--- title: "PAVILION BOOKS COMPANY LIMITED — Ownership Dossier" canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b91b492c-71fa-560b-a969-91d90758edcd json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b91b492c-71fa-560b-a969-91d90758edcd identifier: oo:GB-COH-03818774 jurisdiction: GB risk: Low source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph --- # PAVILION BOOKS COMPANY LIMITED **Type:** Company **Jurisdiction:** GB **Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-03818774` **Risk level:** Low **Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b91b492c-71fa-560b-a969-91d90758edcd **Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b91b492c-71fa-560b-a969-91d90758edcd ## Cross-source identity The same real-world entity, resolved across sources: - **ANOVA BOOKS COMPANY LIMITED** — GLEIF · `lei:549300FHOX3YSW3XLN08` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d3eb0cfe-6413-524a-b82f-234ffba6c642 ## Ownership & control ### Owners / controllers - **Mrs Polly Augusta Marchant Powell** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4182ac22-8750-5337-8a49-01353e3ae1dc - **BATSFORD BOOKS GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4ead41c2-bf0a-578a-9b8f-79c7f73d6ed7 - **B.T. BATSFORD HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5a689bfb-ef4b-573b-98dc-7444e75e7ef4 - **BATSFORD BOOKS GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4ead41c2-bf0a-578a-9b8f-79c7f73d6ed7 - **Harpercollins Publishers Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/db57190c-bb00-433c-8b1a-18a9e22a6c54 - **B.T. BATSFORD HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5a689bfb-ef4b-573b-98dc-7444e75e7ef4 - **Pavilion & Portico Books Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/053d5033-5b56-4ff8-a15d-f9eb411bf395 - **Mrs Polly Augusta Marchant Powell** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/512d920b-266e-4ff0-92fa-6ad9ef943750 ### Holdings / subsidiaries - **BATSFORD BOOKS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/31bc38f9-eb9a-5df3-bd34-14c323ce8986 - **BELITHA PRESS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1a985cf8-7341-5298-87ff-1c95fbd35a75 - **BATSFORD BOOKS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/31bc38f9-eb9a-5df3-bd34-14c323ce8986 - **BELITHA PRESS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1a985cf8-7341-5298-87ff-1c95fbd35a75 ### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner) A **21-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:** `03818774` - **Status:** active - **Type:** ltd - **Incorporated:** 1999-07-29 - **Registered office:** 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF, United Kingdom - **SIC:** 58110 ### Officers - DOWSON-COLLINS, Simon — secretary · appointed 2021-12-01 - ALFORD, David Peter, Mr. — director · British · appointed 2021-12-01 - DOWSON-COLLINS, Simon Richard Peter, Mr. — director · British · appointed 2021-12-01 - KELLY, Kathryn Susanna — director · British · appointed 2025-10-07 - HANKS, Zana Samantha — secretary · appointed 2015-05-19 · resigned 2021-12-01 - POTTERELL, Clive Ronald — secretary · British · appointed 2000-10-09 · resigned 2005-11-23 - SAMS, Allan Conan — secretary · British · appointed 2007-02-28 · resigned 2015-03-26 - WHINRAY, Lynne — secretary · British · appointed 1999-07-29 · resigned 2000-10-09 - WOOD, Robin Lee Knoyle — secretary · British · appointed 2005-11-23 · resigned 2007-02-28 - SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1999-07-29 · resigned 1999-07-29 - BUTTERFIELD, Nigel Robert Adamson — director · British · appointed 1999-07-29 · resigned 2005-11-23 - GRYLLS, Vaughan Frederick — director · British · appointed 2017-08-18 · resigned 2021-12-01 - HOARE, Edward Andrew James — director · British · appointed 2016-10-01 · resigned 2020-11-11 - LEAVER, Marcus Edward — director · British · appointed 2003-02-14 · resigned 2005-03-11 - LENTON, Paul Richard — director · British · appointed 2004-01-21 · resigned 2005-11-23 - NEEDLEMAN, John Elliot — director · British · appointed 1999-07-29 · resigned 2003-03-27 - POWELL, Polly Augusta Marchant — director · British · appointed 2005-11-23 · resigned 2021-12-01 - PROFFIT, David Macer, Mr. — director · British · appointed 2005-01-23 · resigned 2013-12-23 - REDMAYNE, Charles George Mariner, Mr. — director · British · appointed 2021-12-01 · resigned 2025-10-07 - SANDERSON, Charles — director · British · appointed 2003-02-14 · resigned 2003-11-18 ### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control) - [Harpercollins Publishers Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/db57190c-bb00-433c-8b1a-18a9e22a6c54) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · Scotland — since 2022-01-17 - [Pavilion & Portico Books Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/053d5033-5b56-4ff8-a15d-f9eb411bf395) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2022-01-17 - [B.T. Batsford Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5a689bfb-ef4b-573b-98dc-7444e75e7ef4) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2021-07-21 - [Pavilion Books Group Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4ead41c2-bf0a-578a-9b8f-79c7f73d6ed7) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2021-05-24 - Mrs Polly Augusta Marchant Powell — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2022-01-17 ## Provenance - OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03818774 - companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03818774 --- _This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **PAVILION BOOKS COMPANY LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b91b492c-71fa-560b-a969-91d90758edcd · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b91b492c-71fa-560b-a969-91d90758edcd._ _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"._