---
title: "OPIOUS LTD — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f37518a1-fb3d-5178-bc38-a0cf2139fbca
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/f37518a1-fb3d-5178-bc38-a0cf2139fbca
identifier: oo:GB-COH-09721770
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# OPIOUS LTD

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-09721770`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f37518a1-fb3d-5178-bc38-a0cf2139fbca  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/f37518a1-fb3d-5178-bc38-a0cf2139fbca  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **OPIOUS HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/158e6891-48cd-561f-804a-bd49b5caedbd
- **Mr Darren Smith** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/41ebeb5a-6817-4913-8a76-c6ce1c8d39ea
- **Mr Darren Smith** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2556356f-ba93-5379-92c7-5611e3d35fb9
- **OPIOUS HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/158e6891-48cd-561f-804a-bd49b5caedbd

### 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:** `09721770`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2015-08-06
- **Registered office:** Cranfield Innovation Centre Cranfield University Technology Park, University Way, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, MK43 0BT, England
- **SIC:** 61100, 61200, 61300, 61900

### Officers

- SMITH, Pauline — secretary · appointed 2015-09-25
- SMITH, Darren — director · British · appointed 2015-08-06

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Opious Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/158e6891-48cd-561f-804a-bd49b5caedbd) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2022-07-05
- Mr Darren Smith — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2022-07-05

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09721770
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09721770

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **OPIOUS LTD**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f37518a1-fb3d-5178-bc38-a0cf2139fbca · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/f37518a1-fb3d-5178-bc38-a0cf2139fbca._

_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"._