Octopus Publishing Group Limited
Company 03597451 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 2017
Directors past 6 years
- David Richard Shelley Director · appointed 2017
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (2)
- Dylan Matthew Wright Director · appointed 2026
- David Richard Shelley Director · appointed 2017
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Anna Elizabeth Bond Director · appointed 2020 · 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.
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
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Company details
| Number | 03597451 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | Private Limited Company |
| Incorporated | 08/07/1998 |
| Address | CARMELITE HOUSE, 50 VICTORIA EMBANKMENT, LONDON, EC4Y 0DZ |
| Accounts next due | 30/09/2026 |
| Accounts last made up | 31/12/2024 |
Industry (SIC)
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 17 companies iOwnsCompanies where this company is registered as having significant control, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register.
- Mitchell Beazley Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - Conran Octopus Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - Octopus Books Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - Digital Octopus Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - Mitchell Beazley International Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - FBB1 Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - TLF Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - Digital Property Guides Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - Spring Books Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - Millers Publications Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - MAP Productions Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - London Property Guide Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited(the)
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - Kyle Cathie Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2017-10-03 - Summersdale Publishers Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2017-11-01 - Short Books Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2019-05-31 - Kyle Cathie Limited ceased 2017-10-03
75-100% shares · notified 2017-10-03
Officers (25)
- Dylan Matthew Wright Director · appointed 2026
- David Richard Shelley Director · appointed 2017
Show 23 former officers
- Anna Elizabeth Bond Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2026
- Fabrice Bakhouche Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2023
- Angela Luxton Secretary · appointed 2013 · resigned 2021
- Marie-Claire Wastiaux Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2018
- Andrew Peter Welham Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2019
- Richard David Kitson Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2007
- David John Young Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2007
- Alison Nicola Fiona Goff Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2020
- Timothy Mark Hely Hutchinson Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2017
- Peter Charles Kenneth Roche Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2013
- Pierre De Cacqueray Secretary · appointed 2004 · resigned 2026
- Henri Masurel Secretary · appointed 2002 · resigned 2013
- David Henry Stockley Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2004
- Jean Paul Dupoizat Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2008
- Frederic Georges Claude Meriot Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2008
- Jean Louis Lisimachio Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2003
- Michael Ian Grade Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2001
- Andrew John Hartley Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2001
- Richard James Green Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2001
- Laura Elizabeth Bamford Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2003
- Derek Keith Freeman Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2005
- HAL Directors Limited Corporate-director · appointed 1998 · resigned 1998
- Helen Ann Barlow Secretary · appointed 1998 · resigned 2004
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