---
title: "FLAME TREE PUBLISHING LTD. — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/375b019f-614b-5abe-946c-330a6aa4e542
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/375b019f-614b-5abe-946c-330a6aa4e542
identifier: oo:GB-COH-06785163
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# FLAME TREE PUBLISHING LTD.

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-06785163`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/375b019f-614b-5abe-946c-330a6aa4e542  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/375b019f-614b-5abe-946c-330a6aa4e542  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **HACHETTE UK LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/346b3325-46a3-5f84-a392-be14dd1cc9ac
- **Ms Frances Anne Bodiam** (beneficial owner) — 75% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/63ece2b2-caac-5250-8d7b-1cd58f275095
- **VIOLIA MEDIA SERVICES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c952997f-9733-528e-9c9c-7e098ac62b0c
- **Mr Nicholas Michael Wells** (beneficial owner) — 75% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9d2b54c9-1e3b-5ca2-87c4-6f0c00396f50
- **Ms Frances Anne Bodiam** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/18f7be5a-28ac-4c67-820a-ea30cb4f69c1
- **Violia Media Services Limited** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b98fc0eb-08e5-4f4a-a068-d796d09a4c68
- **Mr Nicholas Michael Wells** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f0ec71f4-9dd0-4c55-a24e-53441f099265
- **HACHETTE UK LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/346b3325-46a3-5f84-a392-be14dd1cc9ac

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

A **33-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:** `06785163`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2009-01-07
- **Registered office:** Flame Tree Publishing 6 Melbray Mews, Fulham, London, SW6 3NS, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 58110, 58190

## Financials (Companies House accounts)

| Figure | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---:|
| Turnover | £11,133,210 |
| Profit / (loss) | £1,234,243 |
| Net assets | £3,866,995 |
| Cash | £2,360,341 |
| Shareholder funds | £3,666,875 |
| Fixed assets | £14,211 |
| Current assets | £6,911,116 |
| Employees | 22 |

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

### Officers

- BODIAM, Frances Anne — director · British · appointed 2012-04-13
- KITSON, Richard David — director · British · appointed 2023-10-31
- SHELLEY, David Richard — director · British · appointed 2023-10-31
- WELLS, Nicholas Michael — director · United Kingdom · appointed 2009-01-07
- BODIAM, Frances Anne — secretary · appointed 2009-01-07 · resigned 2012-04-13
- COOPER, William Graham — secretary · appointed 2012-04-13 · resigned 2014-07-24
- AJAMIAN, Vartan — director · American · appointed 2019-04-01 · resigned 2021-11-01
- AUTUNNALE, Frank — director · American · appointed 2021-11-01 · resigned 2023-10-31
- CHAPMAN, Martyn Richard — director · British · appointed 2019-04-01 · resigned 2020-06-30
- CLAYTON, Ross — director · British · appointed 2012-04-13 · resigned 2019-03-29
- HOLLORAN, Peter John — director · British · appointed 2012-04-13 · resigned 2019-03-29
- MATTHEWS III, Edward Curtis — director · American · appointed 2021-11-01 · resigned 2023-10-31
- RHODES, Kenneth Patrick — director · British · appointed 2020-07-01 · resigned 2021-06-08
- SKELTON, John — director · British · appointed 2012-04-13 · resigned 2023-10-31

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Hachette Uk Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/346b3325-46a3-5f84-a392-be14dd1cc9ac) — 25–50% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2023-10-31
- Ms Frances Anne Bodiam — 50–75% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06
- Mr Nicholas Michael Wells — 50–75% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06
- [Violia Media Services Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b98fc0eb-08e5-4f4a-a068-d796d09a4c68) — 25–50% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2023-10-31

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06785163
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06785163
- companies_house_accounts — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06785163/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 **FLAME TREE PUBLISHING LTD.** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/375b019f-614b-5abe-946c-330a6aa4e542 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **FLAME TREE PUBLISHING LTD.**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/375b019f-614b-5abe-946c-330a6aa4e542 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/375b019f-614b-5abe-946c-330a6aa4e542._

_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"._