---
title: "COLLINS & BROWN LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cabfd92d-dbca-5a71-ad7c-1083cb08c2ac
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/cabfd92d-dbca-5a71-ad7c-1083cb08c2ac
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02366799
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# COLLINS & BROWN LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02366799`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cabfd92d-dbca-5a71-ad7c-1083cb08c2ac  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/cabfd92d-dbca-5a71-ad7c-1083cb08c2ac  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **BATSFORD BOOKS GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4ead41c2-bf0a-578a-9b8f-79c7f73d6ed7
- **BATSFORD BOOKS GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4ead41c2-bf0a-578a-9b8f-79c7f73d6ed7
- **Mrs Polly Augusta Marchant Powell** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a45b6e42-1992-48ee-a62c-9beaf028509e

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

A **16-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:** `02366799`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1989-03-30
- **Registered office:** 43 Great Ormond Street, London, WC1N 3HZ, England
- **SIC:** 58110

### Officers

- HANKS, Zana Samantha — secretary · appointed 2015-05-19
- GRYLLS, Vaughan Frederick — director · British · appointed 2017-08-18
- POWELL, Polly Augusta Marchant — director · British · appointed 2005-11-23
- GEORGIOU, Christodoulos Savvas — secretary · British · appointed 1997-08-20 · resigned 1997-08-31
- NESS, Robert James — secretary · British · appointed 2001-03-30 · resigned 2001-06-06
- PHILLIPS, Kevin — secretary · British · appointed 1997-08-31 · resigned 2001-03-30
- POTTERELL, Clive Ronald — secretary · British · appointed 2001-06-06 · resigned 2005-11-23
- SAMS, Allan Conan — secretary · British · appointed 2007-02-28 · resigned 2015-03-26
- WOOD, Robin Lee Knoyle — secretary · British · appointed 2005-11-23 · resigned 2007-02-28
- LEGIST SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · resigned 1997-08-20
- LEGIST SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · resigned 1993-03-30
- BRISTOW, Roger Arthur — director · British · resigned 2001-11-20
- BROWN, Cameron Michael — director · British · resigned 2001-08-31
- BUTTERFIELD, Nigel Robert Adamson — director · British · appointed 2001-11-20 · resigned 2005-11-23
- COLLINS, Samuel Alexander Mark — director · British · resigned 1998-11-09
- HAWKINS, Gillian Ann — director · British · resigned 1992-08-31
- LASSMAN, Peter — director · British · appointed 2001-10-15 · resigned 2005-09-01
- 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
- MACPHEE, Katherine — director · British · appointed 1998-11-09 · resigned 2001-11-20

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Batsford Books Group Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4ead41c2-bf0a-578a-9b8f-79c7f73d6ed7) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2021-03-09
- Mrs Polly Augusta Marchant Powell — right to appoint and remove directors · individual PSC · England — ceased 2021-03-09

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02366799
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02366799

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **COLLINS & BROWN LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cabfd92d-dbca-5a71-ad7c-1083cb08c2ac · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/cabfd92d-dbca-5a71-ad7c-1083cb08c2ac._

_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"._