Laurence King Publishing LTD
Company 01263586 Active
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How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
3 directors on the board
- Dylan Matthew Wright Director · appointed 2026
- Richard David Kitson Director · appointed 2020
- David Richard Shelley Director · appointed 2020
4y median 5.9y
average tenure
5.9y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (3)
- Dylan Matthew Wright Director · appointed 2026
- Richard David Kitson Director · appointed 2020
- David Richard Shelley Director · appointed 2020
Also govern a charity
1
left in the last 12 months
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
Tech and media 38Education 1Finance 1Retail and trade 1
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more directors with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or group company. Connected through a shared director share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group.
Related organisations
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- Hachette UK Limited 3 shared directors
- Carlton Books Limited 3 shared directors
- Little, Brown Book Group Limited 2 shared directors
- The Orion Publishing Group Limited 2 shared directors
Deterministic, from public records.
Company details
| Number | 01263586 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | Private Limited Company |
| Incorporated | 17/06/1976 |
| Address | CARMELITE HOUSE, 50 VICTORIA EMBANKMENT, LONDON, EC4Y 0DZ |
| Accounts next due | 30/09/2026 |
| Accounts last made up | 31/12/2024 |
Industry (SIC)
58110 - Book publishing
Owned by (2) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.
- Hachette UK (Holdings) Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2020-09-01 - Hachette UK Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2023-09-20
Owns 1 company iOwnsCompanies where this company is registered as having significant control, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register.
- E Arts Limited ceased 2018-09-30
75-100% shares · notified 2016-12-29
Officers (26)
- Dylan Matthew Wright Director · appointed 2026
- Richard David Kitson Director · appointed 2020
- David Richard Shelley Director · appointed 2020
Show 23 former officers
- Pierre De Cacqueray Secretary · appointed 2020 · resigned 2026
- Adrian James Warwick Greenwood Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2020
- Marc Antoine Wahli Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2020
- Elizabeth Rose Jenner Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2018
- Duncan George Ingram Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2020
- Maria Patricia Treacy-Lord Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2021
- Maria Treacy-Lord Secretary · appointed 2012 · resigned 2020
- Simon Thomas Gwynn Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2013
- Joanne Jane Lightfoot Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2020
- George Nicholas Perren Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2016
- Lesley Virginia Ripley Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2009
- Philip Ashley Cooper Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2015
- John Victor Stoddart Secretary · appointed 1998 · resigned 2012
- Matthew James Barbrook Secretary · appointed 1995 · resigned 1998
- John Michael May Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2003
- Donald Ferguson Sommerville Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1994
- Rosemary Bradley Director · resigned 1993
- David Michael Speakman Secretary · resigned 1995
- David Gwynder Lewis Director · resigned 1994
- Stanley Rene Kekwick Director · resigned 1992
- Laurence Richard King Director · resigned 2021
- Robin Philip Hyman Director · resigned 2004
- Judith Mary Rasmussen Director · resigned 2006
Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.
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