---
title: "SMG EUROPE — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4ba2752c-8ee1-5c63-85db-ecbf6cbc2b2a
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/4ba2752c-8ee1-5c63-85db-ecbf6cbc2b2a
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02896111
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# SMG EUROPE

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02896111`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4ba2752c-8ee1-5c63-85db-ecbf6cbc2b2a  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/4ba2752c-8ee1-5c63-85db-ecbf6cbc2b2a  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr John Francis Burns** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3dc07d2f-6ff8-5a12-8e4f-b4c5f93276d8
- **Mr Harold Lester Westley** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0c0d88ac-89a1-5cec-ab78-dc219139b173
- **Mr John Francis Burns** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b5af6093-842d-4ce1-ad8a-e4e48577caaf
- **Mr Harold Lester Westley** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a644527f-e847-47f8-95bc-bf77faae1745
- **LEGENDS GLOBAL HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cf8f0694-4b1c-52a1-b7ac-20ff5a3cd9b4

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **ARENA ISLAND LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3689802f-55a6-5e6b-b89f-85bb6d94e7b5
- **ARENA ISLAND LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3689802f-55a6-5e6b-b89f-85bb6d94e7b5
- **LEGENDS GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7e16ecbb-861d-5b62-9f2b-ed9267416828

### 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:** `02896111`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** private unlimited
- **Incorporated:** 1994-02-09
- **Registered office:** Manchester Arena, Hunts Bank Approach, Manchester, M3 1AR
- **SIC:** 70100

### Officers

- BRAY, Christopher John — director · British · appointed 2022-01-21
- STILL, Richard Matthew — director · British · appointed 2022-01-06
- BURNS, John Francis — secretary · appointed 2014-08-29 · resigned 2019-10-01
- ROBINSON, Alan Steven — secretary · British · appointed 1999-10-01 · resigned 2014-08-29
- SAGGERS, Michael Terry — secretary · British · appointed 1998-11-05 · resigned 1999-10-01
- WALKER, Yvonne Susan — secretary · British · appointed 1995-07-14 · resigned 1998-11-05
- WHIDDETT, Michael Douglas — secretary · British · appointed 1994-11-14 · resigned 1995-07-14
- ASB SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 1994-02-17 · resigned 1994-11-14
- WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1994-02-09 · resigned 1994-02-17
- ALLEN, Peter — director · Us Citizen · appointed 1994-02-17 · resigned 2000-06-30
- BURNS, John Francis — director · American · appointed 2014-08-29 · resigned 2019-10-01
- CALLAGHAN, John Joseph — director · British · appointed 1994-02-17 · resigned 1998-03-09
- DIGIA, Robert Mauro — director · American · appointed 1994-02-17 · resigned 1999-05-20
- KIEVITS, Bob — director · Dutch · appointed 1998-03-09 · resigned 2000-06-30
- METZGER, William John — director · American · appointed 1999-12-22 · resigned 2000-06-30
- NEWMAN, Robert Ethan — director · American · appointed 2019-10-01 · resigned 2022-01-21
- ROBINSON, Alan Steven — director · British · appointed 2000-06-30 · resigned 2014-08-29
- SHARKEY, John — director · British · appointed 2019-10-01 · resigned 2022-01-06
- SUTHERLAND, John — director · British · appointed 2000-06-30 · resigned 2013-11-19
- WESTLEY, Harold — director · American · appointed 2000-11-06 · resigned 2019-10-01

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Smg Europe Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cf8f0694-4b1c-52a1-b7ac-20ff5a3cd9b4) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2019-10-01
- Mr John Francis Burns — significant influence or control · individual PSC — ceased 2019-10-01
- Mr Harold Lester Westley — significant influence or control · individual PSC — ceased 2019-10-01

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02896111
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02896111

## Get the full, resolved dossier (agent-callable)

The above is the free teaser. The resolved **multi-hop UBO chain**, ownership **%**, full **financial history**, itemised **assets** and the hop-by-hop **exposure path** are the paid depth — callable as tools from your agent:

```bash
npx -y @whiteintel/mcp-server   # then: get_dossier · trace_ownership_path · check_offshore_exposure
```

Or unlock a one-off cited dossier for **SMG EUROPE** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4ba2752c-8ee1-5c63-85db-ecbf6cbc2b2a · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **SMG EUROPE**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4ba2752c-8ee1-5c63-85db-ecbf6cbc2b2a · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/4ba2752c-8ee1-5c63-85db-ecbf6cbc2b2a._

_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"._