---
title: "DANCE NEWS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7222eeab-17a6-582f-aff6-e93a03762385
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/7222eeab-17a6-582f-aff6-e93a03762385
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00365912
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# DANCE NEWS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00365912`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7222eeab-17a6-582f-aff6-e93a03762385  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/7222eeab-17a6-582f-aff6-e93a03762385  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Arlene Leach** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/845ebd63-8598-54eb-8774-f5b37e2ed22d
- **Mr Robin Benjamin Short** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2b00881f-b2f6-5bd2-9bb8-dd9feaeb4f46
- **Mr David Graham-Smith** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1a188fe0-7ac0-4436-9b3a-f297e5c4cf67
- **Arlene Leach** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c50b70f3-59b0-4c83-8e47-c6d991942446
- **Mr Robin Benjamin Short** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2bdaff77-e332-4873-b22e-d018a695a68e
- **Miss Linda Eileen Short** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6971e5d7-f47d-45a5-a86d-9bc211ece72b

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

A **6-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:** `00365912`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1941-03-15
- **Registered office:** 5 Godalming Business Centre, Woolsack Way, Godalming, GU7 1XW, England
- **SIC:** 58130

### Officers

- SHORT, Christopher Robin — director · British · appointed 2026-01-07
- SHORT, Robin Benjamin — director · British · appointed 2022-11-07
- LEACH, John — secretary · appointed 2021-02-11 · resigned 2021-08-25
- SHORT, Linda Eileen — secretary · British · resigned 2003-01-24
- ST JAMES'S SERVICES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2002-11-23 · resigned 2021-02-11
- CRANE, Leonard Albert — director · British · resigned 1997-06-24
- LEACH, Arlene — director · British · appointed 2022-11-07 · resigned 2025-11-26
- SHORT, George Robert Thomas — director · British · resigned 2002-11-23
- SHORT, Linda Eileen — director · British · resigned 2022-11-07

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr Robin Benjamin Short — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · England — since 2024-12-13
- Arlene Leach — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2025-11-26
- Mr David Graham-Smith — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2024-12-13
- Miss Linda Eileen Short — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2022-11-07

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00365912
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00365912

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **DANCE NEWS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7222eeab-17a6-582f-aff6-e93a03762385 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/7222eeab-17a6-582f-aff6-e93a03762385._

_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"._