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The above diagram shows the color scheme of the layout in the main result page. The parent entities and officers are those entities, including individual and legal persons, have significant controls over the company in focus. The offspring entities and appointments are those entities that the company in focus can influence on.

Clicking the links on parent entities or officers, and offspring entities or managed companies will put them in focus and show upstream or downstream connections. In general, ascendant entities can be found by moving toward upstream, and descendant entities are by toward downstream. In this way, progenitor entities such as grandparent companies (parents of parent), sibling companies (children of parent), partner companies (parents of child), and progeny entities such as grandchild companies (children of child) can be found easily.

Parent entities and officers
Active 2
Ceased 26
  • 1
    Stolper, Jonathan Robert
    Director born in February 1966
    Individual
    Officer
    icon of calendar 2015-05-19 ~ 2017-02-14
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 2
    Lycett, John
    Accountant born in February 1940
    Individual
    Officer
    icon of calendar 1994-12-01 ~ 2000-01-04
    OF - Director → CIF 0
    Lycett, John
    Individual
    Officer
    icon of calendar 1994-12-01 ~ 2000-11-01
    OF - Secretary → CIF 0
  • 3
    Weinberg, Eric David
    Director born in December 1968
    Individual (1 offspring)
    Officer
    icon of calendar 2009-06-10 ~ 2012-06-22
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 4
    Lander, Howard
    Publishing born in October 1950
    Individual
    Officer
    icon of calendar 2000-01-04 ~ 2004-01-01
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 5
    Nowell, Jonathan Charles Peter
    Publisher born in November 1958
    Individual (2 offsprings)
    Officer
    icon of calendar 1995-11-15 ~ 2000-01-04
    OF - Director → CIF 0
    Nowell, Jonathan Charles Peter
    Director born in November 1958
    Individual (2 offsprings)
    icon of calendar 2001-10-01 ~ 2015-05-19
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 6
    Baum, Louis Clarence
    Editor born in March 1948
    Individual
    Officer
    icon of calendar ~ 1995-11-02
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 7
    Allsop, Peter Henry Bruce
    Part-Time Chairman born in August 1924
    Individual
    Officer
    icon of calendar ~ 1998-03-31
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 8
    Mollison, William Alan
    Bibliographer born in January 1943
    Individual
    Officer
    icon of calendar ~ 1995-11-03
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 9
    Ostrom, Christopher John
    Technical Director born in October 1947
    Individual
    Officer
    icon of calendar 1994-12-01 ~ 2000-01-04
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 10
    Whitaker, David Haddon
    Chairman born in March 1931
    Individual
    Officer
    icon of calendar ~ 1997-01-31
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 11
    Hodgett, Judy Therese
    Accountant born in September 1957
    Individual
    Officer
    icon of calendar 2002-07-10 ~ 2002-11-11
    OF - Director → CIF 0
    Hodgett, Judy Therese
    Individual
    Officer
    icon of calendar 2001-10-01 ~ 2005-05-04
    OF - Secretary → CIF 0
  • 12
    Baker, Graham Leigh
    Personnel Manager born in May 1958
    Individual
    Officer
    icon of calendar 2002-07-10 ~ 2002-11-11
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 13
    Sweetman, Thomas Edward
    Chartered Accountant born in January 1925
    Individual
    Officer
    icon of calendar ~ 1998-03-31
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 14
    Kiernan, Robert
    Publisher born in May 1940
    Individual
    Officer
    icon of calendar 1998-06-18 ~ 1999-06-23
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 15
    Whitaker, Sally Maureen
    Managing Director born in February 1939
    Individual
    Officer
    icon of calendar ~ 1999-06-23
    OF - Director → CIF 0
    Whitaker, Sally Maureen
    Individual
    Officer
    icon of calendar ~ 1994-12-01
    OF - Secretary → CIF 0
  • 16
    Whitaker, Martin Haddon
    Publisher born in October 1958
    Individual (2 offsprings)
    Officer
    icon of calendar ~ 2000-01-04
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 17
    Sisco, Joel Robert
    Director born in June 1958
    Individual
    Officer
    icon of calendar 2005-05-04 ~ 2009-06-10
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 18
    Baum, Robin Frederick
    Solicitor born in July 1945
    Individual (2 offsprings)
    Officer
    icon of calendar ~ 1999-06-23
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 19
    Babcock Jnr, John Bodine
    Media born in April 1947
    Individual
    Officer
    icon of calendar 2000-01-01 ~ 2001-10-01
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 20
    Wing, Andrew
    Director born in May 1955
    Individual (1 offspring)
    Officer
    icon of calendar 2004-01-01 ~ 2006-01-23
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 21
    Sugden, Andrew
    Director born in January 1960
    Individual (1 offspring)
    Officer
    icon of calendar 2005-05-04 ~ 2018-08-03
    OF - Director → CIF 0
    Sugden, Andrew
    Director
    Individual (1 offspring)
    Officer
    icon of calendar 2005-05-04 ~ 2018-08-03
    OF - Secretary → CIF 0
  • 22
    Pounsford, Paul David
    General Manager born in April 1954
    Individual (1 offspring)
    Officer
    icon of calendar 1995-11-15 ~ 2000-01-04
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 23
    Halkes, Nigel Leslie
    Chartered Accountant born in September 1955
    Individual (2 offsprings)
    Officer
    icon of calendar 1998-06-18 ~ 1999-06-23
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 24
    NIELSEN HOLDINGS LIMITED - now
    NIELSEN HOLDINGS LIMITED - 2015-05-29
    icon of addressNielsen House, John Smith Drive, Oxford, England
    Active Corporate (4 parents, 7 offsprings)
    Person with significant control
    2020-07-31 ~ 2021-03-05
    PE - Ownership of shares – 75% or moreCIF 0
    PE - Right to appoint or remove directorsCIF 0
    PE - Ownership of voting rights - 75% or moreCIF 0
  • 25
    icon of address5, Stratford Place, London, England
    Active Corporate (5 parents, 96 offsprings)
    Equity (Company account)
    100 GBP2024-12-31
    Officer
    2000-11-01 ~ 2024-03-25
    PE - Secretary → CIF 0
  • 26
    VNU HOLDCO (U.K.) LIMITED - now
    HACKREMCO (NO.1830) LIMITED - 2001-07-09
    icon of address38, Hertford Street, London, England
    Dissolved Corporate (4 parents)
    Person with significant control
    2016-04-06 ~ 2020-07-31
    PE - Ownership of shares – 75% or moreCIF 0
    PE - Ownership of voting rights - 75% or moreCIF 0
parent relation
Company in focus

