Bertelsmann UK: version 1

Saved 2026-09-17 11:02 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by review: Settled the flagged gap: the stub had no ownership row at all. Companies House persons with significant control for Penguin Books Limited (00861590) names one active controller, Penguin Random House L. Current is v3.

Changes from v1 to current

1	1		# Bertelsmann UK <!--company-->
2	2
3	3		## Identity <!--identity-->
4	4		name: Bertelsmann UK
5	5		disambiguation: British holding company of the Bertelsmann group
	6	+	summary: British holding company of Germany's Bertelsmann group, registered at One Fleet Place in London and the controlling shareholder of Penguin Random House Limited.
6	7		legal_name: Bertelsmann UK Limited
	8	+	registered_address: One Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7WS
7	9		country: GB
8	10		register_ids: GB-CH:03185285, LEI:529900QW5KKZKHOITM86
9	11		founded: 1996-04-12
10	12		<!--/identity-->
11	13
12	14		## Relations <!--relations-->
13	15		\| role \| target \| market \| from \| until \| ended \| status \| source \| note \|
14	16		\| -------- \| ------------------- \| ------ \| ---- \| ----- \| ----- \| ------- \| ----------------- \| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \|
15	17		\| owned_by \| company/bertelsmann \| \| \| \| \| sourced \| ^gleif-buk-parent \| GLEIF gives Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA (LEI 5299001BUUGXAREGE533) as both the direct and the ultimate parent; the Companies House PSC register names no company, only Christoph Mohn as an individual with significant influence or control from 21 June 2021 \|
16	18		<!--/relations-->
17	19
	20	+	## Establishments <!--establishments-->
	21	+	\| mark \| kind \| address \| country \| source \| note \|
	22	+	\| ---- \| ------ \| --------------------------------- \| ------- \| ------- \| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \|
	23	+	\| \| office \| One Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7WS \| GB \| ^ch-buk \| Registered office; GLEIF gives the same address as the legal and headquarters address \|
	24	+	<!--/establishments-->
	25	+
18	26		## Aliases <!--aliases-->
19	27		\| name \| type \| locale \| from \| until \|
20	28		\| ---------------------- \| ----- \| ------ \| ---------- \| ---------- \|
21	29		\| Bertelsmann UK Limited \| legal \| en \| \| \|
22	30		\| Burginhall 890 Limited \| legal \| en \| 1996-04-12 \| 1997-11-17 \|
23	31		<!--/aliases-->
24	32
	33	+	## Images <!--images-->
	34	+	\| asset \| kind \| source \| licence \| attribution \| url \| accessed \| note \| provider_entity_id \| provider_image_id \| source_image_url \| download_url \| retrieved_at \| matched_barcode \| match_method \| match_confidence \| original_width \| original_height \| stored_width \| stored_height \| upscaled \|
	35	+	\| ----------------- \| ---- \| ----------------- \| ------------- \| -------------- \| ------------------------------------------------------------------- \| ---------- \| ------------------------------ \| ------------------ \| ----------------- \| ---------------- \| ------------ \| ------------ \| --------------- \| ------------ \| ---------------- \| -------------- \| --------------- \| ------------ \| ------------- \| -------- \|
	36	+	\| logo-c9331dc3.png \| logo \| wikimedia-commons \| public-domain \| Unknown author \| https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABertelsmann_2011_logo.svg \| 2026-09-21 \| the Bertelsmann group wordmark \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
	37	+	<!--/images-->
	38	+
25	39		## References <!--references-->
26		−	\| ref \| url \| title \| accessed \| publisher \| kind \| published \| record_id \| locator \| licence \| attribution \| upstream \|
27		−	\| ---------------- \| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \| ---------- \| --------------- \| -------- \| --------- \| -------------------- \| ----------------------------------- \| ------- \| ----------- \| -------- \|
28		−	\| ch-buk \| https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03185285 \| Companies House: Bertelsmann UK Limited (03185285) \| 2026-09-17 \| Companies House \| registry \| \| 03185285 \| Company overview and previous names \| \| \| \|
29		−	\| ch-buk-psc \| https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03185285/persons-with-significant-control \| Companies House: Bertelsmann UK Limited (03185285), persons with significant control \| 2026-09-17 \| Companies House \| registry \| \| 03185285 \| Persons with significant control \| \| \| \|
30		−	\| ch-prh-psc \| https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00734421/persons-with-significant-control \| Companies House: Penguin Random House Limited (00734421), persons with significant control \| 2026-09-17 \| Companies House \| registry \| \| 00734421 \| Persons with significant control \| \| \| \|
31		−	\| gleif-buk \| https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records?filter%5Bfulltext%5D=Bertelsmann%20UK%20Limited \| GLEIF LEI record: Bertelsmann UK Limited, LEI 529900QW5KKZKHOITM86 \| 2026-09-17 \| GLEIF \| registry \| \| 529900QW5KKZKHOITM86 \| \| CC0 \| GLEIF \| \|
