Company
Belitha Press Limited
Belitha Press Limited is an active UK company (number 01509059), incorporated 1980, with 3 current directors including Kathryn Susanna Kelly and Simon Richard Peter Dowson-Collins. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 29
- Charles George Mariner Redmayne 2021-2025 View profile
- Vaughan Frederick Grylls 2017-2021 View profile
- Polly Augusta Marchant Powell 2005-2021 View profile
- David Macer Proffit 2005-2013 View profile
- Paul Richard Lenton 2004-2005 View profile
- Charles Sanderson 2003-2003 View profile
- Marcus Edward Leaver 2003-2005 View profile
- Nigel Robert Adamson Butterfield 2001-2005 View profile
- John Elliot Needleman 2001-2003 View profile
- Peter Lassman 2001-2005 View profile
- David Alistair Strachan 1998-2000 View profile
- Samuel Alexander Mark Collins 1995-1998 View profile
- Cameron Michael Brown 1995-2001 View profile
- Mary-Jane Wilkins 1994-2001 View profile
- Peter Osborn 1991-2001 View profile
- Richard George Hayes 1995 View profile
- Peter Charles West 1992 View profile
- Neil Champion 1994 View profile
- Rachel Anne Pick 1995 View profile
- Erik Martin Pordes 1995 View profile
- Zana Samantha Hanks 2015-2021 View profile
- Allan Conan Sams 2007-2015 View profile
- Robin Lee Knoyle Wood 2005-2013 View profile
- Robert James Ness 2000-2001 View profile
- Kevin Phillips 1997-2001 View profile
- Christodoulos Savvas Georgiou 1997-1997 View profile
- Legist Secretaries Limited 1995-1997 View profile
- Ian David Pettit 1994-1994 View profile
- Martin Charles Pick 1995 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 24/07/1980
Ownership
Owned by (3) 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.
- Polly Augusta Marchant Powell ceased 2021-03-09
significant influence, significant influence (firm) · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company - Harpercollins Publishers Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors, appoints directors (trust), appoints directors (firm) · notified 2022-01-17 - Pavilion Books Company Limited ceased 2022-01-17
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2021-01-27
Group
- Belitha Press Limited
is controlled by Polly Augusta Marchant Powell
Evidence
ceased significant influence, significant influence (firm) · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2021-03-09 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Polly Augusta Marchant Powell.
13 other companies in this group
- B.T. Batsford Holdings Limited
- Books Batsford Limited
- Anova Repose Limited
- Pavilion & Portico Books Limited
- Batsford Books Group Limited
- Batsford Books Holdings Limited
- Collins & Brown Limited
- David Bennett Books Limited
- Anova Digital Limited
- PRC Publishing Limited
- Pavilion Books Company Limited
- Batsford Books Limited
- B.T. Batsford Limited
Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.
Financials
- Net assets
- £343,000
- Total assets
- £343,000
- Employees
- 0
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Micro-entity accounts.
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-06-30. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Board analysis
Board DNA
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
- Kathryn Susanna Kelly Director · appointed 2025
- Simon Richard Peter Dowson-Collins Director · appointed 2021
- David Peter Alford Director · appointed 2021
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (3)
- Kathryn Susanna Kelly Director · appointed 2025
- Simon Richard Peter Dowson-Collins Director · appointed 2021
- David Peter Alford Director · appointed 2021
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.
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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 01509059
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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