---
title: "DORLING KINDERSLEY LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/21deda18-04ae-586f-b562-88198689199b
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/21deda18-04ae-586f-b562-88198689199b
identifier: oo:GB-COH-01177822
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# DORLING KINDERSLEY LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-01177822`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/21deda18-04ae-586f-b562-88198689199b  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/21deda18-04ae-586f-b562-88198689199b  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **DORLING KINDERSLEY LIMITED** — GLEIF · `lei:52990084U77QJG41M759` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5930cb7a-dca2-50a0-b470-ebc1edd9a49d
- **Dorling Kindersley Limited** — source · `gb-coh:1177822` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3dd0cc4c-9f03-46c5-b734-514c6c2c995d

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6f73b607-29b7-5fe1-8d3d-176e7263e1e7
- **Penguin Random House Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/488c61c6-d5cd-49fd-9465-c7083276f853

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **PHONIC BOOKS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5d772223-b928-55aa-8790-152c1f8cfd9d
- **DORLING KINDERSLEY VISION LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/69fe35d7-e390-5c08-84e0-b025e844c45c
- **FUNFAX LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0f5dcd99-8b02-550d-b227-cadb674363d6
- **CANELO DIGITAL PUBLISHING LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/64a7fde3-8b2c-5e36-805a-6b3182cda6cd
- **PHONIC BOOKS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5d772223-b928-55aa-8790-152c1f8cfd9d
- **CANELO DIGITAL PUBLISHING LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/64a7fde3-8b2c-5e36-805a-6b3182cda6cd

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

A **20-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:** `01177822`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1974-07-18
- **Registered office:** 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 2SA, England
- **SIC:** 58110

## Financials (Companies House accounts)

| Figure | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---:|
| Turnover | £115,529,676 |
| Profit / (loss) | -£8,734,132 |
| Net assets | -£758,297 |
| Cash | £41,065 |
| Shareholder funds | -£758,297 |
| Fixed assets | £6,558,949 |
| Current assets | £75,583,891 |
| Employees | 0 |

_Latest filed period. Full 3-year history unlocks with a paid dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing. As filed at Companies House._

### Officers

- MARTIN, Sinead Mary — secretary · appointed 2016-06-30
- GATES, Robert James Squire — director · British · appointed 2022-05-01
- HODGKINSON, Shaun David — director · British · appointed 2011-04-18
- KELLY, Paul Nicholas — director · British · appointed 2016-08-30
- BLACKMAN, Linda Mary — secretary · British · resigned 1993-08-02
- FULTON, Anita Therese — secretary · Australian · appointed 1998-01-01 · resigned 2000-08-04
- GILL, Peter Richard — secretary · British · appointed 1993-08-02 · resigned 1997-12-31
- PEACOCK, Helena Caroline — secretary · British · appointed 2000-08-04 · resigned 2016-06-30
- ALLAN, Alexandra Stephanie — director · British · appointed 2012-07-02 · resigned 2018-07-30
- BARSBY, Dorothea — director · British · appointed 1995-01-01 · resigned 1998-09-25
- BLACKMAN, Linda Mary — director · British · resigned 1996-08-02
- CUNNINGHAM, Giles Peter Christian — director · British · resigned 1995-12-12
- DAVIS, Christopher John — director · British · appointed 2000-05-10 · resigned 2005-08-18
- DAVIS, Christopher John — director · British · resigned 1999-12-31
- DENVIR, Philip John — director · British · appointed 1998-01-01 · resigned 2000-11-01
- DEVAS, Richard James — director · British · appointed 1999-10-01 · resigned 2000-09-30
- DUHIGG, John William — director · British · appointed 2009-07-06 · resigned 2016-06-30
- FIELD, Peter — director · British · appointed 2009-07-06 · resigned 2012-07-02
- FORBES WATSON, Anthony David — director · British · appointed 2000-05-10 · resigned 2005-02-28
- FORT, Alan James — director · British · appointed 1999-09-08 · resigned 2000-05-09

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Penguin Random House Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/488c61c6-d5cd-49fd-9465-c7083276f853) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01177822
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01177822
- companies_house_accounts — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01177822/filing-history

## 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 **DORLING KINDERSLEY LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/21deda18-04ae-586f-b562-88198689199b · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **DORLING KINDERSLEY LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/21deda18-04ae-586f-b562-88198689199b · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/21deda18-04ae-586f-b562-88198689199b._

_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"._