---
title: "LADYBIRD BOOKS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2eddd893-ef9a-5889-bec6-e5999d9c61b0
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/2eddd893-ef9a-5889-bec6-e5999d9c61b0
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00200130
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# LADYBIRD BOOKS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00200130`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2eddd893-ef9a-5889-bec6-e5999d9c61b0  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/2eddd893-ef9a-5889-bec6-e5999d9c61b0  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **PENGUIN BOOKS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3f2f6736-3c96-5be1-88fb-71340a6d1ff8
- **Penguin Books Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/45ce7978-7fd5-49c6-a376-25cc428965cd

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

A **22-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:** `00200130`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1924-08-29
- **Registered office:** One Embassy Gardens, 8 Viaduct Gardens, London, SW11 7BW, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 58110

### Officers

- MARTIN, Sinead Mary — secretary · appointed 2016-06-30
- DOW, Francesca — director · British · appointed 2010-12-31
- GARDINER, Mark William — director · British · appointed 2014-03-31
- WELDON, Thomas Daryl — director · British · appointed 2010-12-31
- LEWIS, David Frank — secretary · British · resigned 1999-04-30
- PEACOCK, Helena Caroline — secretary · British · appointed 1999-05-01 · resigned 2016-06-30
- BARTON, Stephanie — director · British · appointed 2008-01-07 · resigned 2010-12-31
- BRENNAN, Suzanne Margaret — director · British · appointed 2010-06-14 · resigned 2014-03-31
- COLLINGTON, David Patrick — director · British · resigned 1992-12-31
- COTTON, Brian Douglas Louis — director · British · resigned 1992-12-31
- FIELD, Peter — director · British · appointed 2007-01-01 · resigned 2010-12-31
- FLOYER, Sally Margaret Doris — director · British · appointed 2002-08-20 · resigned 2008-03-31
- FORBES WATSON, Anthony David — director · British · resigned 2005-02-28
- GABB, Michael Hugh — director · British · resigned 1992-12-31
- GLOVER, Trevor David — director · British · appointed 1995-07-03 · resigned 1995-11-24
- HERRIDGE, Michael Geoffrey — director · British · appointed 1999-01-19 · resigned 2002-04-15
- HOWARTH, William Edward — director · British · appointed 1995-03-01 · resigned 1999-04-30
- JAMES, Laurence — director · British · appointed 1996-11-04 · resigned 1998-08-14
- KAHN, Paula — director · British · resigned 1994-12-31
- LANDERS, Brian James — director · British · appointed 2003-05-20 · resigned 2009-07-31

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Penguin Books Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/45ce7978-7fd5-49c6-a376-25cc428965cd) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00200130
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00200130

## 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 **LADYBIRD BOOKS LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2eddd893-ef9a-5889-bec6-e5999d9c61b0 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **LADYBIRD BOOKS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2eddd893-ef9a-5889-bec6-e5999d9c61b0 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/2eddd893-ef9a-5889-bec6-e5999d9c61b0._

_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"._