--- title: "CARLTON BOOKS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier" canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b823e157-90fe-59d5-9402-daca935f0fff json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b823e157-90fe-59d5-9402-daca935f0fff identifier: oo:GB-COH-02625229 jurisdiction: GB risk: Low source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph --- # CARLTON BOOKS LIMITED **Type:** Company **Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb) **Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02625229` **Risk level:** Low **Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b823e157-90fe-59d5-9402-daca935f0fff **Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b823e157-90fe-59d5-9402-daca935f0fff ## Ownership & control ### Owners / controllers - **MORTIMER BOOKS LTD** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/aba3a3f3-74c3-5c14-84fc-ed7fe75d644e - **Welbeck Publishing Group Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/45afcef4-d0e0-4799-a779-e921a19549e0 - **Hna Group Limited** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — 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 - **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 (HOLDINGS) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/94102da5-ef8e-5361-945f-8cfc26493ef3 ### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner) A **35-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:** `02625229` - **Status:** active - **Type:** ltd - **Incorporated:** 1991-06-28 - **Registered office:** Carmelite House, 50 Victoria Embankment, London, EC4Y 0DZ, England - **SIC:** 58110 ### Officers - WRIGHT, Dylan Matthew — secretary · appointed 2026-04-01 - KITSON, Richard David — director · British · appointed 2022-12-02 - SHELLEY, David Richard — director · British · appointed 2022-12-02 - WRIGHT, Dylan Matthew — director · British · appointed 2026-04-01 - ABDOO, David — secretary · British · resigned 2004-01-30 - DE CACQUERAY, Pierre — secretary · appointed 2022-12-02 · resigned 2026-04-01 - RUGGIERO, Peter Alexander — secretary · appointed 2018-10-15 · resigned 2019-12-31 - TAUTZ, Helen Jane — secretary · British · appointed 2004-01-30 · resigned 2004-08-17 - WHITTON, Adrian Matthew — secretary · British · appointed 2004-08-17 · resigned 2016-04-29 - ABDOO, David — director · British · resigned 1998-07-22 - ALLEN-JONES, Keith Ian — director · British · appointed 1995-11-13 · resigned 2003-02-28 - CHAMBERS, Frank Robert — director · British · appointed 2013-12-09 · resigned 2015-10-31 - CHANCE, Dean — director · United Kingdom · appointed 2017-07-17 · resigned 2019-04-01 - CORTEEL, Sarah Anne — director · British · appointed 2015-04-24 · resigned 2019-04-01 - CRAGG, Bernard Anthony — director · British · resigned 1998-07-22 - DE CACQUERAY, Pierre — director · French · appointed 2022-12-02 · resigned 2026-04-01 - EDELMAN, Keith Graeme — director · British · resigned 1993-06-29 - GOODMAN, Jonathan Richard — director · United Kingdom · resigned 2019-04-01 - GOUGH, Jeremy David Erle — director · British · appointed 2015-06-01 · resigned 2019-04-01 - GREENHOUGH, James Shanks — director · British · appointed 2002-11-01 · resigned 2017-09-04 ### 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 Ltd](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/346b3325-46a3-5f84-a392-be14dd1cc9ac) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — 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 - [Hachette Uk (Holdings) Ltd](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/94102da5-ef8e-5361-945f-8cfc26493ef3) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2022-12-02 - Welbeck Publishing Group Limited — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2019-04-01 - [Mortimer Books Ltd](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/aba3a3f3-74c3-5c14-84fc-ed7fe75d644e) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — 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 - companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02625229 - OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02625229 ## 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 **CARLTON BOOKS LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b823e157-90fe-59d5-9402-daca935f0fff · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing. --- _This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **CARLTON BOOKS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b823e157-90fe-59d5-9402-daca935f0fff · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b823e157-90fe-59d5-9402-daca935f0fff._ _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"._