---
title: "WOODLANDS BOOKS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ca6d7888-387b-540e-a821-657eb9fa3319
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/ca6d7888-387b-540e-a821-657eb9fa3319
identifier: oo:GB-COH-05332629
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# WOODLANDS BOOKS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-05332629`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ca6d7888-387b-540e-a821-657eb9fa3319  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/ca6d7888-387b-540e-a821-657eb9fa3319  

## 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:** `05332629`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2005-01-14
- **Registered office:** One Embassy Gardens, 8 Viaduct Gardens, London, SW11 7BW, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 58110

### Officers

- GARDINER, Mark William — secretary · British · appointed 2006-07-19
- DAVIES, Stephen Thomas — director · British · appointed 2019-11-14
- GARDINER, Mark William — director · British · appointed 2006-07-19
- RICKETT, Joel David — director · British · appointed 2019-07-16
- TWYNAM, Nancy — director · British · appointed 2019-11-14
- WELDON, Thomas Daryl — director · British · appointed 2013-07-01
- SMOUT, Maria Anne — secretary · British · appointed 2005-02-11 · resigned 2005-08-30
- STEVENSON, James David — secretary · British · appointed 2005-08-30 · resigned 2006-07-19
- SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 2005-01-14 · resigned 2005-02-11
- AINSBY, Gavin James — director · British · appointed 2005-03-29 · resigned 2006-06-30
- ARTHUR, Marcus Peter — director · Scottish · appointed 2013-08-05 · resigned 2019-11-14
- ARTHUR, Marcus Peter — director · Scottish · appointed 2010-03-19 · resigned 2011-03-15
- BRETT, Nicholas Richard John — director · British · appointed 2013-08-05 · resigned 2015-06-08
- COOPER, Sarah Felicity — director · British · appointed 2005-03-29 · resigned 2012-01-15
- DAVIES, Brian John — director · British · appointed 2006-07-19 · resigned 2015-09-30
- DAVIES, Stephen Thomas — director · British · appointed 2012-01-15 · resigned 2013-08-05
- DEMPSEY, Paul Francis — director · British · appointed 2011-03-15 · resigned 2013-08-05
- DEMPSEY, Paul Francis — director · British · appointed 2008-09-26 · resigned 2010-03-19
- HUDSON, Ian Michael — director · British · appointed 2006-07-19 · resigned 2008-10-31
- MACINTYRE, Fiona Bell — director · British · appointed 2008-12-18 · resigned 2014-09-30

### 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/05332629
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05332629

## 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 **WOODLANDS BOOKS LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ca6d7888-387b-540e-a821-657eb9fa3319 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **WOODLANDS BOOKS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ca6d7888-387b-540e-a821-657eb9fa3319 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/ca6d7888-387b-540e-a821-657eb9fa3319._

_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"._