---
title: "NIELSEN BOOK SERVICES LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/147e77d2-4c37-5132-bafa-bdcc84f40b74
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/147e77d2-4c37-5132-bafa-bdcc84f40b74
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00070437
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# NIELSEN BOOK SERVICES LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00070437`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/147e77d2-4c37-5132-bafa-bdcc84f40b74  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/147e77d2-4c37-5132-bafa-bdcc84f40b74  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **NIELSEN HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7f7218ec-edf8-5fa2-9b48-89f433681977
- **Vnu Holdco (Uk) Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/66221e98-1942-413c-af95-33a9638bc728
- **NIELSEN HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7f7218ec-edf8-5fa2-9b48-89f433681977

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA SERVICES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0e2b9180-cf9e-58a3-9188-f2edf0e2873b
- **BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA SERVICES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0e2b9180-cf9e-58a3-9188-f2edf0e2873b

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

A **7-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:** `00070437`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1901-06-08
- **Registered office:** 7th Floor, Blue Fin Building, 110 Southwark Street, London, SE1 0SU, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 58110, 58142, 82990

### Officers

- HEAD, Christopher Graham — director · British · appointed 2018-08-03
- WINDUS, Jonathan Bennett — director · British · appointed 2015-05-19
- HODGETT, Judy Therese — secretary · British · appointed 2001-10-01 · resigned 2005-05-04
- LYCETT, John — secretary · British · appointed 1994-12-01 · resigned 2000-11-01
- SUGDEN, Andrew — secretary · British · appointed 2005-05-04 · resigned 2018-08-03
- WHITAKER, Sally Maureen — secretary · British · resigned 1994-12-01
- COSEC SERVICES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2000-11-01 · resigned 2024-03-25
- ALLSOP, Peter Henry Bruce — director · British · resigned 1998-03-31
- BABCOCK JNR, John Bodine — director · American · appointed 2000-01-01 · resigned 2001-10-01
- BAKER, Graham Leigh — director · British · appointed 2002-07-10 · resigned 2002-11-11
- BAUM, Louis Clarence — director · German · resigned 1995-11-02
- BAUM, Robin Frederick — director · British · resigned 1999-06-23
- HALKES, Nigel Leslie — director · British · appointed 1998-06-18 · resigned 1999-06-23
- HODGETT, Judy Therese — director · British · appointed 2002-07-10 · resigned 2002-11-11
- KIERNAN, Robert — director · British · appointed 1998-06-18 · resigned 1999-06-23
- LANDER, Howard — director · American · appointed 2000-01-04 · resigned 2004-01-01
- LYCETT, John — director · British · appointed 1994-12-01 · resigned 2000-01-04
- MOLLISON, William Alan — director · British · resigned 1995-11-03
- NOWELL, Jonathan Charles Peter — director · British · appointed 2001-10-01 · resigned 2015-05-19
- NOWELL, Jonathan Charles Peter — director · British · appointed 1995-11-15 · resigned 2000-01-04

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Nielsen Holdings Plc](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7f7218ec-edf8-5fa2-9b48-89f433681977) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2021-03-05
- [Vnu Holdco (Uk) Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/66221e98-1942-413c-af95-33a9638bc728) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2020-07-31

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00070437
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00070437

## 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 **NIELSEN BOOK SERVICES LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/147e77d2-4c37-5132-bafa-bdcc84f40b74 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **NIELSEN BOOK SERVICES LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/147e77d2-4c37-5132-bafa-bdcc84f40b74 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/147e77d2-4c37-5132-bafa-bdcc84f40b74._

_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"._