---
title: "HODDER & STOUGHTON LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a51a6e99-265b-5bd1-af00-e66bc9e4ff3e
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/a51a6e99-265b-5bd1-af00-e66bc9e4ff3e
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00651692
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# HODDER & STOUGHTON LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00651692`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a51a6e99-265b-5bd1-af00-e66bc9e4ff3e  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/a51a6e99-265b-5bd1-af00-e66bc9e4ff3e  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **HACHETTE UK LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/346b3325-46a3-5f84-a392-be14dd1cc9ac
- **HODDER & STOUGHTON LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a51a6e99-265b-5bd1-af00-e66bc9e4ff3e
- **HODDER & STOUGHTON LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a51a6e99-265b-5bd1-af00-e66bc9e4ff3e
- **Hna Group Limited** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/39fdd0fe-fde3-4abb-93e5-92894f10de08
- **Hachette Uk (Holdings) Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/84b48cc6-b91f-46ff-8a78-b18de649d629
- **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
- **HACHETTE UK LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/346b3325-46a3-5f84-a392-be14dd1cc9ac

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

A **19-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:** `00651692`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1960-03-07
- **Registered office:** Carmelite House, 50 Victoria Embankment, London, EC4Y 0DZ
- **SIC:** 58110

### Officers

- WRIGHT, Dylan Matthew — secretary · appointed 2026-04-01
- KITSON, Richard David — director · British · appointed 2025-10-01
- SHELLEY, David Richard — director · British · appointed 2017-12-12
- WRIGHT, Dylan Matthew — director · British · appointed 2026-04-01
- BROWN, Anthony Malcolm — secretary · British · resigned 2002-02-25
- BUCKLEY, Michael David — secretary · British · appointed 2004-06-15 · resigned 2004-08-02
- DE CACQUERAY, Pierre — secretary · French · appointed 2005-05-03 · resigned 2026-04-01
- FAIRBAIRN, Colin Graham Campbell — secretary · British · appointed 2002-02-25 · resigned 2004-06-15
- ROBINSON, Stephen Leonard — secretary · British · appointed 2004-08-02 · resigned 2005-05-03
- ADAM, Richard John — director · British · appointed 1996-04-30 · resigned 1999-10-18
- ATTENBOROUGH, Michael Francis — director · British · resigned 1993-09-24
- ATTENBOROUGH, Philip John — director · British · resigned 1993-06-25
- BIGGS-DAVISON, Thomas George Julian — director · British · resigned 1993-08-31
- BROWN, Anthony Malcolm — director · British · resigned 1997-06-04
- COLEY, Paul Murray — director · British · appointed 1993-09-13 · resigned 1995-07-05
- DE CACQUERAY, Pierre — director · French · appointed 2005-05-03 · resigned 2026-04-01
- FAIRBAIRN, Colin Graham Campbell — director · British · appointed 2001-12-01 · resigned 2004-06-15
- HAMILL, Keith — director · British · appointed 2000-01-17 · resigned 2000-05-31
- HELY HUTCHINSON, Timothy Mark — director · British · appointed 1993-07-01 · resigned 2017-12-12
- HODDER-WILLIAMS, James — director · British · appointed 2009-12-03 · resigned 2022-03-31

### 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 Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/346b3325-46a3-5f84-a392-be14dd1cc9ac) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06
- [Hachette Uk (Holdings) Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/84b48cc6-b91f-46ff-8a78-b18de649d629) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06
- [Lagardère 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/00651692
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00651692

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **HODDER & STOUGHTON LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a51a6e99-265b-5bd1-af00-e66bc9e4ff3e · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/a51a6e99-265b-5bd1-af00-e66bc9e4ff3e._

_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"._