---
title: "PLUTO BOOKS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f2d3eb57-e82d-54c7-b0b3-116eda9cfc1e
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/f2d3eb57-e82d-54c7-b0b3-116eda9cfc1e
identifier: oo:GB-COH-04770976
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# PLUTO BOOKS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-04770976`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f2d3eb57-e82d-54c7-b0b3-116eda9cfc1e  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/f2d3eb57-e82d-54c7-b0b3-116eda9cfc1e  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **Pluto Books Limited** — GLEIF · `lei:254900POW0VZF6EFY029` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/af5bd392-eb10-5d12-b8a7-8b464b107b45

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Miss Anne Elizabeth Beech** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d3675b77-d0ae-5e2a-9421-8084af0c2c2d
- **THE PLUTO EDUCATIONAL TRUST** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f6f97a6a-5066-51d7-b0fd-dce04f2ed4f7
- **The Pluto Educational Trust** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ba496e72-7d2e-46f0-a02e-dfff9557611c
- **Miss Anne Elizabeth Beech** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0a2864bb-0b71-49e8-b5d9-32f564cf5b31

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **LEFT BOOK CLUB** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f8791939-ee4b-5877-a53d-7ccda7c92886

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

1. **Miss Anne Elizabeth Beech** — beneficial owner 50% → *PLUTO BOOKS LIMITED*
1. **THE PLUTO EDUCATIONAL TRUST** — beneficial owner 50% → *PLUTO BOOKS LIMITED*
1. **The Pluto Educational Trust** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *PLUTO BOOKS LIMITED*
1. **Miss Anne Elizabeth Beech** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *PLUTO BOOKS LIMITED*
2. **Mr Roger Maurice Van Zwanenberg** — beneficial owner 50% → *THE PLUTO EDUCATIONAL TRUST*
2. **Ms Pauline Mary Tiffen** — beneficial owner 50% → *THE PLUTO EDUCATIONAL TRUST*
2. **Mr Roger Maurice Van Zwanenberg** — beneficial owner → *THE PLUTO EDUCATIONAL TRUST*
2. **Ms Pauline Mary Tiffen** — beneficial owner → *THE PLUTO EDUCATIONAL TRUST*

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `04770976`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2003-05-20
- **Registered office:** New Wing Somerset House, Strand, London, WC2R 1LA, England
- **SIC:** 58110

### Officers

- JEANPERT, Anne — secretary · appointed 2012-09-12
- BALFOUR, Alexander Hugh — director · British · appointed 2019-05-24
- CLARKE, Charlie — director · British · appointed 2024-11-15
- MEDLEY, Amanda Leigh — director · American · appointed 2024-08-29
- PATRICK, Melanie — director · British · appointed 2025-04-01
- SELBACH, Veruschka — director · German · appointed 2017-05-02
- ZWANENBERG, Roger Van, Dr — director · British · appointed 2003-05-20
- BEECH, Anne — secretary · British · appointed 2003-05-20 · resigned 2012-09-12
- QA REGISTRARS LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 2003-05-20 · resigned 2003-05-20
- BEECH, Anne Elizabeth — director · American · appointed 2021-05-10 · resigned 2026-05-19
- BEECH, Anne Elizabeth — director · British · appointed 2017-07-01 · resigned 2018-12-18
- BEECH, Anne Elizabeth — director · British · appointed 2003-12-01 · resigned 2017-05-02
- BENTHAM, Guy — director · British · appointed 2009-07-01 · resigned 2010-10-15
- BROWNE, Christopher — director · Irish · appointed 2018-12-18 · resigned 2021-11-20
- CASTLE, David Paul — director · British · appointed 2023-11-07 · resigned 2025-04-01
- CASTLE, David — director · British · appointed 2017-06-05 · resigned 2018-12-18
- LIEBESNY, Simon Paul — director · British · appointed 2004-09-15 · resigned 2018-12-18
- MILFORD, Edward Michael — director · British · appointed 2014-10-01 · resigned 2023-11-09
- RICHARDSON, Alan John — director · British · appointed 2003-12-01 · resigned 2021-05-10
- TEHRANI, Neda — director · British · appointed 2021-11-10 · resigned 2023-11-07

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [The Pluto Educational Trust](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ba496e72-7d2e-46f0-a02e-dfff9557611c) — 25–50% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06
- Miss Anne Elizabeth Beech — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2018-12-18

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04770976
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04770976

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **PLUTO BOOKS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f2d3eb57-e82d-54c7-b0b3-116eda9cfc1e · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/f2d3eb57-e82d-54c7-b0b3-116eda9cfc1e._

_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"._