---
title: "VIRGIN MEDIA LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fb71bde6-c2c2-500a-8291-1663ddc34a1a
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/fb71bde6-c2c2-500a-8291-1663ddc34a1a
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02591237
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# VIRGIN MEDIA LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02591237`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fb71bde6-c2c2-500a-8291-1663ddc34a1a  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/fb71bde6-c2c2-500a-8291-1663ddc34a1a  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **VIRGIN MEDIA OPERATIONS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/afad9349-fa72-5c99-8c30-76c4772427a4
- **VIRGIN MEDIA INVESTMENTS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e6cdf54f-c5fa-574a-9698-d7ba2df19fab
- **VIRGIN MEDIA SENIOR INVESTMENTS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f229b6b1-3a39-579c-a23b-28e1cfca4ff5
- **VIRGIN MEDIA OPERATIONS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/afad9349-fa72-5c99-8c30-76c4772427a4

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **VIRGIN MEDIA SECRETARIES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/11540670-2052-5441-8f12-9f89e263e76c
- **VIRGIN WIFI LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7f1853b6-7947-5ac2-9c46-fbf2fb0f4823
- **NTL SOUTH CENTRAL LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5f490100-03e6-5bcd-b955-e4371454c365
- **CABLETEL HERTS AND BEDS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8080044e-c3e9-508b-997b-3a6790bc2fbd
- **CABLETEL NORTHERN IRELAND LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fb647974-3745-5258-b93f-21746158227b
- **VIRGIN MEDIA PAYMENTS LTD** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5f40c5c7-df05-5808-8e00-355b6c4322f3
- **NTL PENSION TRUSTEES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/35f9062e-21a0-5b44-9a7c-6a60d78c97a0
- **NTL TRUSTEES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1ef0c3f0-5318-511e-8f55-961afde499d5
- **CABLETEL SURREY AND HAMPSHIRE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c44b8a3b-0be7-5c69-b750-7faa13bacfaa
- **NTL RECTANGLE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f85fc0d6-49f9-533f-be25-35a0bfd79856

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

1. **VIRGIN MEDIA OPERATIONS LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *VIRGIN MEDIA LIMITED*
1. **VIRGIN MEDIA INVESTMENTS LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *VIRGIN MEDIA LIMITED*
1. **VIRGIN MEDIA SENIOR INVESTMENTS LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *VIRGIN MEDIA LIMITED*
1. **VIRGIN MEDIA OPERATIONS LIMITED** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *VIRGIN MEDIA LIMITED*
2. **GENERAL CABLE LIMITED** — beneficial owner 75% → *VIRGIN MEDIA OPERATIONS LIMITED*
2. **VIRGIN MEDIA SENIOR INVESTMENTS LIMITED** — beneficial owner 50% → *VIRGIN MEDIA OPERATIONS LIMITED*
2. **Diamond Cable Communications Limited** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *VIRGIN MEDIA OPERATIONS LIMITED*
2. **VIRGIN MEDIA SENIOR INVESTMENTS LIMITED** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *VIRGIN MEDIA OPERATIONS LIMITED*
2. **VIRGIN MEDIA INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *VIRGIN MEDIA INVESTMENTS LIMITED*
2. **VMED O2 UK HOLDCO 5 LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *VIRGIN MEDIA INVESTMENTS LIMITED*
2. **VMED O2 UK HOLDCO 5 LIMITED** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *VIRGIN MEDIA INVESTMENTS LIMITED*
2. **Virgin Media Investment Holdings Limited** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *VIRGIN MEDIA INVESTMENTS LIMITED*
2. **Virgin Media Investments Limited** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *VIRGIN MEDIA SENIOR INVESTMENTS LIMITED*
3. **VIRGIN MEDIA FINANCE PLC** — beneficial owner 100% → *VMED O2 UK HOLDCO 5 LIMITED*
3. **VIRGIN MEDIA SENIOR INVESTMENTS LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *GENERAL CABLE LIMITED*
3. **VIRGIN MEDIA INVESTMENTS LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *GENERAL CABLE LIMITED*
3. **VIRGIN MEDIA FINANCE PLC** — beneficial owner 100% → *VIRGIN MEDIA INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LIMITED*
3. **VMED O2 UK HOLDCO 5 LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *VIRGIN MEDIA INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LIMITED*
3. **VMED O2 UK HOLDCO 4 LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *VIRGIN MEDIA INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LIMITED*
3. **VMED O2 UK HOLDCO 4 LIMITED** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *VIRGIN MEDIA INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LIMITED*
3. **VMED O2 UK HOLDCO 5 LIMITED** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *VIRGIN MEDIA INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LIMITED*
3. **Virgin Media Finance Plc** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *VIRGIN MEDIA INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LIMITED*
4. **VMED O2 UK HOLDCO 3 LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *VMED O2 UK HOLDCO 4 LIMITED*
4. **VIRGIN MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *VIRGIN MEDIA FINANCE PLC*
5. **VMED O2 UK FINANCING II LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *VMED O2 UK HOLDCO 3 LIMITED*
5. **VMED O2 UK HOLDINGS LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *VIRGIN MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED*
5. **LIBERTY GLOBAL EUROPE 2 LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *VIRGIN MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED*
5. **VMED O2 UK LIMITED** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *VIRGIN MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED*
6. **VMED O2 UK LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *VMED O2 UK HOLDINGS LIMITED*
6. **LIBERTY GLOBAL HOLDINGS LIMITED** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *LIBERTY GLOBAL EUROPE 2 LIMITED*
6. **LIBERTY GLOBAL EUROPE 2 LIMITED** — beneficial owner 50% → *VMED O2 UK LIMITED*
6. **LIBERTY GLOBAL EUROPE 2 LIMITED** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *VMED O2 UK LIMITED*
6. **TELEFONICA O2 HOLDINGS LIMITED** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *VMED O2 UK LIMITED*
6. **VMED O2 UK HOLDCO 1 LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *VMED O2 UK FINANCING II LIMITED*

