Mortimer Books LTD
Company 05156636 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.
1 directors on the board
- Dylan Matthew Wright Director · appointed 2026
Left in the last 12 months
- Richard David Kitson Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2025
- David Richard Shelley Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2025
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.
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.
Connected through a shared director
- Hodder & Stoughton Limited 1 shared director
- Kogan Page Limited 1 shared director
- Laurence King Publishing LTD 1 shared director
- Hachette UK Limited 1 shared director
- Little, Brown Book Group Limited 1 shared director
- Andre Deutsch Limited 1 shared director
Deterministic, from public records.
Company details
| Number | 05156636 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | Private Limited Company |
| Incorporated | 17/06/2004 |
| 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 (5) 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.
- Jonathan Richard Goodman ceased 2019-04-01
50-75% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - Michael Zilkha ceased 2019-04-01
25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - Welbeck Publishing Group Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · 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
Owns 5 companies iOwnsCompanies where this company is registered as having significant control, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register.
- Carlton Books Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - Welbeck Fiction Limited ceased 2024-10-31
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2019-08-06 - Welbeck Children's Limited ceased 2024-10-31
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2019-08-06 - Welbeck NON-Fiction Limited ceased 2024-10-31
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2019-08-06 - 13013970 ceased 2022-11-18
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2020-11-12
Officers (9)
- Dylan Matthew Wright Director · appointed 2026
Show 8 former officers
- Richard David Kitson Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2025
- David Richard Shelley Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2025
- Pierre De Cacqueray Secretary · appointed 2022 · resigned 2026
- Mark Alexander Smith Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2022
- Marcus Edward Leaver Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2022
- Adrian Matthew Whitton Secretary · appointed 2005 · resigned 2016
- Jonathan Richard Goodman Secretary · appointed 2004 · resigned 2019
- Michael Zilkha Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2019
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