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Oxbow Books Limited

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Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 7

  1. Alan James Mabley 2018-2022 Director View profile
  2. Michael Kenneth Gallico 2016-2025 Director View profile
  3. Simone Denise Drinkwater 2013-2019 Director View profile
  4. Clare Bessie Litt 2013-2018 Director View profile
  5. Mark Judson Wray 2011-2013 Director View profile
  6. Helen Brown 2011 Director View profile
  7. Philip David Comely Brown 2011 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
10/05/1983

Ownership

Owned by (1) 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.

Group

  1. Oxbow Books Limited is controlled by Casemate Publishers Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Casemate Publishers Limited is controlled by Christopher Andrew Butler
    Evidence
    active 25-50% shares · notified 2019-09-30 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Christopher Andrew Butler.

3 other companies in this group

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

Cash
£0
Employees
0
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2024-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

16 grants · £211,480 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £146,814 (7 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport · £35,474 (4 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · £29,192 (5 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £5,4632022-02-03
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £11,0002022-02-03
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £6,0002020-11-13
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £31,4062020-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £30,0002020-04-01
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.

1 directors on the board

14.6y median 14.6y
average tenure
14.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (1)

0
also govern a charity
0
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 3

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.

Gaps to watch

  • A single director - no second pair of eyes on any decision

Where to look Suggested search: a second director to remove single-point control.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
01722012
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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