---
title: "CONNECT SPECIALIST DISTRIBUTION GROUP LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/55ec75be-fa2f-59ca-a6e5-616d96e0aec1
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/55ec75be-fa2f-59ca-a6e5-616d96e0aec1
identifier: oo:GB-COH-08458801
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# CONNECT SPECIALIST DISTRIBUTION GROUP LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-08458801`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/55ec75be-fa2f-59ca-a6e5-616d96e0aec1  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/55ec75be-fa2f-59ca-a6e5-616d96e0aec1  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **SMITHS NEWS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f80dda61-2e56-544f-9abb-98ccb8aef193
- **Smiths News Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/748cf82a-30cc-4184-8e94-941f4d3a31d6

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **CONNECT PARCELS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c378e5ad-4156-532e-8204-a99b38d042db
- **PASS MY PARCEL LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/35708199-cca0-578b-816c-3c0a299e8473
- **CONNECT NEWS & MEDIA LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/66a6ce0e-a40e-54a3-bd9a-3459b1481aac
- **CONNECT LOGISTICS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6407624d-43a1-5070-9ddf-6097df7b820e

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

A **12-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:** `08458801`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2013-03-22
- **Registered office:** Rowan House Cherry Orchard North, Kembrey Park, Swindon, SN2 8UH
- **SIC:** 74990

### Officers

- MARRINER, Stuart Steven — secretary · British · appointed 2013-10-02
- BUNTING, Jonathan Michael — director · British · appointed 2019-11-05
- CLAY, Richard Henry Arden — director · British · appointed 2026-02-02
- 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 2013-10-02 · resigned 2018-10-01
- CASHMORE, Mark Richard — director · British · appointed 2013-10-02 · resigned 2018-08-31
- GRACE, Anthony Liam — director · British · appointed 2018-10-01 · resigned 2021-11-30
- GRESHAM, Nicholas John — director · British · appointed 2013-10-02 · resigned 2016-10-01
- OPDEWEEGH, Jozef — director · American,Belgian · appointed 2018-09-01 · resigned 2019-11-05
- STYLIANOU, Andreas Savvas — director · British · appointed 2013-03-22 · resigned 2013-10-02

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Smiths News Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/748cf82a-30cc-4184-8e94-941f4d3a31d6) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08458801
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08458801

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **CONNECT SPECIALIST DISTRIBUTION GROUP LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/55ec75be-fa2f-59ca-a6e5-616d96e0aec1 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/55ec75be-fa2f-59ca-a6e5-616d96e0aec1._

_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"._