---
title: "GRUFFALO BIDCO LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/495c6bb3-2e71-5f83-9c17-6b22a3bc4d82
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/495c6bb3-2e71-5f83-9c17-6b22a3bc4d82
identifier: oo:GB-COH-10465044
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# GRUFFALO BIDCO LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-10465044`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/495c6bb3-2e71-5f83-9c17-6b22a3bc4d82  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/495c6bb3-2e71-5f83-9c17-6b22a3bc4d82  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **GRUFFALO MIDCO LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3b6abbd3-e622-55c9-85a1-690e44fa5c86
- **CIRCLE BIDCO LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/92bd96a7-dc31-5479-805a-1db3b9ce2a5c
- **GRUFFALO MIDCO LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3b6abbd3-e622-55c9-85a1-690e44fa5c86

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **WORLD OF BOOKS GROUP LTD** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ef4d417c-e6f9-56ca-8c68-47dee2214895
- **WORLD OF BOOKS GROUP LTD** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ef4d417c-e6f9-56ca-8c68-47dee2214895

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

A **51-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:** `10465044`
- **Status:** dissolved
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2016-11-07
- **Registered office:** Co Bdo Llp 5 Temple Street, Temple Square, Liverpool, L2 5RH
- **SIC:** 47610

### Officers

- GUTTRIDGE, Daniel — director · British · appointed 2020-09-30
- MUCHA, Christopher Daniel — director · Czech · appointed 2024-04-09
- PERKINS, Simon James — director · British · appointed 2023-11-27
- BELL, Graham Richard — director · British · appointed 2017-05-31 · resigned 2024-01-31
- BOOBYER, Stephen Philip — director · British · appointed 2016-11-22 · resigned 2021-06-30
- DOWNES, Simon — director · British · appointed 2016-11-22 · resigned 2023-09-06
- HURRELL, James Lewis — director · British · appointed 2016-11-07 · resigned 2021-06-30
- NYE, Martin John — director · British · appointed 2017-06-01 · resigned 2021-06-30
- WYNCOLL, Oliver Quentin James — director · British · appointed 2016-11-07 · resigned 2021-06-30

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Circle Bidco Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/92bd96a7-dc31-5479-805a-1db3b9ce2a5c) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2024-10-24
- [Gruffalo Midco Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3b6abbd3-e622-55c9-85a1-690e44fa5c86) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2024-10-24

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10465044

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **GRUFFALO BIDCO LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/495c6bb3-2e71-5f83-9c17-6b22a3bc4d82 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/495c6bb3-2e71-5f83-9c17-6b22a3bc4d82._

_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"._