Company
Quintessence Editions LTD
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 7
- Marcus Edward Leaver 2012-2018 View profile
- Laurence Orbach 2002-2012 View profile
- Robert Morley 2002-2016 View profile
- Richard Latham 2002-2002 View profile
- Anne Olivia Crompton 2017-2018 View profile
- Mick Mousley 2002-2015 View profile
- William Smith 2002-2002 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 07/02/2002
Ownership
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.
- Quarto Publishing PLC
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Quintessence Editions LTD
is controlled by Quarto Publishing PLC
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Quarto Publishing PLC.
29 other companies in this group
- Apple Press Limited
- Aurum Press Limited
- IQU-Digital.COM Limited
- Quarto Multimedia Limited
- Design EYE Holdings Limited
- JR Books Limited
- Quill Publishing Limited
- Marshall Publishing Limited
- Frances Lincoln Limited
- Cartographica Press Limited
- Quarto Children's Books Limited
- Quarto Magazines Limited
- A.P. Screen Printers Limited
- Marshall Editions Limited
- Small World Creations Limited
- Quantum Books Limited
- Design EYE Limited
- Quintet Publishing Limited
- Quarto (JS) LLP
- Fine Wine Editions Limited
- QED Publishing Limited
- Global Book Publishing PTY Limited
- Design EYE Publishing Limited
- Iqon Editions Limited
- The IVY Press Limited
- QU:ID Publishing Limited
- The Great American Trading Company LTD
- Lewes Holdings Limited
- Quarto Publishing PLC
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.
1 directors on the board
- Chuk Kin Lau Director · appointed 2018
Directors past 6 years
- Chuk Kin Lau Director · appointed 2018
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
- 04368974
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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