---
title: "4-D BOOKS LTD — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b6749cd5-e375-544c-8fa7-2f28f3eab49d
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b6749cd5-e375-544c-8fa7-2f28f3eab49d
identifier: oo:GB-COH-07321687
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# 4-D BOOKS LTD

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-07321687`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b6749cd5-e375-544c-8fa7-2f28f3eab49d  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b6749cd5-e375-544c-8fa7-2f28f3eab49d  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Prof Michael Gwyn Hocking** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8ac0e4ca-de19-5f5b-ab7f-39f6dbb78774
- **Dr Paulette Shafik Sidky** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5b480ae2-0035-512f-a1d9-94a713b7804c
- **Prof Michael Gwyn Hocking** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4dc2602b-27c7-4e7b-bd36-b851b643f420
- **Dr Paulette Shafik Sidky** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8667c46d-9bf5-49b5-9846-d19dff495007

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

1. **Prof Michael Gwyn Hocking** — beneficial owner 100% → *4-D BOOKS LTD*
1. **Dr Paulette Shafik Sidky** — beneficial owner 50% → *4-D BOOKS LTD*
1. **Prof Michael Gwyn Hocking** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *4-D BOOKS LTD*
1. **Dr Paulette Shafik Sidky** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *4-D BOOKS LTD*

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `07321687`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2010-07-21
- **Registered office:** 2 Boxgrove Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 2LX
- **SIC:** 58110

### Officers

- HOCKING, Michael Gwyn, Prof — director · British · appointed 2010-07-21
- SIDKY, Paulette Shafik, Dr — director · British · appointed 2011-05-24 · resigned 2011-08-08

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Prof Michael Gwyn Hocking — 25–50% shares · individual PSC — since 2016-07-21
- Dr Paulette Shafik Sidky — 25–50% shares · individual PSC — since 2016-07-20

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07321687
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07321687

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **4-D BOOKS LTD**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b6749cd5-e375-544c-8fa7-2f28f3eab49d · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b6749cd5-e375-544c-8fa7-2f28f3eab49d._

_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"._