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Oberon Books Limited
Oberon Books Limited is an active UK company (number 02082142), incorporated 1986, with 1 current director, Keith Robert Underwood. Source: Companies House, updated 25th October 2026.
Book publishing
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Who leads it
Previous officers 10
- Penelope Samantha Juliette Scott-Bayfield 2019-2026 View profile
- John Nigel Newton 2019-2025 View profile
- Christopher Neil Campbell 2019-2019 View profile
- James Robert Illman 2017-2019 View profile
- George Dominic Edmund Spender 2017-2018 View profile
- Andrew Walby 2012-2015 View profile
- James Devon Rawnsley Hogan 2019 View profile
- David John Clark 1991 View profile
- Charles Dixon Glanville 1991-2019 View profile
- Hugh Patrick Oreilly 1991 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Book publishing
- Incorporated
- 09/12/1986
- Registered office
- London
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.
- Charles Dixon Glanville ceased 2019-12-10
25-50% shares · notified 2016-06-01 - James Devon Rawnsley Hogan ceased 2019-12-10
25-50% shares · notified 2016-06-01 - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2019-12-10
Group
- Oberon Books Limited
is controlled by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2019-12-10 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC.
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Ownership paths are calculated from the active Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings that show a majority (more than 50% of shares or voting rights, or the right to appoint or remove a majority of the directors). Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates. Holdings of 25-50% are significant influence or control, not majority control, and are not used to build a group.
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
- Keith Robert Underwood Director · appointed 2026
Left in the last 12 months
- Penelope Samantha Juliette Scott-Bayfield Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2026
- John Nigel Newton Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2025
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.
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
- 02082142
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 30/11/2026
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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