Who owns UK companies in Manufacture of paper stationery?

224 of the 1,016 companies registered under SIC 17230 (Manufacture of paper stationery) filed a list of shareholders with their most recent confirmation statement. Between them, those lists name 511 individual shareholders and 98 companies, trusts and other entities.

In this industry:

• 14% file full, group or medium-sized accounts, a sign of larger businesses, compared with 8.2% of all UK companies.
• 6.7% file dormant-company accounts, compared with 10% of all UK companies.
• 26% are majority-owned by another company (among companies with one class of shares), compared with 22% of all UK companies.
• The median company is 18.1 years old, against 8.5 years across all UK companies.

How companies in this industry are owned

* Among the 74 companies in this industry that have a single class of shares and state the number of shares allotted, where a holding's share of the company can be read directly from the filing. A dash means fewer than 30 companies, too few to report.

Company size and age

The median company in this industry was incorporated 18.1 years ago (all UK companies: 8.5 years).

Related industries

• Manufacture of other paper and paperboard containers SIC 17219 · 230 companies · 53% majority-owned by a company
• Manufacture of other articles of paper and paperboard n.e.c. SIC 17290 · 188 companies · 41% majority-owned by a company
• Manufacture of household and sanitary goods and of toilet requisites SIC 17220 · 97 companies
• Manufacture of paper and paperboard SIC 17120 · 71 companies
• Manufacture of corrugated paper and paperboard, sacks and bags SIC 17211 · 70 companies
• Manufacture of wallpaper SIC 17240 · 27 companies
• Manufacture of pulp SIC 17110 · 10 companies

Corporate shareholders in this industry

All 90 companies and other entities named as shareholders on the latest confirmation statements of companies under SIC 17230, ranked by how many of those companies they hold shares in. 3 of them hold shares in more than one company in this industry. Trusts and individuals are not named.

About this data

Figures come from the shareholder lists in each company's most recent Companies House confirmation statement (form CS01) that contained one, filed between 27 December 2020 and 24 May 2026. They are as filed and are not restated for later share transfers. Shares held in treasury are excluded. Shareholders are classed as individuals, companies, non-UK entities, trusts or nominees from the names as filed.

Every company's own shareholder register, officers, filings and accounts are available through the OpenRegistry API and MCP server, live from Companies House.