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `02591237`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1991-03-13
- **Registered office:** 500 Brook Drive, Reading, RG2 6UU, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 82990

### Officers

- [VMED O2 SECRETARIES LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fdec17a5-5fca-5be7-87e6-63dc5038bca5) — corporate secretary · appointed 2021-11-01
- MEDINA MALO, Enrique — director · Spanish · appointed 2022-04-29
- MELCON SANCHEZ-FRIERA, David — director · Spanish · appointed 2026-04-02
- SCHULER, Lutz Markus — director · German · appointed 2018-09-18
- JAMES, Gillian Elizabeth — secretary · British · appointed 2000-09-04 · resigned 2021-11-01
- LUBASCH, Richard Joel — secretary · British · appointed 2002-02-20 · resigned 2002-05-03
- MACKENZIE, Robert Mario — secretary · British · appointed 1997-07-31 · resigned 2011-09-16
- O'CONNOR, Thomas Kerry — secretary · British · appointed 1996-09-01 · resigned 1997-07-31
- STOKES, Martin Howard — secretary · British · appointed 1991-10-11 · resigned 1996-08-31
- SISEC LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1991-03-13 · resigned 1991-10-11
- ARMITAGE, Ian — director · British · appointed 1991-10-24 · resigned 1995-02-21
- BOYLE, Julia Louise — director · British · appointed 2021-10-01 · resigned 2022-04-29
- BUTTERY, Paul Andrew — director · British · appointed 2014-03-11 · resigned 2017-03-01
- CARTER, Stephen Andrew — director · British · appointed 2000-12-01 · resigned 2002-02-20
- CASTELL, William Thomas — director · British · appointed 2019-09-09 · resigned 2020-03-09
- CASTELL, William Thomas — director · British · appointed 2018-07-13 · resigned 2018-09-01
- CHAMBERS, Derek Stanley — director · British · appointed 1991-10-09 · resigned 1996-06-30
- COBIAN, Patricia — director · Spanish · appointed 2021-10-01 · resigned 2025-07-24
- CORBY, Caroline Frances — director · British · appointed 1993-04-27 · resigned 1996-03-22
- DEW, Bryony — director · British · appointed 2000-05-27 · resigned 2002-02-01

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Virgin Media Operations Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/afad9349-fa72-5c99-8c30-76c4772427a4) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2018-11-30
- [Virgin Media Senior Investments Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f229b6b1-3a39-579c-a23b-28e1cfca4ff5) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2018-11-30
- [Virgin Media Investments Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b2293d33-02b5-41b4-9c68-da77ad5cc1ff) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2016-10-19

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02591237

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **VIRGIN MEDIA LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fb71bde6-c2c2-500a-8291-1663ddc34a1a · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/fb71bde6-c2c2-500a-8291-1663ddc34a1a._

_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"._