---
title: "HUGO'S LANGUAGE BOOKS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a588bf6a-1e37-5dd0-8a9e-ac5d596bf0f4
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/a588bf6a-1e37-5dd0-8a9e-ac5d596bf0f4
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00503652
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# HUGO'S LANGUAGE BOOKS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00503652`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a588bf6a-1e37-5dd0-8a9e-ac5d596bf0f4  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/a588bf6a-1e37-5dd0-8a9e-ac5d596bf0f4  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6f73b607-29b7-5fe1-8d3d-176e7263e1e7
- **Penguin Random House Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/488c61c6-d5cd-49fd-9465-c7083276f853

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

A **18-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:** `00503652`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1952-01-22
- **Registered office:** 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 2SA, England
- **SIC:** 58110

## Financials (Companies House accounts)

| Figure | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---:|
| Net assets | £407,638 |
| Shareholder funds | £25,000 |
| Current assets | £407,638 |
| 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
- GATES, Robert James Squire — director · British · appointed 2022-05-01
- HODGKINSON, Shaun David — director · British · appointed 2016-06-30
- KELLY, Paul Nicholas — director · British · appointed 2016-08-30
- BOLT, Madeleine Margareter — secretary · British · resigned 1996-10-02
- FULTON, Anita Therese — secretary · Australian · appointed 1998-01-01 · resigned 2000-08-04
- GILL, Peter Richard — secretary · British · appointed 1996-10-02 · resigned 1997-12-31
- PEACOCK, Helena Caroline — secretary · British · appointed 2000-08-04 · resigned 2016-06-30
- ALLAN, Alexandra Stephanie — director · British · appointed 2016-08-05 · resigned 2018-07-30
- BATCHELOR-SMITH, Robin Jeremy — director · British · resigned 1996-10-02
- BOLT, Madeleine Margareter — director · British · resigned 1996-10-02
- DAVIS, Christopher John — director · British · appointed 1996-10-02 · resigned 1999-12-31
- DUHIGG, John William — director · British · appointed 2010-08-02 · resigned 2016-06-30
- FIELD, Peter — director · British · appointed 2009-07-06 · resigned 2012-07-02
- FORBES WATSON, Anthony David — director · British · appointed 2000-08-04 · resigned 2005-02-28
- FORT, Alan James — director · British · appointed 1999-09-08 · resigned 2000-05-09
- FULTON, Anita Therese — director · Australian · appointed 1998-01-01 · resigned 2000-08-04
- GILL, Peter Richard — director · British · appointed 1996-10-02 · resigned 1997-12-31
- HARE, Rodney James — director · Australian · appointed 1996-10-02 · resigned 1998-09-11
- HOUSTON, David Oliver — director · British · appointed 1998-02-02 · resigned 1999-09-06

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Penguin Random House Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/488c61c6-d5cd-49fd-9465-c7083276f853) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00503652
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00503652
- companies_house_accounts — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00503652/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 **HUGO'S LANGUAGE BOOKS LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a588bf6a-1e37-5dd0-8a9e-ac5d596bf0f4 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **HUGO'S LANGUAGE BOOKS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a588bf6a-1e37-5dd0-8a9e-ac5d596bf0f4 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/a588bf6a-1e37-5dd0-8a9e-ac5d596bf0f4._

_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"._