---
title: "THE HARVILL PRESS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7a1deb6a-d942-58ee-a856-020bd656e86f
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/7a1deb6a-d942-58ee-a856-020bd656e86f
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02984094
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# THE HARVILL PRESS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02984094`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7a1deb6a-d942-58ee-a856-020bd656e86f  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/7a1deb6a-d942-58ee-a856-020bd656e86f  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **The Random House Group Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9d990599-66fa-4f16-bda7-fa7f7acf9705
- **The Random House Group Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9d990599-66fa-4f16-bda7-fa7f7acf9705

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

A **22-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:** `02984094`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1994-10-27
- **Registered office:** One Embassy Gardens, 8 Viaduct Gardens, London, SW11 7BW, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 74990

## Financials (Companies House accounts)

| Figure | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---:|
| Net assets | -£494,218 |
| Shareholder funds | £2,302,535 |
| Employees | 0 |

_Latest filed period. Full 2-year history unlocks with a paid dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing. As filed at Companies House._

### Officers

- MARTIN, Sinead Mary — secretary · appointed 2016-06-30
- GARDINER, Mark William — director · British · appointed 2002-03-18
- WELDON, Thomas Daryl — director · British · appointed 2013-07-01
- NEWTON, Guy — secretary · British · appointed 1995-03-01 · resigned 1995-04-04
- PEACOCK, Helena Caroline — secretary · appointed 2014-10-20 · resigned 2016-06-30
- SEBAG-MONTEFIORE, Charles Adam Laurie — secretary · British · appointed 1995-04-04 · resigned 2002-03-18
- SMITH, Roger Ling — secretary · British · appointed 2002-03-18 · resigned 2014-10-20
- CLYDE SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 1994-10-27 · resigned 1995-03-01
- ABBOTT, David John — director · British · appointed 1995-04-04 · resigned 2002-03-18
- BURNS, Iain Keatings — director · British · appointed 1996-05-23 · resigned 2001-07-31
- DUFFY, Christopher William — nominee director · British · appointed 1994-10-27 · resigned 1995-03-29
- FEINBERG, Stephen Louis — director · American · appointed 1995-04-04 · resigned 2002-03-18
- GURBUTT, James Andrew — director · British · appointed 2002-03-18 · resigned 2009-04-03
- GUTH, John Henry James — director · Usa · appointed 1999-10-28 · resigned 2002-03-18
- HARVEY WOOD, Elizabeth Harriet, Doctor — director · British · appointed 1995-04-04 · resigned 2002-03-18
- KERR, Rachael Gabrielle — director · British · appointed 1996-05-23 · resigned 1998-10-30
- MACLEHOSE, Christopher Colin — director · British,French · appointed 1995-03-29 · resigned 2006-07-12
- MASTER, Simon Harcourt — director · British · appointed 2002-03-18 · resigned 2006-04-11
- MITCHELL, Michael John — director · British · appointed 1996-05-23 · resigned 2002-03-18
- MITCHINSON, John — director · British · appointed 1995-03-29 · resigned 1998-10-30

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [The Random House Group Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9d990599-66fa-4f16-bda7-fa7f7acf9705) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02984094
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02984094
- companies_house_accounts — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02984094/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 **THE HARVILL PRESS LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7a1deb6a-d942-58ee-a856-020bd656e86f · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **THE HARVILL PRESS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7a1deb6a-d942-58ee-a856-020bd656e86f · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/7a1deb6a-d942-58ee-a856-020bd656e86f._

_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"._