--- title: "HACHETTE UK DISTRIBUTION LIMITED — Ownership Dossier" canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3474d95c-a1cd-5190-97c0-5f72e5f498f2 json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/3474d95c-a1cd-5190-97c0-5f72e5f498f2 identifier: oo:GB-COH-03541391 jurisdiction: GB risk: Low source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph --- # HACHETTE UK DISTRIBUTION LIMITED **Type:** Company **Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb) **Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-03541391` **Risk level:** Low **Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3474d95c-a1cd-5190-97c0-5f72e5f498f2 **Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/3474d95c-a1cd-5190-97c0-5f72e5f498f2 ## Ownership & control ### Owners / controllers - **HACHETTE UK LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/346b3325-46a3-5f84-a392-be14dd1cc9ac - **HACHETTE UK DISTRIBUTION LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3474d95c-a1cd-5190-97c0-5f72e5f498f2 - **HACHETTE UK DISTRIBUTION LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3474d95c-a1cd-5190-97c0-5f72e5f498f2 - **HACHETTE UK LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/346b3325-46a3-5f84-a392-be14dd1cc9ac - **Hna Group Limited** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/39fdd0fe-fde3-4abb-93e5-92894f10de08 - **Hna Group Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/39fdd0fe-fde3-4abb-93e5-92894f10de08 - **Hna Group Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/39fdd0fe-fde3-4abb-93e5-92894f10de08 ### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner) A **18-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:** `03541391` - **Status:** active - **Type:** ltd - **Incorporated:** 1998-04-06 - **Registered office:** Carmelite House, 50 Victoria Embankment, London, EC4Y 0DZ - **SIC:** 58190 ### Officers - WRIGHT, Dylan Matthew — secretary · appointed 2026-04-01 - SHELLEY, David Richard — director · British · appointed 2017-12-12 - WESTBROOK, Joanne Marie — director · British · appointed 2026-04-01 - WRIGHT, Dylan Matthew — director · British · appointed 2017-03-15 - BROWN, Anthony Malcolm — secretary · British · appointed 1999-09-03 · resigned 2002-02-25 - BUCKLEY, Michael David — secretary · British · appointed 2004-06-15 · resigned 2004-08-02 - DE CACQUERAY, Pierre — secretary · French · appointed 2005-05-03 · resigned 2026-04-01 - FAIRBAIRN, Colin Graham Campbell — secretary · British · appointed 2002-02-25 · resigned 2004-06-15 - OPZOOMER, Mark William — secretary · British · appointed 1998-08-11 · resigned 1999-09-03 - ROBINSON, Stephen Leonard — secretary · British · appointed 2004-08-02 · resigned 2005-05-03 - MAWLAW SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 1998-04-06 · resigned 1998-08-11 - ADAM, Richard John — director · British · appointed 1999-09-03 · resigned 1999-10-18 - BROWN, Anthony Malcolm — director · British · appointed 1999-09-03 · resigned 2002-02-25 - BUCKLEY, Michael David — director · British · appointed 2004-06-15 · resigned 2004-08-02 - DE CACQUERAY, Pierre — director · French · appointed 2005-05-03 · resigned 2026-04-01 - EMERSON, Christopher Mark — director · British · appointed 2017-03-16 · resigned 2019-08-01 - FAIRBAIRN, Colin Graham Campbell — director · British · appointed 2001-12-01 · resigned 2004-06-15 - HELY HUTCHINSON, Timothy Mark — director · British · appointed 1998-08-11 · resigned 2017-12-12 - LLOYD, John Eliot Fraser — director · British · appointed 1998-08-11 · resigned 1999-09-03 - MORTIMORE, Jon William — director · British · appointed 1999-10-18 · resigned 2001-11-30 ### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control) - [Louis Hachette Group Sa](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/39fdd0fe-fde3-4abb-93e5-92894f10de08) — 50–75% shares · corporate PSC · France — since 2024-12-16 - [Hachette Uk Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/346b3325-46a3-5f84-a392-be14dd1cc9ac) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06 - [Lagardere Sa](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/39fdd0fe-fde3-4abb-93e5-92894f10de08) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · France — since 2016-04-06 - [Vivendi Se](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/39fdd0fe-fde3-4abb-93e5-92894f10de08) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · France — ceased 2024-12-16 ## Provenance - OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03541391 - companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03541391 ## 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 **HACHETTE UK DISTRIBUTION LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3474d95c-a1cd-5190-97c0-5f72e5f498f2 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing. --- _This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **HACHETTE UK DISTRIBUTION LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3474d95c-a1cd-5190-97c0-5f72e5f498f2 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/3474d95c-a1cd-5190-97c0-5f72e5f498f2._ _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"._