---
title: "PHILIP WILSON PUBLISHERS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dc02e093-e8ca-5a78-9b82-4d60648e3a2e
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/dc02e093-e8ca-5a78-9b82-4d60648e3a2e
identifier: oo:GB-COH-04189978
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# PHILIP WILSON PUBLISHERS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-04189978`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dc02e093-e8ca-5a78-9b82-4d60648e3a2e  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/dc02e093-e8ca-5a78-9b82-4d60648e3a2e  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2e668206-0468-56b6-bbc3-86250314adfe
- **Mr Iradj Ali Bagherzade** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dd70048f-92bf-5b43-afbe-4db4545fceec
- **Mr Iradj Ali Bagherzade** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a2ac155c-19ad-4ed7-a447-db6a3644fb76
- **Rothschild & Co** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/63d4a27a-b31a-4c70-8e74-f322011eecef
- **BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2e668206-0468-56b6-bbc3-86250314adfe

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

A **5-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:** `04189978`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2001-03-29
- **Registered office:** 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP, England
- **SIC:** 58110

### Officers

- ABU-DEEB, Maya Margaret — secretary · appointed 2019-01-21
- UNDERWOOD, Keith Robert — director · British · appointed 2026-02-02
- DAYKIN, Michael Richard — secretary · appointed 2018-05-01 · resigned 2019-01-18
- PROHASKA, Branka — secretary · British · appointed 2001-03-29 · resigned 2010-03-31
- STUCKEY, Elizabeth Robina Margaret — secretary · appointed 2011-05-06 · resigned 2018-05-01
- SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 2001-03-29 · resigned 2001-03-29
- GLASSPOOL, Jonathan Rennie — director · British · appointed 2018-05-01 · resigned 2018-07-16
- MCDONNELL, Jonathan Robert — director · British · appointed 2011-05-06 · resigned 2018-05-01
- NEWTON, John Nigel — director · American · appointed 2018-05-01 · resigned 2018-11-22
- PROHASKA, Slobodan — director · British · appointed 2001-04-25 · resigned 2010-03-31
- SCOTT-BAYFIELD, Penelope Samantha Juliette — director · British · appointed 2018-07-16 · resigned 2026-02-02
- WILSON, Edward Philip — director · British · appointed 2001-11-15 · resigned 2011-05-06
- WILSON, Edward Philip — director · British · appointed 2001-03-29 · resigned 2001-04-27
- INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED — corporate nominee director · appointed 2001-03-29 · resigned 2001-03-29

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Bloomsbury Publishing Plc](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2e668206-0468-56b6-bbc3-86250314adfe) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2018-05-01
- [Rothschild & Co](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/63d4a27a-b31a-4c70-8e74-f322011eecef) — 50–75% shares · corporate PSC · France — ceased 2018-05-01
- Mr Iradj Ali Bagherzade — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2018-05-01

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04189978
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04189978

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **PHILIP WILSON PUBLISHERS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dc02e093-e8ca-5a78-9b82-4d60648e3a2e · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/dc02e093-e8ca-5a78-9b82-4d60648e3a2e._

_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"._