---
title: "AARDVARK MIDCO 2 LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/34fd2e2a-585f-5877-aeb9-c412bd5d352b
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/34fd2e2a-585f-5877-aeb9-c412bd5d352b
identifier: oo:GB-COH-13420973
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# AARDVARK MIDCO 2 LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-13420973`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/34fd2e2a-585f-5877-aeb9-c412bd5d352b  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/34fd2e2a-585f-5877-aeb9-c412bd5d352b  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **AARDVARK MIDCO 1 LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/89b84222-fabc-5bc8-9851-1571f556c02e
- **AARDVARK MIDCO 1 LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/89b84222-fabc-5bc8-9851-1571f556c02e

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

1. **AARDVARK MIDCO 1 LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *AARDVARK MIDCO 2 LIMITED*
1. **AARDVARK MIDCO 1 LIMITED** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *AARDVARK MIDCO 2 LIMITED*
2. **AARDVARK TOPCO LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *AARDVARK MIDCO 1 LIMITED*
3. **GRAPHITE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLP** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *AARDVARK TOPCO LIMITED*
3. **GRAPHITE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLP** — beneficial owner → *AARDVARK TOPCO LIMITED*
3. **GRAPHITE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLP** — beneficial owner → *AARDVARK TOPCO LIMITED*
3. **YETI BIDCO LIMITED** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *AARDVARK TOPCO LIMITED*
4. **PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE LIMITED** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *YETI BIDCO LIMITED*
5. **PEARSON STRAND LIMITED** — beneficial owner 50% → *PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE LIMITED*
5. **BERTELSMANN UK LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE LIMITED*
5. **Bertelsmann Uk Limited** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE LIMITED*
5. **Pearson Prh Holdings Limited** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE LIMITED*
6. **Elisabeth Mohn** — beneficial owner → *BERTELSMANN UK LIMITED*
6. **Christoph Mohn** — beneficial owner → *BERTELSMANN UK LIMITED*
6. **Christoph Mohn** — beneficial owner → *BERTELSMANN UK LIMITED*
6. **Elisabeth Mohn** — beneficial owner → *BERTELSMANN UK LIMITED*
6. **PEARSON OVERSEAS HOLDINGS LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *PEARSON STRAND LIMITED*
6. **PEARSON OVERSEAS HOLDINGS LIMITED** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *PEARSON STRAND LIMITED*

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `13420973`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2021-05-26
- **Registered office:** 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 2SA, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 64209

### Officers

- MARTIN, Sinead Mary — secretary · appointed 2025-06-02
- KELLY, Paul Nicholas — director · British · appointed 2025-06-02
- SANSIGRE, Manuel — director · Spanish · appointed 2025-06-02
- SHARABI, Assaf Moshe — director · British · appointed 2021-07-22
- HOWELL, Rebecca Jane Harcourt — director · British · appointed 2021-07-22 · resigned 2025-06-02
- MAY, Robert George — director · British · appointed 2021-07-22 · resigned 2025-06-02
- SPENCE, Timothy James — director · British · appointed 2021-05-26 · resigned 2021-07-22

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Aardvark Midco 1 Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/89b84222-fabc-5bc8-9851-1571f556c02e) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2021-05-26

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13420973
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13420973

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **AARDVARK MIDCO 2 LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/34fd2e2a-585f-5877-aeb9-c412bd5d352b · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/34fd2e2a-585f-5877-aeb9-c412bd5d352b._

_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"._