---
title: "PEARSON AUSTRALIA FINANCE UNLIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e08deb6d-3e78-53bb-86e9-2a92208736e9
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e08deb6d-3e78-53bb-86e9-2a92208736e9
identifier: oo:GB-COH-05578463
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# PEARSON AUSTRALIA FINANCE UNLIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-05578463`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e08deb6d-3e78-53bb-86e9-2a92208736e9  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e08deb6d-3e78-53bb-86e9-2a92208736e9  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **PEARSON STRAND FINANCE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/50074f67-492d-5599-80b6-a646437d47b4
- **PEARSON INTERNATIONAL FINANCE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/94828e74-1f69-502d-b307-8955ad0575da
- **PEARSON STRAND FINANCE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/50074f67-492d-5599-80b6-a646437d47b4
- **Pearson International Finance Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/583916e8-6235-4e9a-b570-3f43ebd88596

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

A **9-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:** `05578463`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** private unlimited
- **Incorporated:** 2005-09-29
- **Registered office:** 80 Strand, London, WC2R 0RL
- **SIC:** 64209

### Officers

- BALDWIN, Graeme Stuart — secretary · appointed 2020-10-01
- FOUND, Lynsey — director · British · appointed 2020-08-01
- MUIR, Fiona Elizabeth — director · British · appointed 2019-08-01
- PORTER, Stephen John — director · British · appointed 2024-12-02
- BRAUNHOFER, Jennifer Sandra — secretary · British · appointed 2005-09-29 · resigned 2011-03-02
- HIRANI, Daksha — secretary · British · appointed 2010-11-15 · resigned 2012-06-28
- JONES, Stephen Andrew — secretary · British · appointed 2012-06-28 · resigned 2020-09-30
- JONES, Stephen Andrew — secretary · British · appointed 2009-10-05 · resigned 2010-11-15
- WHITE, Natalie Jane — secretary · British · appointed 2012-10-22 · resigned 2026-03-25
- ASHWORTH, John Richard — director · British · appointed 2014-01-10 · resigned 2016-02-26
- BRENNAN, Suzanne Margaret — director · British · appointed 2020-04-24 · resigned 2021-07-30
- COLVILLE, David Hulton — director · British · appointed 2005-09-29 · resigned 2012-10-01
- FAIRHEAD, Rona Alison — director · Britsh · appointed 2005-09-29 · resigned 2006-06-12
- JOHNSON, Sally Kate Miranda — director · British · appointed 2017-03-13 · resigned 2020-04-24
- JOHNSON, Sally Kate Miranda — director · British · appointed 2011-05-03 · resigned 2014-01-10
- KELLY, James John Tod — director · British · appointed 2021-07-30 · resigned 2024-12-02
- MARSHALL, James Daniel — director · British · appointed 2012-10-01 · resigned 2019-08-01
- MIDGLEY, Andrew John — director · British · appointed 2013-07-10 · resigned 2020-07-31
- MILLER, Alan Charles — director · British · appointed 2005-09-29 · resigned 2011-05-03
- PROFFITT, Keith — director · British · appointed 2016-02-26 · resigned 2017-03-13

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Pearson Strand Finance Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/50074f67-492d-5599-80b6-a646437d47b4) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2017-12-20
- [Pearson International Finance Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/583916e8-6235-4e9a-b570-3f43ebd88596) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2017-12-20

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05578463
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05578463

## 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 **PEARSON AUSTRALIA FINANCE UNLIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e08deb6d-3e78-53bb-86e9-2a92208736e9 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **PEARSON AUSTRALIA FINANCE UNLIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e08deb6d-3e78-53bb-86e9-2a92208736e9 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e08deb6d-3e78-53bb-86e9-2a92208736e9._

_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"._