---
title: "ESPN SPORTS MEDIA LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5d8f66af-14ec-51b5-bba6-1981b322597f
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/5d8f66af-14ec-51b5-bba6-1981b322597f
identifier: oo:GB-COH-04731390
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# ESPN SPORTS MEDIA LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-04731390`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5d8f66af-14ec-51b5-bba6-1981b322597f  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/5d8f66af-14ec-51b5-bba6-1981b322597f  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **ESPN GLOBAL VENTURES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/21385d64-35cc-570c-aa13-247bc908c9ba

### 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:** `04731390`
- **Status:** liquidation
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2003-04-11
- **Registered office:** C/O Bdo Llp, 5 Temple Square, Temple Street, Liverpool, L2 5RH
- **SIC:** 58190, 59133, 63120, 63910

### Officers

- BERMINGHAM, Tracy Anne — director · Irish · appointed 2021-06-22
- KING, Robert Patrick — director · British · appointed 2024-05-13
- RUTTEN, Franciscus Hubertus Gerardus Joseph — director · Dutch · appointed 2023-09-13
- BLAKE, Arthur — secretary · British · appointed 2003-04-11 · resigned 2007-02-01
- FRANK, Lynne — secretary · United States · appointed 2007-11-27 · resigned 2010-09-22
- PILKINGTON, Helen — secretary · appointed 2010-09-22 · resigned 2014-03-31
- SHAH, Mahesh Shantilal — secretary · appointed 2014-04-01 · resigned 2020-07-31
- FPR TRUST COMPANY LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2007-02-01 · resigned 2007-11-27
- SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 2003-04-11 · resigned 2003-04-11
- BALLANTINE, David Ian Russell — director · British · appointed 2013-04-04 · resigned 2021-05-28
- BOSS, Charles Henry — director · British · appointed 2019-08-19 · resigned 2021-03-19
- BRENNAN, Nigel, Mr. — director · Irish · appointed 2007-08-27 · resigned 2007-11-27
- CLASSEN, Charles Joachim — director · German · appointed 2013-03-26 · resigned 2019-07-31
- COMONTE, Crispin Matthew Morton — director · British · appointed 2003-04-11 · resigned 2005-07-29
- COOK, Nicholas Simon Carl — director · British · appointed 2023-08-04 · resigned 2024-05-13
- FAGAN, Alan Bernard — director · British · appointed 2021-06-25 · resigned 2023-09-12
- FRANK, Lynne — director · United States · appointed 2007-11-27 · resigned 2010-09-22
- HAIR, Bartholomew Ross — director · British · appointed 2010-12-16 · resigned 2014-01-31
- MCMENAMIN, Eamon Michael — director · British · appointed 2019-08-19 · resigned 2023-07-18
- PAY, Matthew John — director · British · appointed 2013-03-26 · resigned 2020-09-30

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Espn Global Ventures Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/21385d64-35cc-570c-aa13-247bc908c9ba) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-12

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04731390
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04731390

## 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 **ESPN SPORTS MEDIA LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5d8f66af-14ec-51b5-bba6-1981b322597f · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **ESPN SPORTS MEDIA LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5d8f66af-14ec-51b5-bba6-1981b322597f · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/5d8f66af-14ec-51b5-bba6-1981b322597f._

_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"._