01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS LIMITED
- Company number
- 00541295
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 December 2024Next accounts due
30 September 2026Last statement made up to
17 December 2025Next statement due
31 December 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS LIMITED
LEI 213800AWSBBTYI77OV55 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Next renewal
- 21 October 2026
- Headquarters address
- GROUND FLOOR, THE ROOKERY, 2 DYOTT STREET, LONDON, GB-LND, WC1A 1DE, GB
LEI data provides a global legal-entity identity, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links these records only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
GWR
Owner Guinness World Records Limited · classes 9,16,35,38,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 29 June 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 29 June 2026
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS
Owner Guinness World Records Limited · classes 9,16,35,38,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 6 October 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 October 2024
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS
Owner Guinness World Records Limited · classes 9,16,35,38,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 6 October 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 October 2024
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS
Owner Guinness World Records Limited · classes 16,41
- Filed / designated
- 13 December 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 December 2022
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS
Owner Guinness World Records Limited · classes 9,16,35,38,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 2 March 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 2 March 2020
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS ENGAGE
Owner Guinness World Records Limited · classes 9,16,28,35,38,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 21 December 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 April 2027
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS LIVE!
Owner Guinness World Records Limited · classes 9,16,28,35,38,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 14 December 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 April 2027
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS LIVE!
Owner Guinness World Records Limited · classes 9,16,28,35,38,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 30 November 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 April 2027
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS ENGAGE
Owner Guinness World Records Limited · classes 9,16,28,35,38,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 23 November 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 April 2027
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS ENGAGE
Owner Guinness World Records Limited · classes 9,16,35,38,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 7 September 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- Not supplied
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS LIVE!
Owner Guinness World Records Limited · classes 9,16,35,38,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 7 September 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- Not supplied
Figurative mark
Owner Guinness World Records Limited · classes 3,4,6,8,9,14,15,16,18,20,21,24,25,26,28,30,34,35,38,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 2 March 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 2 March 2010
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS
Owner Guinness World Records Limited · classes 3,4,6,8,9,14,15,16,18,20,21,24,25,26,28,30,34,35,38,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 2 March 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 2 March 2010
ROCKOPEDIA
Owner Guinness World Records Limited · classes 9,16
- Filed / designated
- 8 January 1997
- Valid until / renewal due
- 8 January 2017
TOUCAN BOOKS
Owner Guinness World Records Limited · classes 42
- Filed / designated
- 9 November 1988
- Valid until / renewal due
- 9 November 1995
Figurative mark
Owner Guinness World Records Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 14 August 1979
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 August 2000
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
04 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Gwruk Acquisition Corp Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
05 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
06 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
07 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
08 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
Find a Tender did not explicitly identify this Companies House number in a procurement party. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
09 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
10 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
Book publishing
11 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
0 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
12 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
13 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.