---
title: "MERLIN ENTERTAINMENTS (SEA LIFE) LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c944ca93-0b3c-5602-9fea-439b34202e46
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/c944ca93-0b3c-5602-9fea-439b34202e46
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02182098
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# MERLIN ENTERTAINMENTS (SEA LIFE) LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02182098`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c944ca93-0b3c-5602-9fea-439b34202e46  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/c944ca93-0b3c-5602-9fea-439b34202e46  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **MERLIN ENTERTAINMENTS GROUP OPERATIONS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6827ef88-2988-5f64-9653-667b020baa23
- **MERLIN ENTERTAINMENTS GROUP OPERATIONS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6827ef88-2988-5f64-9653-667b020baa23

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **LONDON AQUARIUM (SOUTH BANK) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/48abcf8a-de8d-50aa-804d-3eab242205c4
- **SEA LIFE CENTRE (BLACKPOOL) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6be36597-ec03-52ec-8de8-0da62d23cfad
- **LONDON AQUARIUM (SOUTH BANK) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/48abcf8a-de8d-50aa-804d-3eab242205c4

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

A **17-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:** `02182098`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1987-10-22
- **Registered office:** Arbor Building, 16th Floor, 255 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 9AX, England
- **SIC:** 91040, 93290

### Officers

- BAILEY, Amy — secretary · appointed 2025-01-14
- BASTIN, Rachel — director · British · appointed 2025-11-04
- JOUHAL, Sundeep Singh — director · British · appointed 2023-10-31
- ROCK, Kevin — director · British · appointed 2025-11-04
- TURNER, Andy — director · British · appointed 2025-12-15
- ARMSTRONG, Colin North — secretary · British · appointed 2008-01-11 · resigned 2016-02-26
- CARR, Andrew Christopher — secretary · British · appointed 1996-10-08 · resigned 2006-03-06
- CORBEN, Darcy — secretary · British · appointed 2006-03-06 · resigned 2008-01-11
- HOPE, Judith Ann — secretary · British · resigned 1996-09-30
- ROSE, Fiona Jane — secretary · appointed 2016-02-26 · resigned 2025-01-14
- ARMSTRONG, Colin North — director · British · appointed 2011-04-28 · resigned 2016-02-26
- ARNISON-NEWGASS, Michael — director · British · resigned 1995-04-11
- BAILEY, Amy — director · British · appointed 2025-01-14 · resigned 2026-04-22
- BROOKSBANK, Stephanie Jane — director · British · appointed 2018-12-27 · resigned 2022-04-08
- BURLEIGH, James Gurth — director · British · appointed 2006-06-19 · resigned 2009-01-22
- CARR, Andrew Christopher — director · British · appointed 1996-08-29 · resigned 2009-01-22
- DURE-SMITH, Elisabeth Christine — director · Dutch · appointed 2006-06-19 · resigned 2009-01-22
- EARLAM, Donald Glenn — director · British · appointed 2009-01-22 · resigned 2015-06-12
- GRIZZANTI, Tony — director · British · appointed 2018-12-27 · resigned 2020-06-04
- GROVE, Peter — director · British · resigned 1992-07-16

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Merlin Entertainments Group Operations Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6827ef88-2988-5f64-9653-667b020baa23) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02182098
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02182098

## 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 (SEA LIFE) LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c944ca93-0b3c-5602-9fea-439b34202e46 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **MERLIN ENTERTAINMENTS (SEA LIFE) LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c944ca93-0b3c-5602-9fea-439b34202e46 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/c944ca93-0b3c-5602-9fea-439b34202e46._

_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"._