--- title: "LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP LIMITED — Ownership Dossier" canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d91f2ea2-7530-55cd-82a8-53d17cda1c49 json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/d91f2ea2-7530-55cd-82a8-53d17cda1c49 identifier: oo:GB-COH-02304585 jurisdiction: GB risk: Low source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph --- # LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP LIMITED **Type:** Company **Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb) **Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02304585` **Risk level:** Low **Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d91f2ea2-7530-55cd-82a8-53d17cda1c49 **Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/d91f2ea2-7530-55cd-82a8-53d17cda1c49 ## Cross-source identity The same real-world entity, resolved across sources: - **Little, Brown Book Group Limited** — source · `gb-coh:2304585` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0b5d859e-f30b-4a0d-8a06-a82f30d41caa ## Ownership & control ### Owners / controllers - **HACHETTE UK (HOLDINGS) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/94102da5-ef8e-5361-945f-8cfc26493ef3 - **LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d91f2ea2-7530-55cd-82a8-53d17cda1c49 - **LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d91f2ea2-7530-55cd-82a8-53d17cda1c49 - **Hna Group Limited** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — 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 - **Hna Group Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — 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 ### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner) A **11-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:** `02304585` - **Status:** active - **Type:** ltd - **Incorporated:** 1988-10-12 - **Registered office:** Carmelite House, 50 Victoria Embankment, London, EC4Y 0DZ - **SIC:** 58110, 58190, 59200 ### Officers - WRIGHT, Dylan Matthew — secretary · appointed 2026-04-01 - SHELLEY, David Richard — director · British · appointed 2015-01-01 - WRIGHT, Dylan Matthew — director · British · appointed 2026-04-01 - BATT, Nigel Paul — secretary · British · appointed 2006-03-31 · resigned 2008-02-13 - DE CACQUERAY, Pierre — secretary · appointed 2015-04-15 · resigned 2026-04-01 - HOLLAND, Nigel Keith — secretary · British · appointed 2000-09-27 · resigned 2003-01-31 - JONES, Bronwen Elizabeth Stuart — secretary · United Kingdom · appointed 2003-01-31 · resigned 2006-03-31 - SHAW, Julian — secretary · British · appointed 2008-02-13 · resigned 2011-02-18 - SINCLAIR, Ian Reid — secretary · British · resigned 2000-09-27 - TAYLOR, Emily-Jane — secretary · appointed 2011-02-18 · resigned 2015-04-15 - ATKINSON, Richard Gordon — director · British · appointed 2000-02-01 · resigned 2006-01-27 - BAKHOUCHE, Fabrice — director · French · appointed 2021-06-15 · resigned 2023-08-31 - BATT, Nigel Paul — director · British · appointed 2005-01-10 · resigned 2008-02-13 - BUTCHER, Andrew — director · British · appointed 2004-03-31 · resigned 2004-08-02 - DE CACQUERAY, Pierre — director · French · appointed 2006-03-31 · resigned 2026-04-01 - DORT, Martin — director · German · appointed 1994-06-16 · resigned 1996-12-17 - EVANS, Richard John — director · British · appointed 2004-01-29 · resigned 2006-03-31 - FRARY, Stephen Richard — director · American · appointed 1996-12-06 · resigned 2000-01-07 - GARDNER, Martin Jay — director · Us Citizen · appointed 1993-10-25 · resigned 1996-12-10 - HALL, John David — director · American · appointed 2001-01-19 · resigned 2004-03-31 ### 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 (Holdings) Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/94102da5-ef8e-5361-945f-8cfc26493ef3) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06 - [Lagardère Sa](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/39fdd0fe-fde3-4abb-93e5-92894f10de08) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · France — since 2016-04-06 - [Vivendi Se](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/39fdd0fe-fde3-4abb-93e5-92894f10de08) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · France — ceased 2024-12-16 ## Provenance - OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02304585 - companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02304585 ## 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 **LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d91f2ea2-7530-55cd-82a8-53d17cda1c49 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing. --- _This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d91f2ea2-7530-55cd-82a8-53d17cda1c49 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/d91f2ea2-7530-55cd-82a8-53d17cda1c49._ _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"._