--- title: "LAURENCE KING PUBLISHING LTD — Ownership Dossier" canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cd46b9df-58ec-5a2d-9985-7a8f7a4abc42 json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/cd46b9df-58ec-5a2d-9985-7a8f7a4abc42 identifier: oo:GB-COH-01263586 jurisdiction: GB risk: Low source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph --- # LAURENCE KING PUBLISHING LTD **Type:** Company **Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb) **Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-01263586` **Risk level:** Low **Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cd46b9df-58ec-5a2d-9985-7a8f7a4abc42 **Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/cd46b9df-58ec-5a2d-9985-7a8f7a4abc42 ## Cross-source identity The same real-world entity, resolved across sources: - **Laurence King Publishing Ltd** — source · `gb-coh:1263586` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/145c5db2-bdac-4abd-9327-d6975322ad3a ## Ownership & control ### Owners / controllers - **HACHETTE UK LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/346b3325-46a3-5f84-a392-be14dd1cc9ac - **HACHETTE UK LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/346b3325-46a3-5f84-a392-be14dd1cc9ac - **Hna Group Limited** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — 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 - **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 - **Mandeville Publishing Ltd** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7140db28-e9e2-4377-9b2b-8e8dfd1ecb5b ### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner) A **18-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:** `01263586` - **Status:** active - **Type:** ltd - **Incorporated:** 1976-06-17 - **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 2020-09-01 - SHELLEY, David Richard — director · British · appointed 2020-09-01 - WRIGHT, Dylan Matthew — director · British · appointed 2026-04-01 - BARBROOK, Matthew James — secretary · British · appointed 1995-01-23 · resigned 1998-01-09 - DE CACQUERAY, Pierre — secretary · appointed 2020-09-01 · resigned 2026-04-01 - SPEAKMAN, David Michael — secretary · British · resigned 1995-01-23 - STODDART, John Victor — secretary · British · appointed 1998-01-09 · resigned 2012-06-29 - TREACY-LORD, Maria — secretary · appointed 2012-06-18 · resigned 2020-09-01 - BRADLEY, Rosemary — director · British · resigned 1993-06-30 - COOPER, Philip Ashley — director · English · appointed 2001-01-24 · resigned 2015-05-31 - DE CACQUERAY, Pierre — director · French · appointed 2020-09-01 · resigned 2026-04-01 - GREENWOOD, Adrian James Warwick — director · English · appointed 2020-05-28 · resigned 2020-09-01 - GREENWOOD, Adrian James Warwick — director · English · appointed 2017-04-24 · resigned 2020-04-02 - GWYNN, Simon Thomas — director · British · appointed 2009-10-29 · resigned 2013-06-28 - HYMAN, Robin Philip — director · British · resigned 2004-06-23 - INGRAM, Duncan George — director · British · appointed 2016-11-01 · resigned 2020-09-01 - JENNER, Elizabeth Rose — director · British · appointed 2017-03-24 · resigned 2018-10-03 - KEKWICK, Stanley Rene — director · British · resigned 1992-07-17 - KING, Laurence Richard — director · British · resigned 2021-02-16 ### 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 Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/346b3325-46a3-5f84-a392-be14dd1cc9ac) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2023-09-20 - [Hachette Uk (Holdings) Ltd](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/94102da5-ef8e-5361-945f-8cfc26493ef3) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2020-09-01 - [Lagardère Sa](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/39fdd0fe-fde3-4abb-93e5-92894f10de08) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · France — since 2020-09-01 - [Vivendi Se](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/39fdd0fe-fde3-4abb-93e5-92894f10de08) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · France — ceased 2024-12-16 - [Mandeville Publishing Ltd](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7140db28-e9e2-4377-9b2b-8e8dfd1ecb5b) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2023-09-20 ## Provenance - OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01263586 - companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01263586 ## 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 **LAURENCE KING PUBLISHING LTD** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cd46b9df-58ec-5a2d-9985-7a8f7a4abc42 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing. --- _This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **LAURENCE KING PUBLISHING LTD**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cd46b9df-58ec-5a2d-9985-7a8f7a4abc42 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/cd46b9df-58ec-5a2d-9985-7a8f7a4abc42._ _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"._