---
title: "BBC WORLD SERVICE HOLDINGS LTD — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1d46b7ae-0813-50b2-89e2-04dea42e8526
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/1d46b7ae-0813-50b2-89e2-04dea42e8526
identifier: oo:GB-COH-08476181
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# BBC WORLD SERVICE HOLDINGS LTD

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-08476181`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1d46b7ae-0813-50b2-89e2-04dea42e8526  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/1d46b7ae-0813-50b2-89e2-04dea42e8526  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/18cb1abd-df36-5538-a055-5d7be9dc08dd

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

A **1-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:** `08476181`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2013-04-05
- **Registered office:** Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, W1A 1AA, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 74990

### Officers

- RYLAND, Jackline — secretary · appointed 2024-12-19
- HARROLD, Phillip John — director · British · appointed 2026-07-29
- KERSLAKE, Louise — director · British · appointed 2018-05-02
- GIBSON, Sarah Jane — director · British · appointed 2013-04-05 · resigned 2018-05-03
- GONZALEZ-ARMAS, Jose Antonio — director · Spanish · appointed 2016-01-19 · resigned 2026-06-12
- GOWING, Nigel Peter — director · British · appointed 2013-04-05 · resigned 2014-09-14

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [British Broadcasting Corporation](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/18cb1abd-df36-5538-a055-5d7be9dc08dd) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-05-16

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08476181
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08476181

## 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 **BBC WORLD SERVICE HOLDINGS LTD** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1d46b7ae-0813-50b2-89e2-04dea42e8526 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **BBC WORLD SERVICE HOLDINGS LTD**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1d46b7ae-0813-50b2-89e2-04dea42e8526 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/1d46b7ae-0813-50b2-89e2-04dea42e8526._

_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"._