---
title: "SMITHS NEWS INVESTMENTS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/765fd691-b83d-585e-8de1-74ebb90ce28f
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/765fd691-b83d-585e-8de1-74ebb90ce28f
identifier: oo:GB-COH-06831284
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# SMITHS NEWS INVESTMENTS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-06831284`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/765fd691-b83d-585e-8de1-74ebb90ce28f  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/765fd691-b83d-585e-8de1-74ebb90ce28f  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **Smiths News Investments Limited** — source · `gb-coh:6831284` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8d4290b3-d858-4e42-9f5b-514159525da4

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **SMITHS NEWS HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f36fb47b-3341-52fd-9b35-a1d60b6f04a6
- **Smiths News Holdings Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/839df9b9-d60d-4441-a083-fa1a84abf187

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **Bertram Group Limited** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/76927e9f-ce7f-5f68-9c22-e5144e17a024

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

A **11-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:** `06831284`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2009-02-26
- **Registered office:** Rowan House Cherry Orchard North, Kembrey Park, Swindon, SN2 8UH, England
- **SIC:** 70100

### Officers

- MARRINER, Stuart Steven — secretary · appointed 2011-09-01
- BUNTING, Jonathan Michael — director · British · appointed 2019-11-05
- CLAY, Richard Henry Arden — director · British · appointed 2026-02-02
- CHARLTON, Mark Hopwood — secretary · British · appointed 2009-02-26 · resigned 2011-08-31
- 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 2010-09-01 · resigned 2018-10-01
- CASHMORE, Mark Richard — director · British · appointed 2009-02-26 · resigned 2018-08-31
- CHARLTON, Mark Hopwood — director · British · appointed 2009-02-26 · resigned 2011-08-31
- GRACE, Anthony Liam — director · British · appointed 2018-10-01 · resigned 2021-11-30
- GRESHAM, Nicholas John — director · British · appointed 2010-09-01 · resigned 2016-10-01
- HUMPHREY, Alan John — director · British · appointed 2009-02-26 · resigned 2010-08-31
- OPDEWEEGH, Jozef — director · American,Belgian · appointed 2018-09-01 · resigned 2019-11-05

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Smiths News Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/839df9b9-d60d-4441-a083-fa1a84abf187) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06831284
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06831284

## 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 **SMITHS NEWS INVESTMENTS LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/765fd691-b83d-585e-8de1-74ebb90ce28f · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **SMITHS NEWS INVESTMENTS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/765fd691-b83d-585e-8de1-74ebb90ce28f · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/765fd691-b83d-585e-8de1-74ebb90ce28f._

_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"._