Hachette UK (Holdings) Limited
Company 03701589 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.
3 directors on the board
- Dylan Matthew Wright Director · appointed 2026
- David Richard Shelley Director · appointed 2017
- Jean-Christophe Claude Olivier FrançOise Marie Thiery De Bercegol Du Moulin Director · appointed 2024
Directors past 6 years
- David Richard Shelley Director · appointed 2017
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (1)
- Jean-Christophe Claude Olivier FrançOise Marie Thiery De Bercegol Du Moulin Director · appointed 2024
Portfolio (2)
- Dylan Matthew Wright Director · appointed 2026
- David Richard Shelley Director · appointed 2017
Also govern a charity
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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 | 03701589 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | Private Limited Company |
| Incorporated | 26/01/1999 |
| Address | CARMELITE HOUSE, 50 VICTORIA EMBANKMENT, LONDON, EC4Y 0DZ |
| Accounts next due | 30/09/2026 |
| Accounts last made up | 31/12/2024 |
Industry (SIC)
Ownership - persons with significant control (3)
- Lagardère Sa
ownership of shares 75-100% - Louis Hachette Group Sa
ownership of shares 50-75% - Vivendi Se ceased 2023
ownership of shares 75-100%
Owns 23 single-purpose vehicles (project/asset SPVs) iOwnsCompanies where this company is registered as having significant control, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register.
- Octopus Publishing Group Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - Hachette UK Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - Little, Brown Book Group Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - Neon Play LTD
50-75% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - The Orion Publishing Group Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - Quercus Editions Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - Hodder & Stoughton Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - Brainbow Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-12-13 - Headline Publishing Group Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2018-04-06 - Short Books Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2018-04-06 - Summersdale Publishers Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2018-04-06 - Laurence King Publishing LTD
75-100% shares · notified 2020-09-01 - Hachette Boardgames UK Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2021-02-09 - Illuminate Publishing LTD
75-100% shares · notified 2021-06-30 - Carlton Books Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2022-12-02 - Welbeck Publishing Group Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2022-12-02 - Mortimer Books LTD
75-100% shares · notified 2022-12-02 - John Catt Educational Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2023-09-20 - Andre Deutsch Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2024-10-31 - Welbeck NON-Fiction Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2024-10-31 - Welbeck Children's Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2024-10-31 - Welbeck Fiction Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2024-10-31 - Kogan Page Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2026-04-30
Officers (26)
- Dylan Matthew Wright Director · appointed 2026
- Jean-Christophe Claude Olivier FrançOise Marie Thiery De Bercegol Du Moulin Director · appointed 2024
- David Richard Shelley Director · appointed 2017
Show 23 former officers
- StéPhanie Jean Ferran Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2024
- Pierre Léon Raymond Leroy Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2024
- Fabrice Bakhouche Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2023
- Marie-Claire Wastiaux Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2018
- Susan Elizabeth Taylor Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2007
- David John Young Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2015
- Ursula Ann Mackenzie Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2007
- Malcolm John Edwards Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2007
- Martin John Evans Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2007
- Marlene Johnson Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2007
- Alison Nicola Fiona Goff Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2007
- Martin John Neild Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2007
- Philip John Kedgerley Walters Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2007
- Derek Keith Freeman Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2005
- Malcolm John Edwards Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2007
- Timothy Mark Hely Hutchinson Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2017
- Peter Charles Kenneth Roche Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2013
- Arnaud Nourry Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2021
- Jean Paul Dupoizat Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2008
- Jean Louis Lisimachio Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2003
- Pierre De Cacqueray Secretary · appointed 1999 · resigned 2026
- TSD Secretaries Limited Corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999 · resigned 1999
- TSD Nominees Limited Corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999 · resigned 1999
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