---
title: "THE ORION PUBLISHING GROUP LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/57a49252-edca-55bb-b469-1dcdb0edd9af
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/57a49252-edca-55bb-b469-1dcdb0edd9af
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02663988
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# THE ORION PUBLISHING GROUP LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02663988`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/57a49252-edca-55bb-b469-1dcdb0edd9af  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/57a49252-edca-55bb-b469-1dcdb0edd9af  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **THE ORION PUBLISHING GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/57a49252-edca-55bb-b469-1dcdb0edd9af
- **THE ORION PUBLISHING GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/57a49252-edca-55bb-b469-1dcdb0edd9af
- **HACHETTE UK (HOLDINGS) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/94102da5-ef8e-5361-945f-8cfc26493ef3
- **HACHETTE UK (HOLDINGS) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/94102da5-ef8e-5361-945f-8cfc26493ef3
- **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

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **George Weidenfeld Holdings Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ce7c4720-619a-479c-b445-3f7c613f76c2
- **Cassell Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/99566196-015f-4383-a09e-3e8b09d268f9

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

A **11-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:** `02663988`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1991-11-19
- **Registered office:** Carmelite House, 50 Victoria Embankment, London, EC4Y 0DZ
- **SIC:** 58110

### Officers

- WRIGHT, Dylan Matthew — secretary · appointed 2026-04-01
- SHELLEY, David Richard — director · British · appointed 2015-12-16
- WRIGHT, Dylan Matthew — director · British · appointed 2026-04-01
- DE CACQUERAY, Pierre — secretary · appointed 2015-03-20 · resigned 2026-04-01
- DE CACQUERAY, Pierre — secretary · French · appointed 2000-07-01 · resigned 2005-03-16
- JARVIS, Clare — secretary · appointed 2011-06-10 · resigned 2013-07-01
- O'SULLIVAN, Matthew — secretary · British · appointed 1996-01-01 · resigned 2000-06-30
- PRIOR, Mark — secretary · British · appointed 2005-03-16 · resigned 2011-06-10
- ROCHE, Peter Charles Kenneth — secretary · British · appointed 1991-12-02 · resigned 1995-12-01
- SWALLOW, Rowena — secretary · appointed 2013-07-01 · resigned 2015-03-20
- BAKHOUCHE, Fabrice — director · French · appointed 2021-06-15 · resigned 2023-08-31
- BARBER, Nicholas Charles Faithorn — director · British · appointed 1997-01-31 · resigned 1998-09-22
- BOURNE, Adrian — director · British · appointed 2003-11-18 · resigned 2005-07-15
- BOURNE, Adrian — director · British · appointed 2002-04-04 · resigned 2003-04-01
- BROOKE, Christopher Roger Ettrick — director · British · appointed 1994-05-14 · resigned 1998-08-21
- BROOKE, Christopher Roger Ettrick — director · British · appointed 1992-06-29 · resigned 1994-05-13
- CARY ELWES, Charles Gervase Rundle — director · British · appointed 1994-02-25 · resigned 2003-12-31
- CHAPMAN, Francis Ian — director · British · appointed 1993-02-26 · resigned 1994-03-31
- CHEETHAM, Anthony John Valerian — director · British · appointed 1991-12-08 · resigned 2003-09-23
- CUCKNEY, John Graham, Lord — director · British · appointed 1994-05-02 · resigned 1997-05-23

### 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 (Holdings) Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/94102da5-ef8e-5361-945f-8cfc26493ef3) — 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/02663988
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02663988

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **THE ORION PUBLISHING GROUP LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/57a49252-edca-55bb-b469-1dcdb0edd9af · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/57a49252-edca-55bb-b469-1dcdb0edd9af._

_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"._