The Orion Publishing Group Limited
Company 02663988 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.
2 directors on the board
- Dylan Matthew Wright Director · appointed 2026
- David Richard Shelley Director · appointed 2015
5.4y median 5.4y
average tenure
10.6y
longest tenure
Directors past 6 years
- David Richard Shelley Director · appointed 2015
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (2)
- Dylan Matthew Wright Director · appointed 2026
- David Richard Shelley Director · appointed 2015
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 33Education 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
- Hodder & Stoughton Limited 2 shared directors
- Kogan Page Limited 2 shared directors
- Laurence King Publishing LTD 2 shared directors
- Hachette UK Limited 2 shared directors
- Little, Brown Book Group Limited 2 shared directors
- Carlton Books Limited 2 shared directors
Deterministic, from public records.
Company details
| Number | 02663988 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | Private Limited Company |
| Incorporated | 19/11/1991 |
| 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 (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.
- Hachette UK (Holdings) Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06
Owns 10 companies iOwnsCompanies where this company is registered as having significant control, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register.
- Blandford Publishing Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - Orion Books Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - George Weidenfeld Holdings Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - Littlehampton Book Services Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - 13114 Publishing Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - J.M.Dent & Sons Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - Ward Lock Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - Cassell Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - Weidenfeld Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - Victor Gollancz Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06
Officers (41)
- Dylan Matthew Wright Director · appointed 2026
- David Richard Shelley Director · appointed 2015
Show 39 former officers
- Fabrice Bakhouche Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2023
- Rowena Swallow Secretary · appointed 2013 · resigned 2015
- Rowena Gay Swallow Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2015
- David John Young Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2015
- Clare Jarvis Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2013
- Clare Jarvis Secretary · appointed 2011 · resigned 2013
- Jonathan Carrington Wood Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2015
- Richard David Kitson Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2007
- Lisa Milton Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2015
- Mark Prior Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2011
- Hutchinson, Timothy Hely, Hon Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2017
- Adrian Bourne Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2005
- Arnaud Nourry Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2021
- David Henry Stockley Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2004
- Susan Lamb Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2015
- Malcolm John Edwards Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2015
- Frederic Georges Claude Meriot Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2006
- Dallas Anthony Robert Manderson Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2014
- Pierre De Cacqueray Secretary · appointed 1999 · resigned 2026
- Martin John Evans Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2009
- Philip James Sturrock Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 1999
- Jean Louis Lisimachio Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2003
- Richard Anderson Onians Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 1998
- Nicholas Charles Faithorn Barber Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 1998
- Matthew O'Sullivan Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2000
- Jeffrey Davis Montgomery Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1997
- Christopher Roger Ettrick Brooke Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1998
- Marek Stefan Gumienny Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1994
- Cuckney, John Graham, Lord Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1997
- Charles Gervase Rundle Cary Elwes Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2003
- Ion Courtenay Gill Trewin Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2006
- Francis Ian Chapman Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1994
- William Mitchell Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 1993
- Smith, Martin, Sir Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 1998
- Weidenfeld, Arthur George, Lord Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 2013
- Hessayon, David Gerald, Dr Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 1993
- Cheetham, Rosemary Minnie Frances, Director Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 1999
- Anthony John Valerian Cheetham Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 2003
- Peter Charles Kenneth Roche Secretary · appointed 1991 · resigned 2013
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