---
title: "BARCROFT MEDIA  LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e9ac74ab-bae8-52d5-befc-d01eb47e8216
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e9ac74ab-bae8-52d5-befc-d01eb47e8216
identifier: oo:GB-COH-04826405
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# BARCROFT MEDIA  LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-04826405`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e9ac74ab-bae8-52d5-befc-d01eb47e8216  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e9ac74ab-bae8-52d5-befc-d01eb47e8216  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **BARCROFT MEDIA LIMITED** — GLEIF · `lei:549300XQXZYFIE2PYR29` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cb9e615a-ee42-5a4e-afdf-62fe1a9902a4

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Barcroft Studios Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6914049b-ad16-42de-b21e-217ce30b344b
- **FUTURE HOLDINGS 2002 LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/44aa3194-06d7-5c0d-827f-c9f2dc03664c

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

A **6-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:** `04826405`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2003-07-09
- **Registered office:** Quay House, The Ambury, Bath, BA1 1UA, England
- **SIC:** 99999

### Officers

- BATESON, David John — secretary · appointed 2023-03-31
- BATESON, David John — director · British · appointed 2023-03-31
- TOMPKINS, Robert William — director · British · appointed 2022-12-18
- BARCROFT, Faith — secretary · British · appointed 2003-07-09 · resigned 2019-11-30
- MAW, Timothy Ian — secretary · appointed 2020-03-17 · resigned 2020-07-31
- STEELE, Anne — secretary · appointed 2020-08-10 · resigned 2023-03-31
- APEX COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 2003-07-09 · resigned 2003-07-09
- ADDISON, Rachel Bernadette — director · British · appointed 2020-06-01 · resigned 2021-10-31
- BARCROFT, Faith — director · British · appointed 2010-12-01 · resigned 2019-11-30
- BARCROFT, Sam — director · British · appointed 2003-07-09 · resigned 2020-12-01
- BYNG-THORNE, Zillah Ellen — director · British · appointed 2019-11-30 · resigned 2023-03-31
- FOSTER, Oliver James — director · British · appointed 2023-05-30 · resigned 2024-03-01
- LADKIN-BRAND, Penelope Anne — director · British · appointed 2021-11-01 · resigned 2024-03-01
- LADKIN-BRAND, Penelope Anne — director · British · appointed 2019-11-30 · resigned 2020-06-01
- MAW, Timothy Ian — director · British · appointed 2020-03-11 · resigned 2020-07-31
- NORMAN, Caspar Giles Patrick — director · British · appointed 2017-03-23 · resigned 2019-11-30
- ROBBINS, Michael Andrew — director · British · appointed 2020-03-11 · resigned 2021-07-16
- THOMAS, Andrew John — director · British · appointed 2024-03-01 · resigned 2024-11-21
- APEX NOMINEES LIMITED — corporate nominee director · appointed 2003-07-09 · resigned 2003-07-09

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Future Holdings 2002 Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/44aa3194-06d7-5c0d-827f-c9f2dc03664c) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2021-06-30
- [Barcroft Studios Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6914049b-ad16-42de-b21e-217ce30b344b) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2021-06-30

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04826405
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04826405

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **BARCROFT MEDIA  LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e9ac74ab-bae8-52d5-befc-d01eb47e8216 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e9ac74ab-bae8-52d5-befc-d01eb47e8216._

_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"._