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Wightlink

ferry company operating routes between Hampshire and the Isle of Wight
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Wightlink

Summary

Wightlink is a business[1]. Wightlink ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (174 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wightlink is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Wightlink is in the country of GB[4].
  • Wightlink's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • Wightlink is owned by Balfour Beatty[6].
  • Wightlink's headquarters location is recorded as Portsmouth[7].
  • Wightlink's Commons category is recorded as Wightlink[8].
  • Wightlink's industry is recorded as freight transport[9].
  • 1991 marks the founding of Wightlink[10].
  • 1972-06-23 marks the founding of Wightlink[11].
  • Wightlink's location of formation is recorded as Portsmouth[12].
  • Wightlink's official website is recorded as https://www.wightlink.co.uk/[13].
  • Wightlink's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wightlink[14].
  • Wightlink's legal form is recorded as H0PO[15].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300K54ZX4UWCG3107[16]

  • Registered legal name: Wightlink Limited[17]

  • Legal jurisdiction: GB[18]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[19]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): H0PO[20]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[21]

  • LEI registration status: ISSUED[22]

  • Entity created: 1972-06-23[23]

  • LEI first registered: 2014-02-07[24]

  • LEI last updated: 2025-09-01[25]

  • LEI next renewal: 2026-09-26[26]

  • Managing LOU: 213800WAVVOPS85N2205[27]

  • Registration authority: RA000585[28]

  • Authority entity ID: 01059267[29]

  • Conformity flag: NON_CONFORMING[30]

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include 1991[10] and 1972-06-23[11]. Wightlink's location of formation is recorded as Portsmouth[12].

Operations

Wightlink's headquarters location is recorded as Portsmouth[7].

Industry

Wightlink's industry is recorded as freight transport[9].

Ownership

Wightlink is owned by Balfour Beatty[6].

Why It Matters

Wightlink ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (174 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [16] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [19] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [20] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [21] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [22] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [23] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [24] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [25] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [26] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [27] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [28] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [29] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [30] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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