London · Postcode district WC1B
Who owns Bloomsbury?Corporate & overseas land ownership in WC1B
The companies and organisations that hold property in Bloomsbury, from HM Land Registry’s corporate and overseas ownership records — with a direct line into the planning constraints for any address in the district.
Real HM Land Registry data
Real HM Land Registry data (CCOD + OCOD, July 2026) covering all 2,784 postcode districts of England and Wales. Companies and organisations only; private individuals are never included.
416
Corporate titles
6%
Overseas-owned
23 titles
260
Distinct owners
£1.3bn
Recorded price paid
Overseas ownership in WC1B
Where the 23 overseas-owned titles in Bloomsburyare registered, by the owning company’s country of incorporation.
Largest corporate owners in Bloomsbury
Owners holding the most indexed titles in WC1B, largest first.
| Owner | Origin | Type | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEDFORD ESTATES LONDON LLPReg. no. OC385699 | UK company | Limited Liability Partnership | 49 |
| BEDFORD ESTATES BLOOMSBURY LIMITEDReg. no. 10250020 | UK company | Limited Company or Public Limited Company | 21 |
| SHARDELL LIMITEDReg. no. 03842549 | UK company | Limited Company or Public Limited Company | 15 |
| LONDON POWER NETWORKS PLCReg. no. 03929195 | UK company | Limited Company or Public Limited Company | 8 |
| OCULON LLPReg. no. OC451532 | UK company | Limited Liability Partnership | 7 |
| METRO BANK PLCReg. no. 06419578 | UK company | Limited Company or Public Limited Company | 6 |
| ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATED)Reg. no. 00171402 | UK company | Corporate Body | 5 |
| DOMINION THEATRE INVESTMENTS LIMITEDReg. no. 01623438 | UK company | Limited Company or Public Limited Company | 5 |
| WOBURN ESTATE COMPANY LIMITEDReg. no. 1608381 | UK company | Limited Company or Public Limited Company | 5 |
| BIRKBECK COLLEGE | UK company | Corporate Body | 4 |
| CARPMAELS & RANSFORD LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPReg. no. OC382284 | UK company | Limited Liability Partnership | 4 |
| ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLCReg. no. 00293262 | UK company | Limited Company or Public Limited Company | 3 |
| BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLCReg. no. 01984336 | UK company | Limited Company or Public Limited Company | 3 |
| CARPMAELS & RANSFORD LLPReg. no. OC382284 | UK company | Limited Liability Partnership | 3 |
| PRET A MANGER (EUROPE) LIMITEDReg. no. 01854213 | UK company | Limited Company or Public Limited Company | 3 |
| SODEXO LIMITEDReg. no. 00842846 | UK company | Limited Company or Public Limited Company | 3 |
| THE LONDON DIOCESAN FUNDReg. no. 150856 | UK company | Corporate Body | 3 |
| ACCENT INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM FOR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS ABROAD LIMITEDReg. no. 03543700 | UK company | Limited Company or Public Limited Company | 2 |
| BISHOP & SEWELL LLPReg. no. OC319691 | UK company | Limited Liability Partnership | 2 |
| CAMARGUE GROUP LIMITEDReg. no. 3954008 | UK company | Limited Company or Public Limited Company | 2 |
Types of owner in WC1B
From owner to buildability
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Frequently asked
How much of Bloomsbury is owned by companies?+
This index holds 416 property titles in the WC1B postcode district whose registered owner is a company or organisation, not a private individual — spread across 260 distinct entities. HM Land Registry publishes corporate and overseas ownership but not individual owners, so this is the corporate slice of ownership in Bloomsbury.
How much of WC1B is owned from overseas?+
Around 6% of the corporate-owned titles indexed in Bloomsbury are held through a company registered outside the UK — typically in jurisdictions such as Jersey, the British Virgin Islands or Guernsey. Overseas ownership is recorded by HM Land Registry in the OCOD dataset.
Can I see who owns a specific building in Bloomsbury?+
Ownership here is matched to a location by postcode, because HM Land Registry does not publish a link between title numbers and mapped parcels. It's a screening indicator: it tells you which companies hold property in WC1B and roughly where, but to confirm the owner of one specific building you'd order an official copy of the register for that title.
How does ownership relate to planning constraints in WC1B?+
Ownership tells you who holds the land; planning constraints tell you what can be done with it. Planning Constraints combines both — check any address in Bloomsbury to see conservation areas, flood zones, listed buildings and 50+ datasets, alongside the corporate-ownership picture for that postcode.
Ownership is drawn from HM Land Registry’s corporate (CCOD) and overseas (OCOD) ownership datasets and aggregated by postcode district. HM Land Registry does not publish a link between title numbers and mapped land parcels, so this is a district-level screening indicator, not a title-plan boundary. We show the owning company, its jurisdiction, category and holding counts — not exact property addresses (their use is licence-restricted). Private individuals are never included; these datasets cover companies and organisations only.
Source: Source: HM Land Registry — UK companies (CCOD) and overseas companies (OCOD) that own property in England and Wales. Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026 Data as at July 2026.
Note: Corporate ownership reflects HM Land Registry’s record of the current registered proprietor and can lag transactions by weeks or months. Ownership is matched to a location by postcode, not by title-plan boundary, so treat it as a screening indicator — always confirm with an official copy of the register before relying on it.