---
title: "MERLIN ENTERTAINMENTS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6ac6eab6-462f-5304-84f5-22f883000fcd
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/6ac6eab6-462f-5304-84f5-22f883000fcd
identifier: oo:GB-COH-08700412
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# MERLIN ENTERTAINMENTS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-08700412`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6ac6eab6-462f-5304-84f5-22f883000fcd  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/6ac6eab6-462f-5304-84f5-22f883000fcd  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **MERLIN ENTERTAINMENTS LIMITED** — GLEIF · `lei:549300ZTI0VEFO6WV007` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e091fc8e-dc11-5783-b787-b9260e92b8fd

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **MOTION ACQUISITION LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8298b0ca-d679-5ccc-aed0-a6bce9fb2c9b
- **MOTION ACQUISITION LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8298b0ca-d679-5ccc-aed0-a6bce9fb2c9b

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **LEGOLAND US HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/19d1b912-f5c8-59da-a90e-190621f72fee
- **CHARCOAL CLG 1 LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e3295f1b-565a-56a4-997d-b881022f777d
- **CHARCOAL NEWCO 1 LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 75% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2f0423ea-6ca2-5430-b1a0-c1a34c2d1aa8
- **CHARCOAL NEWCO 1 LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2f0423ea-6ca2-5430-b1a0-c1a34c2d1aa8
- **LEGOLAND US HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/19d1b912-f5c8-59da-a90e-190621f72fee
- **CHARCOAL CLG 1 LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e3295f1b-565a-56a4-997d-b881022f777d

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

A **21-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:** `08700412`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2013-09-20
- **Registered office:** Arbor Building, 16th Floor, 255 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 9AX, England
- **SIC:** 70100

### Officers

- JOWETT, Matthew — secretary · appointed 2016-02-26
- BARATTA II, Joseph Patrick — director · American · appointed 2019-11-04
- BENSION, Ron — director · American · appointed 2025-03-11
- BUXBAUM, David — director · American · appointed 2025-04-10
- EASTWOOD, Fiona — director · British · appointed 2025-02-17
- GUEYFFIER, Edouard — director · French · appointed 2025-11-03
- HERNANDEZ, Roland — director · American · appointed 2020-04-07
- KRISTIANSEN, Thomas Kirk — director · Danish · appointed 2025-04-10
- MURPHY, Jonathan — director · Irish · appointed 2025-08-01
- SCONFIANZA, Pablo Daniel — director · British · appointed 2025-09-30
- SORENSEN, Soren Thorup — director · Danish · appointed 2013-10-20
- ARMSTRONG, Colin North — secretary · appointed 2013-09-20 · resigned 2016-02-26
- ARMSTRONG, Colin North — director · British · appointed 2013-09-20 · resigned 2013-10-29
- CARR, Andrew Christopher — director · British · appointed 2013-10-20 · resigned 2016-07-31
- CHIANG, Yun (Rachel) — director · Chinese · appointed 2016-01-01 · resigned 2019-11-04
- FISHER, Andrew Raymond — director · British · appointed 2018-07-01 · resigned 2019-11-04
- GURASSA, Charles Mark — director · British · appointed 2013-10-20 · resigned 2019-11-04
- HAJJAR, Karim — director · British · appointed 2024-02-15 · resigned 2025-09-19
- HALL-KIMM, Lori Anne — director · British · appointed 2019-11-04 · resigned 2021-12-20
- HAMZIC, Damir — director · Danish · appointed 2023-02-01 · resigned 2025-04-10

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Motion Acquisition Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8298b0ca-d679-5ccc-aed0-a6bce9fb2c9b) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2019-11-04

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08700412
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08700412

## 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 **MERLIN ENTERTAINMENTS LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6ac6eab6-462f-5304-84f5-22f883000fcd · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **MERLIN ENTERTAINMENTS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6ac6eab6-462f-5304-84f5-22f883000fcd · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/6ac6eab6-462f-5304-84f5-22f883000fcd._

_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"._