---
title: "SMITHS NEWS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f80dda61-2e56-544f-9abb-98ccb8aef193
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/f80dda61-2e56-544f-9abb-98ccb8aef193
identifier: oo:GB-COH-08506961
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# SMITHS NEWS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-08506961`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f80dda61-2e56-544f-9abb-98ccb8aef193  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/f80dda61-2e56-544f-9abb-98ccb8aef193  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Smiths News Trading Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/536cb00d-6034-4362-a47b-9fd7dc21d5b2

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **CONNECT SERVICES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/aadd8d17-c3b0-50f8-bdb8-5ac27f92d1d4
- **CONNECT SPECIALIST DISTRIBUTION GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/55ec75be-fa2f-59ca-a6e5-616d96e0aec1

### 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:** `08506961`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2013-04-26
- **Registered office:** Rowan House Cherry Orchard North, Kembrey Park, Swindon, SN2 8UH
- **SIC:** 74990

### Officers

- MARRINER, Stuart Steven — secretary · British · appointed 2013-10-02
- BUNTING, Jonathan Michael — director · British · appointed 2019-11-05
- CLAY, Richard Henry Arden — director · British · appointed 2026-02-02
- 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 2013-10-02 · resigned 2018-10-01
- CASHMORE, Mark Richard — director · British · appointed 2013-10-02 · resigned 2018-08-31
- GRACE, Anthony Liam — director · British · appointed 2018-10-01 · resigned 2021-11-30
- GRESHAM, Nicholas John — director · British · appointed 2013-10-02 · resigned 2016-10-01
- OPDEWEEGH, Jozef — director · American,Belgian · appointed 2018-09-01 · resigned 2019-11-05
- STYLIANOU, Andreas Savvas — director · British · appointed 2013-04-26 · resigned 2013-10-02

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Smiths News Trading Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/536cb00d-6034-4362-a47b-9fd7dc21d5b2) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08506961
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08506961

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **SMITHS NEWS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f80dda61-2e56-544f-9abb-98ccb8aef193 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/f80dda61-2e56-544f-9abb-98ccb8aef193._

_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"._