--- title: "MORTIMER BOOKS LTD — Ownership Dossier" canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/aba3a3f3-74c3-5c14-84fc-ed7fe75d644e json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/aba3a3f3-74c3-5c14-84fc-ed7fe75d644e identifier: oo:GB-COH-05156636 jurisdiction: GB risk: Low source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph --- # MORTIMER BOOKS LTD **Type:** Company **Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb) **Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-05156636` **Risk level:** Low **Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/aba3a3f3-74c3-5c14-84fc-ed7fe75d644e **Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/aba3a3f3-74c3-5c14-84fc-ed7fe75d644e ## Ownership & control ### Owners / controllers - **Mr Jonathan Richard Goodman** (beneficial owner) — 75% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/46ba6d2a-0550-5d03-ba06-d6c4cb07a759 - **Mr Michael Zilkha** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b74b84ae-3f14-5d17-b743-4e71c9e26c5c - **Mr Jonathan Richard Goodman** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/99fe71b9-f0b0-4c62-9161-012797256d63 - **Mr Michael Zilkha** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9a76deb1-43e1-4eb7-afea-01127c07b93b - **WELBECK PUBLISHING GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/58154d45-3b97-5955-a326-ae189886d222 - **HACHETTE UK LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/346b3325-46a3-5f84-a392-be14dd1cc9ac - **HACHETTE UK (HOLDINGS) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/94102da5-ef8e-5361-945f-8cfc26493ef3 - **Hna Group Limited** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — 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 ### Holdings / subsidiaries - **TRIGGER PUBLISHING LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d9b0bfcb-596e-5030-a017-e6bba5ceeb62 - **WELBECK NON-FICTION LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/56331f8d-ff4e-5560-97be-d91be83ada5b - **TRIGGER PUBLISHING LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d9b0bfcb-596e-5030-a017-e6bba5ceeb62 - **CARLTON BOOKS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b823e157-90fe-59d5-9402-daca935f0fff - **WELBECK FICTION LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/13ced11e-74a7-586d-9162-58338f8de627 ### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner) A **28-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:** `05156636` - **Status:** active - **Type:** ltd - **Incorporated:** 2004-06-17 - **Registered office:** Carmelite House, 50 Victoria Embankment, London, EC4Y 0DZ, England - **SIC:** 58110 ### Officers - WRIGHT, Dylan Matthew — secretary · appointed 2026-04-01 - WRIGHT, Dylan Matthew — director · British · appointed 2026-04-01 - DE CACQUERAY, Pierre — secretary · appointed 2022-12-02 · resigned 2026-04-01 - GOODMAN, Jonathan Richard — secretary · United Kingdom · appointed 2004-06-17 · resigned 2005-06-06 - WHITTON, Adrian Matthew — secretary · British · appointed 2005-06-06 · resigned 2016-04-29 - OLSWANG COSEC LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2004-06-17 · resigned 2004-06-17 - DE CACQUERAY, Pierre — director · French · appointed 2022-12-02 · resigned 2026-04-01 - GOODMAN, Jonathan Richard — director · United Kingdom · appointed 2004-06-17 · resigned 2019-04-01 - KITSON, Richard David — director · British · appointed 2022-12-02 · resigned 2025-09-30 - LEAVER, Marcus Edward — director · British · appointed 2019-04-01 · resigned 2022-12-02 - SHELLEY, David Richard — director · British · appointed 2022-12-02 · resigned 2025-09-30 - SMITH, Mark Alexander — director · British,Australian · appointed 2019-04-01 · resigned 2022-12-02 - ZILKHA, Michael — director · American · appointed 2004-06-17 · resigned 2019-04-01 - OLSWANG DIRECTORS 1 LIMITED — corporate nominee director · appointed 2004-06-17 · resigned 2004-06-17 - OLSWANG DIRECTORS 2 LIMITED — corporate nominee director · appointed 2004-06-17 · resigned 2004-06-17 ### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control) - [Hachette Uk Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/346b3325-46a3-5f84-a392-be14dd1cc9ac) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2022-12-02 - [Hachette Uk (Holdings) Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/94102da5-ef8e-5361-945f-8cfc26493ef3) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2022-12-02 - [Lagardère Sa](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/39fdd0fe-fde3-4abb-93e5-92894f10de08) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · France — since 2022-12-02 - [Louis Hachette Group Sa](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/39fdd0fe-fde3-4abb-93e5-92894f10de08) — 50–75% shares · corporate PSC · France — since 2022-12-02 - [Welbeck Publishing Group Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/58154d45-3b97-5955-a326-ae189886d222) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2019-04-01 - Mr Jonathan Richard Goodman — 50–75% shares · individual PSC — ceased 2019-04-01 - Mr Michael Zilkha — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · United States — ceased 2019-04-01 ## Provenance - OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05156636 - companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05156636 --- _This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **MORTIMER BOOKS LTD**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/aba3a3f3-74c3-5c14-84fc-ed7fe75d644e · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/aba3a3f3-74c3-5c14-84fc-ed7fe75d644e._ _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"._