32		−	\| gleif-buk-parent \| https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/529900QW5KKZKHOITM86/direct-parent \| GLEIF: direct parent of Bertelsmann UK Limited \| 2026-09-17 \| GLEIF \| registry \| \| 5299001BUUGXAREGE533 \| Direct parent relationship \| CC0 \| GLEIF \| \|
	40	+	\| ref \| url \| title \| accessed \| publisher \| kind \| published \| record_id \| locator \| licence \| attribution \| upstream \|
	41	+	\| ---------------- \| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \| ---------- \| --------------- \| ----------- \| --------- \| -------------------- \| ----------------------------------- \| ------------ \| ----------- \| -------- \|
	42	+	\| ch-buk \| https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03185285 \| Companies House: Bertelsmann UK Limited (03185285) \| 2026-09-21 \| Companies House \| registry \| \| 03185285 \| Company overview and previous names \| \| \| \|
	43	+	\| ch-buk-psc \| https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03185285/persons-with-significant-control \| Companies House: Bertelsmann UK Limited (03185285), persons with significant control \| 2026-09-21 \| Companies House \| registry \| \| 03185285 \| Persons with significant control \| \| \| \|
	44	+	\| ch-prh-psc \| https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00734421/persons-with-significant-control \| Companies House: Penguin Random House Limited (00734421), persons with significant control \| 2026-09-21 \| Companies House \| registry \| \| 00734421 \| Persons with significant control \| \| \| \|
	45	+	\| gleif-buk \| https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/529900QW5KKZKHOITM86 \| GLEIF LEI record: Bertelsmann UK Limited, LEI 529900QW5KKZKHOITM86 \| 2026-09-21 \| GLEIF \| registry \| \| 529900QW5KKZKHOITM86 \| \| CC0 \| GLEIF \| \|
	46	+	\| gleif-buk-parent \| https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/529900QW5KKZKHOITM86/direct-parent \| GLEIF: direct parent of Bertelsmann UK Limited \| 2026-09-21 \| GLEIF \| registry \| \| 5299001BUUGXAREGE533 \| Direct parent relationship \| CC0 \| GLEIF \| \|
	47	+	\| wiki-bertelsmann \| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertelsmann \| Wikipedia: Bertelsmann \| 2026-09-21 \| Wikipedia \| publication \| \| \| \| CC BY-SA 4.0 \| \| \|
33	48		<!--/references-->
34	49
35	50		## About <!--about-->
36		−	Bertelsmann UK Limited is the British holding company of the German Bertelsmann group. It was incorporated in England on 12 April 1996 as Burginhall 890 Limited, took its present name on 17 November 1997, is registered under SIC 70100 (activities of head offices) as company 03185285 and has its registered office at One Fleet Place, London EC4M 7WS.[^ch-buk] The Global LEI register carries it under LEI 529900QW5KKZKHOITM86 and names Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA in Gütersloh as both its direct and its ultimate parent.[^gleif-buk][^gleif-buk-parent]
	51	+	Bertelsmann UK Limited is the British holding company of Bertelsmann, the media, services and education group of Gütersloh in Germany.[^wiki-bertelsmann] It was incorporated in England on 12 April 1996 as Burginhall 890 Limited and took its present name on 17 November 1997; Companies House records it as active, registered under SIC 70100, activities of head offices, as company 03185285, with its registered office at One Fleet Place, London EC4M 7WS.[^ch-buk] The Global LEI register carries it under LEI 529900QW5KKZKHOITM86, gives that London address as both its legal and its headquarters address, and names Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA in Gütersloh as its direct and its ultimate parent.[^gleif-buk][^gleif-buk-parent]
37	52
38		−	Companies House records it as the sole active person with significant control of Penguin Random House Limited (00734421), holding 75 % or more of the shares and of the voting rights since 6 April 2016, so the UK publishing chain runs from Penguin Books Limited through Penguin Random House Limited to this company.[^ch-prh-psc] Its own PSC register names no corporate controller, only Christoph Mohn, resident in Germany, as an individual with significant influence or control notified on 21 June 2021, in succession to Elisabeth Mohn.[^ch-buk-psc]
	53	+	Companies House records it as the sole active person with significant control of Penguin Random House Limited (00734421), holding 75 % or more of the shares and of the voting rights since 6 April 2016; Pearson PRH Holdings Limited (8561316) held more than 25 % on the same register until 5 October 2017, so the UK publishing chain runs from Penguin Books Limited through Penguin Random House Limited to this company.[^ch-prh-psc] Its own PSC register names no corporate controller, only Christoph Mohn, resident in Germany, as an individual with significant influence or control notified on 21 June 2021, in succession to Elisabeth Mohn, who was notified on 6 April 2016 and ceased on the same day in 2021.[^ch-buk-psc]
39	54		<!--/about-->

