---
title: "VIRGIN BOOKS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bbd29c77-6fd6-5348-9701-11c2cf158a93
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/bbd29c77-6fd6-5348-9701-11c2cf158a93
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02621654
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# VIRGIN BOOKS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02621654`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bbd29c77-6fd6-5348-9701-11c2cf158a93  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/bbd29c77-6fd6-5348-9701-11c2cf158a93  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **THE RANDOM HOUSE GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cc3d44d7-1958-5748-b0b1-2295220c82a2
- **The Random House Group Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9d990599-66fa-4f16-bda7-fa7f7acf9705

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

A **22-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:** `02621654`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1991-06-18
- **Registered office:** One Embassy Gardens, 8 Viaduct Gardens, London, SW11 7BW, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 58110

### Officers

- MARTIN, Sinead Mary — secretary · appointed 2016-06-30
- GARDINER, Mark William — director · British · appointed 2007-03-02
- WELDON, Thomas Daryl — director · British · appointed 2013-07-01
- BAYLISS, Joshua — secretary · British · appointed 2006-08-31 · resigned 2007-03-02
- FLYNN, Roger Patrick — secretary · British · resigned 1995-03-31
- GARDINER, Mark William — secretary · British · appointed 2007-03-02 · resigned 2014-10-20
- GRAM, Peter Gerardus — secretary · British · appointed 2000-03-10 · resigned 2006-08-31
- LEGGE, Diana Patricia — secretary · British · appointed 1996-06-28 · resigned 2000-03-10
- PEACOCK, Helena Caroline — secretary · appointed 2014-10-20 · resigned 2016-06-30
- ZAMET, Naomi Rae — secretary · British · appointed 1995-03-31 · resigned 1996-06-28
- ZIPRIN, Geoffrey Charles — nominee secretary · British · appointed 1991-06-18 · resigned 1991-07-03
- BRANSON, Richard Charles Nicholas, Sir — director · British · appointed 1991-07-03 · resigned 2004-04-15
- BRIDGE, Matthew Downie — director · British · appointed 2012-03-27 · resigned 2014-08-06
- CABLE, Richard Hamilton — director · British · appointed 2007-03-02 · resigned 2010-01-04
- DEVEREUX, Robert Harold Ferrers — director · British · appointed 2004-05-24 · resigned 2004-11-24
- DEVEREUX, Robert Harold Ferrers — director · British · appointed 1997-01-27 · resigned 2000-09-29
- FISHER, Mark Grenville — director · British · appointed 2000-06-29 · resigned 2002-02-01
- FORSTER, Karen Elizabeth — director · British · appointed 2000-09-29 · resigned 2007-12-31
- FUSSELL, Thomas Cyrus — director · British · appointed 2009-03-19 · resigned 2009-12-08
- HUDSON, Ian Michael — director · British · appointed 2007-03-02 · resigned 2008-10-31

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [The Random House Group Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9d990599-66fa-4f16-bda7-fa7f7acf9705) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02621654
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02621654

## 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 **VIRGIN BOOKS LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bbd29c77-6fd6-5348-9701-11c2cf158a93 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **VIRGIN BOOKS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bbd29c77-6fd6-5348-9701-11c2cf158a93 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/bbd29c77-6fd6-5348-9701-11c2cf158a93._

_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"._