---
title: "B.T. BATSFORD HOLDINGS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5a689bfb-ef4b-573b-98dc-7444e75e7ef4
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/5a689bfb-ef4b-573b-98dc-7444e75e7ef4
identifier: oo:GB-COH-13387094
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# B.T. BATSFORD HOLDINGS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-13387094`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5a689bfb-ef4b-573b-98dc-7444e75e7ef4  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/5a689bfb-ef4b-573b-98dc-7444e75e7ef4  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mrs Polly Augusta Marchant Powell** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dd40b55f-b622-5876-9605-bc2945570ab9
- **Mrs Polly Augusta Marchant Powell** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/45d73dbb-e96e-5149-8321-8b4c730a1b4c
- **Mrs Polly Augusta Marchant Powell** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c5023aea-2928-40b3-9079-53ec16cd6b99
- **Mr Vaughan Frederick Grylls** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/60b8c985-cef4-408e-bb04-32f0473bb154
- **Mrs Polly Augusta Marchant Powell** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b4fdd0b4-017a-41c0-bd95-b212f89f29ce

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **BATSFORD BOOKS HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b6abd044-63e6-5b7b-81c9-2dca4f2ec5c5
- **PAVILION BOOKS COMPANY LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b91b492c-71fa-560b-a969-91d90758edcd
- **BATSFORD BOOKS HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b6abd044-63e6-5b7b-81c9-2dca4f2ec5c5
- **PAVILION BOOKS COMPANY LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b91b492c-71fa-560b-a969-91d90758edcd

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

A **5-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:** `13387094`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2021-05-11
- **Registered office:** 43 Great Ormond Street, London, WC1N 3HZ, England
- **SIC:** 58110

### Officers

- HANKS, Zana Samantha — secretary · appointed 2021-05-11
- GRYLLS, Vaughan Frederick — director · British · appointed 2021-05-11
- POWELL, Polly Augusta Marchant — director · British · appointed 2021-05-11

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr Vaughan Frederick Grylls — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — since 2025-11-28
- Mrs Polly Augusta Marchant Powell — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — since 2021-12-01
- Mrs Polly Augusta Marchant Powell — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2023-12-18

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13387094
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13387094

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **B.T. BATSFORD HOLDINGS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5a689bfb-ef4b-573b-98dc-7444e75e7ef4 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/5a689bfb-ef4b-573b-98dc-7444e75e7ef4._

_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"._