---
title: "TRANSWORLD PUBLISHERS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/93f442eb-76d8-5413-9bda-374d2c90f9bf
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/93f442eb-76d8-5413-9bda-374d2c90f9bf
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00485183
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# TRANSWORLD PUBLISHERS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00485183`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/93f442eb-76d8-5413-9bda-374d2c90f9bf  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/93f442eb-76d8-5413-9bda-374d2c90f9bf  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **THE RANDOM HOUSE GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cc3d44d7-1958-5748-b0b1-2295220c82a2
- **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:** `00485183`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1950-08-08
- **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 | £5,000 |
| Shareholder funds | £5,000 |
| Current assets | £5,000 |
| 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 1998-07-01
- WELDON, Thomas Daryl — director · British · appointed 2014-10-20
- HAYHURST, William Henry — secretary · British · resigned 2000-03-21
- PEACOCK, Helena Caroline — secretary · appointed 2014-10-20 · resigned 2016-06-30
- SMITH, Roger Ling — secretary · British · appointed 2000-03-21 · resigned 2014-10-20
- BARTY-KING, Mark Baxter — director · British · resigned 2003-06-30
- BLAKE, John Frederick — director · British · resigned 2003-01-31
- CRANE, Edmund David — director · British · resigned 1991-03-22
- DAVIES, Alun — director · British · resigned 2000-04-25
- DICKINSON, Philippa Lucy Ann — director · British · appointed 1993-07-01 · resigned 2015-03-03
- EARNEY, Alan Henry — director · British · resigned 1990-07-19
- FINLAY, Larry Brian — director · British · appointed 1993-07-01 · resigned 2023-12-31
- GILL, Frank Sidney — director · British · resigned 1995-07-21
- GREENFIELD, George — director · British · appointed 1996-07-01 · resigned 2003-06-30
- HAYHURST, William Henry — director · British · appointed 1993-07-01 · resigned 2000-03-21
- HEMPSTEAD, Barry William — director · British · resigned 2002-08-09
- HOEFT, Julius — director · American · resigned 2000-03-21
- JANSON-SMITH, Peter Patrick — director · British · resigned 2005-09-27
- LACZYNSKA, Elizabeth Theresa Adamina — director · British · appointed 1993-07-01 · resigned 2005-12-31

### 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/00485183
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00485183
- companies_house_accounts — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00485183/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 **TRANSWORLD PUBLISHERS LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/93f442eb-76d8-5413-9bda-374d2c90f9bf · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **TRANSWORLD PUBLISHERS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/93f442eb-76d8-5413-9bda-374d2c90f9bf · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/93f442eb-76d8-5413-9bda-374d2c90f9bf._

_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"._