Source of v1

# Bertelsmann UK <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Bertelsmann UK
disambiguation: British holding company of the Bertelsmann group
legal_name: Bertelsmann UK Limited
country: GB
register_ids: GB-CH:03185285, LEI:529900QW5KKZKHOITM86
founded: 1996-04-12
<!--/identity-->

## Relations <!--relations-->
| role     | target              | market | from | until | ended | status  | source            | note                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| -------- | ------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| owned_by | company/bertelsmann |        |      |       |       | sourced | ^gleif-buk-parent | GLEIF gives Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA (LEI 5299001BUUGXAREGE533) as both the direct and the ultimate parent; the Companies House PSC register names no company, only Christoph Mohn as an individual with significant influence or control from 21 June 2021 |
<!--/relations-->

## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                   | type  | locale | from       | until      |
| ---------------------- | ----- | ------ | ---------- | ---------- |
| Bertelsmann UK Limited | legal | en     |            |            |
| Burginhall 890 Limited | legal | en     | 1996-04-12 | 1997-11-17 |
<!--/aliases-->

## References <!--references-->
| ref              | url                                                                                                          | title                                                                                      | accessed   | publisher       | kind     | published | record_id            | locator                             | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- | --------------- | -------- | --------- | -------------------- | ----------------------------------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| ch-buk           | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03185285                                  | Companies House: Bertelsmann UK Limited (03185285)                                         | 2026-09-17 | Companies House | registry |           | 03185285             | Company overview and previous names |         |             |          |
| ch-buk-psc       | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03185285/persons-with-significant-control | Companies House: Bertelsmann UK Limited (03185285), persons with significant control       | 2026-09-17 | Companies House | registry |           | 03185285             | Persons with significant control    |         |             |          |
| ch-prh-psc       | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00734421/persons-with-significant-control | Companies House: Penguin Random House Limited (00734421), persons with significant control | 2026-09-17 | Companies House | registry |           | 00734421             | Persons with significant control    |         |             |          |
| gleif-buk        | https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records?filter%5Bfulltext%5D=Bertelsmann%20UK%20Limited                     | GLEIF LEI record: Bertelsmann UK Limited, LEI 529900QW5KKZKHOITM86                         | 2026-09-17 | GLEIF           | registry |           | 529900QW5KKZKHOITM86 |                                     | CC0     | GLEIF       |          |
| gleif-buk-parent | https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/529900QW5KKZKHOITM86/direct-parent                                  | GLEIF: direct parent of Bertelsmann UK Limited                                             | 2026-09-17 | GLEIF           | registry |           | 5299001BUUGXAREGE533 | Direct parent relationship          | CC0     | GLEIF       |          |
<!--/references-->

## About <!--about-->
Bertelsmann UK Limited is the British holding company of the German Bertelsmann group. It was incorporated in England on 12 April 1996 as Burginhall 890 Limited, took its present name on 17 November 1997, is registered under SIC 70100 (activities of head offices) as company 03185285 and has its registered office at One Fleet Place, London EC4M 7WS.[^ch-buk] The Global LEI register carries it under LEI 529900QW5KKZKHOITM86 and names Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA in Gütersloh as both its direct and its ultimate parent.[^gleif-buk][^gleif-buk-parent]

Companies House records it as the sole active person with significant control of Penguin Random House Limited (00734421), holding 75 % or more of the shares and of the voting rights since 6 April 2016, so the UK publishing chain runs from Penguin Books Limited through Penguin Random House Limited to this company.[^ch-prh-psc] Its own PSC register names no corporate controller, only Christoph Mohn, resident in Germany, as an individual with significant influence or control notified on 21 June 2021, in succession to Elisabeth Mohn.[^ch-buk-psc]
<!--/about-->