Penguin Random House 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. This is the current version.
Source of v1
# Penguin Random House UK <!--company-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Penguin Random House UK
disambiguation: British publishing company of the Penguin Random House group
legal_name: Penguin Random House Limited
country: GB
website: https://www.penguin.co.uk/
register_ids: GB-CH:00734421, LEI:529900BESQNB2S6N5F59
founded: 1962-09-05
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ---------- | ---------------------- | ------ | ---------- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ----------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/bertelsmann-uk | | 2016-04-06 | | | sourced | ^ch-prh-psc | Sole active person with significant control: Bertelsmann UK Limited (03185285), 75 % or more of the shares and of the voting rights, notified 6 April 2016; Pearson PRH Holdings Limited (8561316) held more than 25 % on the same register until 5 October 2017 |
| parent_org | company/bertelsmann | | | | | sourced | ^gleif-prh-parent | GLEIF gives Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA (LEI 5299001BUUGXAREGE533) as both the direct and the ultimate parent |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| -------------------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---------- | ---------- |
| Penguin Random House Limited | legal | en | | |
| The Penguin Publishing Company Limited | legal | en | 1962-09-05 | 2013-06-28 |
| Penguin Random House | search | en | | |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- | ---------------- | ------------ | --------- | -------------------- | ----------------------------------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| ch-prh | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00734421 | Companies House: Penguin Random House Limited (00734421) | 2026-09-17 | Companies House | registry | | 00734421 | Company overview and previous names | | | |
| 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-prh | https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records?filter%5Bentity.legalName%5D=Penguin%20Random%20House%20Limited | GLEIF LEI record: Penguin Random House Limited, LEI 529900BESQNB2S6N5F59 | 2026-09-17 | GLEIF | registry | | 529900BESQNB2S6N5F59 | | CC0 | GLEIF | |
| gleif-prh-parent | https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/529900BESQNB2S6N5F59/ultimate-parent | GLEIF: ultimate parent of Penguin Random House Limited | 2026-09-17 | GLEIF | registry | | 5299001BUUGXAREGE533 | Ultimate parent relationship | CC0 | GLEIF | |
| penguin-site | https://www.penguin.co.uk/about/who-we-are | Penguin Books UK: Who we are | 2026-09-17 | Penguin Books UK | manufacturer | | | Leadership cards | © | | |
<!--/references-->
## About <!--about-->
Penguin Random House UK is the British publishing company of the Penguin Random House group and the registered owner of Penguin Books Limited. It was incorporated in England on 5 September 1962 as The Penguin Publishing Company Limited, took its present legal name Penguin Random House Limited on 28 June 2013 after Penguin and Random House merged, and is registered for book publishing (SIC 58110) as company 00734421 at One Embassy Gardens, 8 Viaduct Gardens, London SW11 7BW.[^ch-prh] The Global LEI register carries it under LEI 529900BESQNB2S6N5F59 and gives Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA as its direct and ultimate parent.[^gleif-prh][^gleif-prh-parent]
On the Companies House register of persons with significant control the sole active controller is Bertelsmann UK Limited, company 03185285, notified on 6 April 2016 with 75 % or more of the shares and of the voting rights; Pearson PRH Holdings Limited appeared on the same register with a stake of more than 25 % until it ceased on 5 October 2017.[^ch-prh-psc] The group's consumer site penguin.co.uk lists Tom Weldon as CEO, Penguin Random House UK, which is the trading name used for this entity.[^penguin-site]
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