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Carlton Books Limited
Book publishing
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 22
- Pierre De Cacqueray 2022-2026 View profile
- Mark Alexander Smith 2019-2022 View profile
- Marcus Edward Leaver 2019-2022 View profile
- Dean Chance 2017-2019 View profile
- Anette Dal Jensen 2015-2017 View profile
- Jeremy David Erle Gough 2015-2019 View profile
- Sarah Anne Corteel 2015-2019 View profile
- Frank Robert Chambers 2013-2015 View profile
- Belinda Ioni Rasmussen 2008-2011 View profile
- David Michael Inman 2007-2008 View profile
- James Shanks Greenhough 2002-2017 View profile
- William Peter Rollason 1998-1999 View profile
- Keith Ian Allen-Jones 1995-2003 View profile
- Bernard Anthony Cragg 1998 View profile
- Jonathan Richard Goodman 2019 View profile
- John Roger Martin Maynard 2007 View profile
- Russell James Porter 2019 View profile
- Keith Graeme Edelman 1993 View profile
- Piers Auriol Murray Hill 2018 View profile
- Peter Alexander Ruggiero 2018-2019 View profile
- Adrian Matthew Whitton 1993-2016 View profile
- David Abdoo 2004 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Book publishing
- Incorporated
- 28/06/1991
- Registered office
- London
Ownership
Owned by (4) 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.
- Mortimer Books LTD
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - Welbeck Publishing Group Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors, appoints directors (firm) · notified 2019-04-01 - Hachette UK Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2022-12-02 - Hachette UK (Holdings) Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2022-12-02
Group
- Carlton Books Limited
is controlled by Mortimer Books LTD
Evidence
active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Mortimer Books LTD
is controlled by Jonathan Richard Goodman
Evidence
ceased 50-75% shares · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2019-04-01 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Jonathan Richard Goodman.
4 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.
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
- Dylan Matthew Wright Director · appointed 2026
- Richard David Kitson Director · appointed 2022
- David Richard Shelley Director · appointed 2022
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (3)
- Dylan Matthew Wright Director · appointed 2026
- Richard David Kitson Director · appointed 2022
- David Richard Shelley Director · appointed 2022
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Pierre De Cacqueray Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2026
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
- 02625229
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 30/09/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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