---
title: "MANCHESTER CITY LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c8b1bf53-c9bb-5983-b647-2ebafa376fc6
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/c8b1bf53-c9bb-5983-b647-2ebafa376fc6
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02989498
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# MANCHESTER CITY LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02989498`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c8b1bf53-c9bb-5983-b647-2ebafa376fc6  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/c8b1bf53-c9bb-5983-b647-2ebafa376fc6  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **CITY FOOTBALL GROUP (MIDCO) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/00bb51d8-102e-589f-be24-a35b73b8fc16
- **CITY FOOTBALL GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3e98f7d6-7033-5026-8df0-c88a047c2ec7
- **Abu Dhabi United Group For Development & Investment** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/329270eb-b7f4-4775-90b5-51c8a6028bb8
- **CITY FOOTBALL GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3e98f7d6-7033-5026-8df0-c88a047c2ec7
- **CITY FOOTBALL GROUP (MIDCO) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/00bb51d8-102e-589f-be24-a35b73b8fc16

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **MANCHESTER CITY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/210ae602-ba8e-578e-b0f8-731fd7b8cb46

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

A **10-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:** `02989498`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1994-11-08
- **Registered office:** City Football Hq, 400 Ashton New Road, Manchester, M11 4TQ
- **SIC:** 93120

### Officers

- CLIFF, Simon Richard — secretary · British · appointed 2013-05-11
- AL MUBARAK, Khaldoon Khalifa — director · Emirati · appointed 2008-09-23
- EDELMAN, Martin Lee — director · American · appointed 2008-09-23
- GALASSI, Alberto — director · Italian · appointed 2012-06-22
- MACBEATH, John Theodore — director · British · appointed 2010-01-30
- PEARCE, Simon — director · British · appointed 2008-09-23
- HALFORD, John Bernard — secretary · British · appointed 1994-11-09 · resigned 2008-09-23
- SHINAWATRA, Yingluck — secretary · Thai · appointed 2008-03-14 · resigned 2008-09-24
- WING, Clifford Donald — secretary · British · appointed 1994-11-08 · resigned 1994-11-09
- AL MAZROUEI, Mohamed Mubarak — director · Emirati · appointed 2010-01-30 · resigned 2022-01-01
- BARLOW, Colin Anthony — director · British · appointed 1994-11-14 · resigned 1997-12-18
- BERNSTEIN, David Alan — director · British · appointed 1994-11-14 · resigned 2003-03-05
- BIRD, Christopher Matthew — director · British · appointed 1999-06-01 · resigned 2003-03-05
- BODEK, Bryan Harvey — director · British · appointed 2000-02-22 · resigned 2008-09-23
- BOLER, Mark Christopher — director · British · appointed 2006-01-24 · resigned 2007-06-26
- COOK, Garry John — director · British · appointed 2008-06-01 · resigned 2011-09-09
- DUNKERLEY, John Gerard — director · English · appointed 1996-01-22 · resigned 1997-12-20
- HOLT, David Arthur — director · British · appointed 1996-01-22 · resigned 1997-12-12
- LEE, Francis Henry — director · British · appointed 1994-11-09 · resigned 1998-03-16
- LEWIS, Ashley Martin — director · British · appointed 1994-11-14 · resigned 2005-05-25

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [City Football Group (Midco) Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/00bb51d8-102e-589f-be24-a35b73b8fc16) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2022-10-03
- [City Football Group Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3e98f7d6-7033-5026-8df0-c88a047c2ec7) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2022-10-03
- [Abu Dhabi United Group For Investment And Development](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/329270eb-b7f4-4775-90b5-51c8a6028bb8) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Arab Emirates — ceased 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02989498
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02989498

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **MANCHESTER CITY LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c8b1bf53-c9bb-5983-b647-2ebafa376fc6 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/c8b1bf53-c9bb-5983-b647-2ebafa376fc6._

_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"._