
- Reach Printing Services (West Ferry) Limited
- Daily Star Limited
- Badger Finance Limited
- International Distribution 2018 Limited
- Reach Network Media Limited
- Northern & Shell Services Limited
- TM North America Limited
- NS Jersey Finance Limited
- Emoov Limited
- Trinity Mirror Digital 1 Limited
- Reach Magazines Worldwide Limited
- Health Lottery Trustee Company Limited
- LTS Rentals Limited
- Northern & Shell Ventures Limited
- TM Tower Management Services Limited
- Taratella Limited
- 07100894
- Health Lottery Financial Limited
- Portland Media Group UK Limited
- Tower Magazines Limited
- West Ferry Leasing Limited
- Blackfriars Leasing LTD.
- Trinity Mirror Media Limited
- Reach Magazines Publishing Limited
- Daily Express Limited
- Reach Magazines Limited
- Trinity Mirror Finance Limited
- Burginhall 677 Limited
- Express Printers Manchester Limited
- 01789615
- TM Media Holdings Limited
- Northern & Shell Limited
- TM Titles Limited
- The NEW Lottery Company Holdings Limited
- 5 Direct Limited
- The NEW Lottery Company Limited
- LTS Contractors Limited
- Health Lottery ELM Limited
- West Ferry Printers Pension Scheme Trustees 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.
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.
1 directors on the board
- Darren Fisher 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.
Gaps to watch
- A single director - no second pair of eyes on any decision
Where to look Suggested search: a second director to remove single-point control.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 01693996
- Status
- Liquidation
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 30/09/2025
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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