---
title: "ELSEVIER LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/94036c73-7142-5edf-ad1b-8dff47c3e427
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/94036c73-7142-5edf-ad1b-8dff47c3e427
identifier: oo:GB-COH-01982084
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# ELSEVIER LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-01982084`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/94036c73-7142-5edf-ad1b-8dff47c3e427  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/94036c73-7142-5edf-ad1b-8dff47c3e427  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **ELSEVIER LIMITED** — GLEIF · `lei:5493004K0NPPLK135K42` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f4125e32-ff02-58cb-b053-81ab3e926cac

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **RELX (UK) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5701dd9f-a25d-5085-8343-1b333d1b8b33
- **Relx (Uk) Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f49b5a9b-a7c6-4a47-8fdb-9fe16e9a6e30
- **RELX (UK) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5701dd9f-a25d-5085-8343-1b333d1b8b33

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **OXFORD SPIRES MANAGEMENT CO; LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 75% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/53131f8d-d56c-5ea1-af5d-1bb4f2fb3913
- **SCIBITE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/008d9e5f-2350-5a37-86ac-165054e34793
- **SCIBITE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/008d9e5f-2350-5a37-86ac-165054e34793
- **OXFORD SPIRES MANAGEMENT CO; LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/53131f8d-d56c-5ea1-af5d-1bb4f2fb3913

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

A **16-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:** `01982084`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1986-01-24
- **Registered office:** 125 London Wall, London, EC2Y 5AS, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 62090

### Officers

- RE SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2016-11-16
- BESSON, Kumsal Bayazit — director · Turkish · appointed 2019-02-15
- CASSAR, Edward Mark — director · British · appointed 2020-09-16
- WHAYMAN, Stuart Mark — director · British · appointed 2014-05-12
- OLDALE, John Keith — secretary · British · resigned 1992-07-31
- MAWLAW SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 1992-07-31 · resigned 2010-10-29
- [TMF CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c0373e15-d094-5410-ab4b-6b4d1de9edc7) — corporate secretary · appointed 2010-10-29 · resigned 2016-11-16
- BAKER, Nicholas John — director · British · appointed 2009-12-01 · resigned 2011-11-30
- BARRETT, Barbara — director · British · appointed 1998-04-01 · resigned 2006-04-11
- BLAKE, Christopher — director · British · appointed 1997-04-01 · resigned 1998-10-15
- BOSWOOD, Michael Gordon — director · British · resigned 1996-09-19
- CRESPI, Laura Claire — director · British · appointed 2018-05-22 · resigned 2020-10-31
- DAVIES, Timothy Lloyd — director · British · resigned 1995-04-28
- ENGSTROM, Erik Nils — director · Swedish · appointed 2004-09-01 · resigned 2009-12-01
- GIBSON, Christopher Alan — director · British · appointed 2003-06-17 · resigned 2006-03-30
- HAANK, Derk — director · Dutch · appointed 1999-04-12 · resigned 2003-06-18
- HOWE, Gavin Anthony — director · British · appointed 1998-12-01 · resigned 2006-03-30
- JONGEJAN, Arie — director · Dutch · appointed 2004-04-14 · resigned 2004-12-31
- KELS, James John Francis — director · Dutch · resigned 1995-04-28
- KITSON, Ruth Anne — director · British · appointed 2011-11-30 · resigned 2023-08-02

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Relx (Uk) Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5701dd9f-a25d-5085-8343-1b333d1b8b33) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06
- [Relx (Uk) Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f49b5a9b-a7c6-4a47-8fdb-9fe16e9a6e30) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2020-04-28

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01982084
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01982084

## 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 **ELSEVIER LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/94036c73-7142-5edf-ad1b-8dff47c3e427 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **ELSEVIER LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/94036c73-7142-5edf-ad1b-8dff47c3e427 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/94036c73-7142-5edf-ad1b-8dff47c3e427._

_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"._