NIELSEN BOOK SERVICES LIMITED

Previous names
VNU ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA UK LIMITED - 2004-01-05
J.WHITAKER & SONS,LIMITED - 2002-01-07
Standard Industrial Classification
58142 - Publishing Of Consumer And Business Journals And Periodicals
58110 - Book Publishing
82990 - Other Business Support Service Activities N.e.c.

Related profiles found in government register
  • NIELSEN BOOK SERVICES LIMITED
    Info
    VNU ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA UK LIMITED - 2004-01-05
    J.WHITAKER & SONS,LIMITED - 2004-01-05
    Registered number 00070437
    icon of address3rd Floor, Station Place, Argyle Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 2AD
    PRIVATE LIMITED COMPANY incorporated on 1901-06-08 (124 years 7 months). The company status is Active.
    The last date of confirmation statement was made at 2024-09-07
    CIF 0
  • NIELSEN BOOK SERVICES LTD
    S
    Registered number 00070437
    icon of address3rd Floor, 62 Goldsworth Road, Woking, England, GU21 6LQ
    Limited Company in Compaies House, England
    CIF 1
child relation
Offspring entities and appointments
Active 0
  • Not found in our database.
Ceased 1
  • icon of addressAnnandale House, The Crichton, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire
    Active Corporate (5 parents, 4 offsprings)
    Equity (Company account)
    1,301,132 GBP2024-03-31
    Person with significant control
    icon of calendar 2016-04-06 ~ 2020-07-27
    CIF 1 - Ownership of voting rights - More than 25% but not more than 50% OE
    CIF 1 - Ownership of shares – More than 25% but not more than 50% OE

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