---
title: "CONNECT LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2cf76703-ef5f-5dea-bbb8-ce6d2d9bfafe
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/2cf76703-ef5f-5dea-bbb8-ce6d2d9bfafe
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02008952
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# CONNECT LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02008952`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2cf76703-ef5f-5dea-bbb8-ce6d2d9bfafe  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/2cf76703-ef5f-5dea-bbb8-ce6d2d9bfafe  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **SMITHS NEWS HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f36fb47b-3341-52fd-9b35-a1d60b6f04a6
- **SMITHS NEWS HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f36fb47b-3341-52fd-9b35-a1d60b6f04a6
- **Smiths News Holdings Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/839df9b9-d60d-4441-a083-fa1a84abf187

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

A **7-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:** `02008952`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1986-04-10
- **Registered office:** Rowan House Cherry Orchard North, Kembrey Park, Swindon, SN2 8UH
- **SIC:** 74990

### Officers

- MARRINER, Stuart Steven — secretary · appointed 2011-09-01
- BUNTING, Jonathan Michael — director · British · appointed 2019-11-05
- CLAY, Richard Henry Arden — director · British · appointed 2026-02-02
- BULL, Susan Helen — secretary · British · resigned 1996-07-24
- CHARLTON, Mark Hopwood — secretary · British · appointed 2006-09-06 · resigned 2011-08-31
- HOUGHTON, Ian — secretary · British · appointed 2000-02-10 · resigned 2006-09-06
- WHITE, Colin Anthony — secretary · British · appointed 1996-07-24 · resigned 2000-02-10
- BAKER, Paul Martin — director · British · appointed 2021-12-01 · resigned 2025-11-21
- BAUERNFEIND, David Gregory — director · British · appointed 2016-10-01 · resigned 2018-06-12
- BUNTING, Jonathan Michael — director · British · appointed 2010-09-01 · resigned 2018-10-01
- CASHMORE, Mark Richard — director · British · appointed 2006-09-06 · resigned 2018-08-31
- CHARLTON, Mark Hopwood — director · British · appointed 2006-09-06 · resigned 2011-08-31
- GRACE, Anthony Liam — director · British · appointed 2018-10-01 · resigned 2021-11-30
- GRESHAM, Nicholas John — director · British · appointed 2010-09-01 · resigned 2016-10-01
- HANDOVER, Richard Gordon — director · British · appointed 2001-04-01 · resigned 2003-11-04
- HODSON, Beverley Cliffe — director · British · appointed 2001-04-01 · resigned 2004-01-02
- HOUGHTON, Ian — director · British · appointed 1996-07-24 · resigned 2003-08-31
- HUGHES, Gerard Maxwell — director · British · appointed 1994-10-01 · resigned 1998-08-01
- HUMPHREY, Alan John — director · British · appointed 2006-09-06 · resigned 2010-08-31
- OPDEWEEGH, Jozef — director · American,Belgian · appointed 2018-09-01 · resigned 2019-11-05

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Smiths News Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f36fb47b-3341-52fd-9b35-a1d60b6f04a6) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06
- [Smiths News Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/839df9b9-d60d-4441-a083-fa1a84abf187) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02008952
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02008952

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **CONNECT LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2cf76703-ef5f-5dea-bbb8-ce6d2d9bfafe · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/2cf76703-ef5f-5dea-bbb8-ce6d2d9bfafe._

_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"._