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JOHN WILEY & SONS LIMITED
Company number 00641132 · Private Limited Company · Active. Its ownership runs 4 layers up, from its confirmation statements at Companies House.
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JOHN WILEY & SONS LIMITED's ownership structure
Owners above, the companies it holds below, from confirmation statements filed at Companies House.
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Company facts
- Company number
- 00641132
- Status
- Active
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 3 November 1959
- Registered office
- Bognor Regis, West Sussex
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Business
- Book publishing; Publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals
- Latest accounts type
- Full
- Shareholder layers
- 4
Company details from the Companies House register of 1 September 2026.
At a glance
JOHN WILEY & SONS LIMITED's ownership
- Its latest confirmation statement with a shareholder list (7 October 2025) lists 1 shareholder: 1 company.
- Its ownership runs 4 layers up, through WILEY HEYDEN LIMITED and WILEY EUROPE LIMITED.
- At the top of the chart: WILEY INTERNATIONAL LLC.
From confirmation statements filed at Companies House up to 19 June 2026. Shareholdings can change at any time: check the current position live before relying on it.
Shareholders · 4 layers
Who owns JOHN WILEY & SONS LIMITED
JOHN WILEY & SONS LIMITED's shareholders as listed in its latest confirmation statement, then the shareholders of each shareholder that is a UK company, layer by layer.
Every shareholder, layer by layer (6)
Layer 1
Shareholders of JOHN WILEY & SONS LIMITED · statement of 7 October 2025
| Shareholder | Stake | Shares | Class |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILEY HEYDEN LIMITED Company 01613097 | — | 523,601 | ORDINARY |
Layer 2
Shareholders of WILEY HEYDEN LIMITED · statement of 18 June 2025
| Shareholder | Stake | Shares | Class |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILEY EUROPE LIMITED Company 02305864 | — | 4,809 | ORDINARY |
| Masked · in the company report | — | — | — |
Layer 3
Shareholders of WILEY EUROPE LIMITED · statement of 12 October 2025
| Shareholder | Stake | Shares | Class |
|---|---|---|---|
| Masked · in the company report | — | — | — |
Shareholders of a masked company · statement of 5 September 2022
| Shareholder | Stake | Shares | Class |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN WILEY & SONS INC | — | 10,002 | 'A' ORDINARY SHARES / ORDINARY |
Layer 4
Shareholders of a masked company · statement of 14 June 2025
| Shareholder | Stake | Shares | Class |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILEY INTERNATIONAL LLC | — | 38,369,307 | ORDINARY |
People with significant control · 1 current
Who controls JOHN WILEY & SONS LIMITED
JOHN WILEY & SONS LIMITED's people with significant control as registered at Companies House on 12 November 2026: 1 current and 1 former. They are the people and companies that hold more than 25% of its shares or voting rights, or otherwise control it.
Current (1)
| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiley Heyden Limited | Shares: 75% or more Voting rights: 75% or more | 30 April 2019 | Company · Private Limited Company · England · number 01613097 |
Former (1)
| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiley Europe Ltd | Shares: 75% or more | 6 April 2016 | 26 April 2019 |
Officers · 4 current
Who runs JOHN WILEY & SONS LIMITED
JOHN WILEY & SONS LIMITED's directors and secretaries as registered at Companies House on 12 November 2026: 4 current and 23 former.
Current officers (4)
| Name | Role | Appointed | Nationality | Country of residence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COYLE-PARSONS, Lauryn Christine | Secretary | 19 January 2023 | — | — |
| CARIDI, Christopher | Director | 20 September 2024 | American | United States |
| SCHLIESING, Karl William | Director | 15 August 2025 | British | England |
| WARDLEWORTH, Benjamin Noel | Director | 4 March 2022 | British | England |
Former officers (23)
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| D'ARCY, Ursula | Secretary | 24 July 2007 | 1 July 2008 |
| DICKS, Christopher Joseph | Secretary | before 12 October 1992 | 27 July 2005 |
| GARRARD, Ian Jeremy | Secretary | 27 July 2005 | 23 July 2007 |
| JOSHUA, Susan Mary | Secretary | 1 July 2008 | 31 January 2012 |
| MCPHEE, Caroline Jane | Secretary | 1 February 2012 | 19 January 2023 |
| COUSENS, Ellis Edward | Director | 1 May 2009 | 16 June 2014 |
| D'ARCY, Ursula Leonie | Director | 1 July 2008 | 4 March 2022 |
| DICKS, Christopher Joseph | Director | before 12 October 1992 | 31 January 2012 |
| DIXON, Michael, Dr | Director | 4 May 1993 | 31 May 1996 |
| ELLIS, Charles Richard | Director | before 12 October 1992 | 28 March 1996 |
| FERRIS, Peter | Director | before 12 October 1992 | 31 May 2008 |
| FOYLE, Michael Bartholomew | Director | before 12 October 1992 | 4 June 1993 |
| GARRARD, Ian Jeremy | Director | 1 February 2012 | 30 June 2016 |
| JARVIS, John Herbert, Dr | Director | before 12 October 1992 | 31 May 2008 |
| JOHNSON, Rosamund Claire | Director | 1 July 2016 | 15 August 2025 |
| KISRAY, Philip Jeffrey Mac | Director | 1 May 2009 | 1 May 2022 |
| KRITZMACHER, John Anthony | Director | 16 June 2014 | 31 December 2021 |
| LONG, Robert Charles | Director | before 12 October 1992 | 31 October 2017 |
| MAIR, Robert Steven Robertson | Director | 19 July 1994 | 30 April 2000 |
| PESCE, William J | Director | 28 March 1996 | 1 May 2009 |
| POULTER, Angela Patricia | Director | 1 March 1997 | 6 December 2007 |
| SMITH, Stephen Michael | Director | 6 December 2007 | 13 April 2015 |
| VAN TASSELL, Christina May | Director | 4 March 2022 | 20 September 2024 |
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How this chart is built
Every UK company files a confirmation statement with Companies House at least once a year, and private companies list their shareholders in it. The chart takes each company's latest statement with a shareholder list and follows every shareholder that is itself a UK company to that company's own statement, layer by layer. Holdings work the other way: every company whose latest statement lists the company as a shareholder, then the companies those hold.
A stake is the share of the company's issued shares, weighted by nominal value where the statement gives it. Each statement shows the position on its own date. Shareholders are matched to UK companies by their registered names, so a holder can occasionally be matched to the wrong company or not matched at all.
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