Northern & Shell

Summary

Northern & Shell is a business^[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (493 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Northern & Shell is in the country of United Kingdom^[3].
• Northern & Shell is in the country of GB^[4].
• Northern & Shell's instance of is recorded as business^[5].
• Northern & Shell's instance of is recorded as enterprise^[6].
• Northern & Shell's founder is recorded as Richard Desmond^[7].
• Northern & Shell is owned by Richard Desmond^[8].
• Northern & Shell's headquarters location is recorded as London^[9].
• Northern & Shell's industry is recorded as publishing house^[10].
• January 1, 1974 marks the founding of Northern & Shell^[11].
• 2000-10-04 marks the founding of Northern & Shell^[12].
• Northern & Shell's official website is recorded as https://www.northernandshell.co.uk/^[13].
• Northern & Shell's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Northern & Shell^[14].
• Northern & Shell's legal form is recorded as public limited company^[15].
• Northern & Shell's legal form is recorded as B6ES^[16].
• Northern & Shell's owner of is recorded as Television X^[17].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

• Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 21380011L2Y2O7QAFQ89^[18]

• Registered legal name: Northern & Shell PLC^[19]

• Legal jurisdiction: GB^[20]

• GLEIF entity category: GENERAL^[21]

• Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): B6ES^[22]

• Entity status: ACTIVE^[23]

• LEI registration status: ISSUED^[24]

• Entity created: 2000-10-04^[25]

• LEI first registered: 2014-05-16^[26]

• LEI last updated: 2026-05-09^[27]

• LEI next renewal: 2027-07-04^[28]

• Managing LOU: 213800WAVVOPS85N2205^[29]

• Registration authority: RA000585^[30]

• Authority entity ID: 04086466^[31]

• Other names: Northern & Shell Limited, Northern & Shell Media Group Limited^[32]

• Conformity flag: CONFORMING^[33]

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

• Type: Holding^[34]

• Country: GB^[35]

• Began / founded: 1974-12^[36]

• MusicBrainz ID: cbd125bc-bdcb-4569-8ce5-0b1a652b5c5e^[37]

Body

Founding

Northern & Shell's founder is recorded as Richard Desmond^[7]. Recorded inception include January 1, 1974^[11] and 2000-10-04^[12].

Operations

Northern & Shell's headquarters location is recorded as London^[9].

Industry

Northern & Shell's industry is recorded as publishing house^[10].

Ownership

Northern & Shell is owned by Richard Desmond^[8].

Why It Matters

Northern & Shell ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (493 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]