---
title: "PEARSON FUNDING PLC — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f36fbfcf-5815-554f-9da7-89d0f62e186b
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/f36fbfcf-5815-554f-9da7-89d0f62e186b
identifier: oo:GB-COH-08422787
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# PEARSON FUNDING PLC

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-08422787`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f36fbfcf-5815-554f-9da7-89d0f62e186b  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/f36fbfcf-5815-554f-9da7-89d0f62e186b  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **PEARSON FUNDING PLC** — GLEIF · `lei:2138001ZJKQ5U81RMY52` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/375d4510-2b24-51bf-8aca-3683ee82ef57

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **PEARSON PLC** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/82e4c286-2c30-55e4-8b32-ffabc317f217
- **PEARSON PLC** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/82e4c286-2c30-55e4-8b32-ffabc317f217

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

A **4-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:** `08422787`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** plc
- **Incorporated:** 2013-02-27
- **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 2021-07-30
- PORTER, Stephen John — director · British · appointed 2024-12-02
- JONES, Stephen Andrew — secretary · appointed 2013-02-27 · resigned 2020-09-30
- WHITE, Natalie — secretary · appointed 2013-02-27 · resigned 2026-03-25
- ASHWORTH, John Richard — director · British · appointed 2015-01-01 · resigned 2016-02-26
- BRENNAN, Suzanne Margaret — director · British · appointed 2020-04-24 · resigned 2021-07-30
- DAY, Michael Gerry — director · American · appointed 2013-02-27 · resigned 2014-12-31
- ELLIS, Steven John — director · British · appointed 2013-02-27 · resigned 2017-01-09
- JOHNSON, Sally Kate Miranda — director · British · appointed 2017-03-13 · resigned 2020-04-24
- KELLY, James John Tod — director · British · appointed 2017-01-09 · resigned 2024-12-02
- MIDGLEY, Andrew John — director · British · appointed 2013-02-27 · resigned 2020-07-31
- PROFFITT, Keith — director · British · appointed 2016-02-26 · resigned 2017-03-13

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Pearson Plc](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/82e4c286-2c30-55e4-8b32-ffabc317f217) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08422787
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08422787

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **PEARSON FUNDING PLC**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f36fbfcf-5815-554f-9da7-89d0f62e186b · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/f36fbfcf-5815-554f-9da7-89d0f62e186b._

_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"._