---
title: "Penguin Books Limited — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/45ce7978-7fd5-49c6-a376-25cc428965cd
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/45ce7978-7fd5-49c6-a376-25cc428965cd
identifier: gb-coh:861590
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# Penguin Books Limited

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `gb-coh:861590`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/45ce7978-7fd5-49c6-a376-25cc428965cd  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/45ce7978-7fd5-49c6-a376-25cc428965cd  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **PENGUIN BOOKS LIMITED** — GLEIF · `lei:5299004NU7DNRT9M4K21` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/380882d4-0148-5d3f-980a-176c523657da
- **PENGUIN BOOKS LIMITED** — companies_house_bulk · `oo:GB-COH-00861590` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3f2f6736-3c96-5be1-88fb-71340a6d1ff8

## Ownership & control

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **LADYBIRD BOOKS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2eddd893-ef9a-5889-bec6-e5999d9c61b0
- **ROUGH GUIDES LIMITED(THE)** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a51bb734-364b-5865-9250-67a729e9d54d
- **SNOWMAN ENTERPRISES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bf280469-98f5-5f49-8c5a-b62cf34c439f
- **ALLEN LANE THE PENGUIN PRESS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f28955ab-b2ab-57d1-9806-880ac79ae27d
- **MICHAEL JOSEPH LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b34ad182-12c6-501c-b42c-a65f9f4d3675
- **VENTURA PUBLISHING LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d26ac832-1e45-5e8a-84c7-4f558540f4e4
- **CHILDREN'S CHARACTER BOOKS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/75e6ef89-f4ca-506d-9b0d-d96f3e2e943c
- **PENGUIN PENSION TRUSTEE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f43c4725-cdad-528a-b096-0b1e472754db
- **HAMISH HAMILTON LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cd86934d-0742-54a3-8361-3616872e99ed
- **FREDERICK WARNE & CO LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4be87e3e-02c6-5b0d-8379-f23e552c6288

### 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.

## 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 **Penguin Books Limited** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/45ce7978-7fd5-49c6-a376-25cc428965cd · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **Penguin Books Limited**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/45ce7978-7fd5-49c6-a376-25cc428965cd · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/45ce7978-7fd5-49c6-a376-25cc428965cd._

_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"._