London · Postcode district WC1V

Who owns High Holborn?Corporate & overseas land ownership in WC1V

The companies and organisations that hold property in High Holborn, 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.

363

Corporate titles

13%

Overseas-owned

48 titles

253

Distinct owners

£527.2m

Recorded price paid

Overseas ownership in WC1V

Where the 48 overseas-owned titles in High Holbornare registered, by the owning company’s country of incorporation.

Jersey
18 · 38%
Luxembourg
5 · 10%
Panama
5 · 10%
Isle Of Man
4 · 8%
British Virgin Islands
4 · 8%
France
3 · 6%
Japan
3 · 6%
Hong Kong
2 · 4%

Largest corporate owners in High Holborn

Owners holding the most indexed titles in WC1V, largest first.

OwnerOriginTypeTitles
LONDON POWER NETWORKS PLCReg. no. 3929195UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company9
COOMBE SPRINGS MANAGEMENT LIMITEDReg. no. 7310193UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company6
EIP EUROPE LLPReg. no. OC345900UK companyLimited Liability Partnership6
GILEAD SCIENCES LTDReg. no. 02543818UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company6
MCPI (JERSEY) LIMITEDOverseasJerseyLimited Company or Public Limited Company6
MISHCON DE REYA LLPReg. no. OC399969UK companyLimited Liability Partnership6
QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN UK LLPReg. no. OC337278UK companyLimited Liability Partnership6
SRG HOLBORN LIMITEDOverseasJerseyLimited Company or Public Limited Company6
BRITISH HORSERACING AUTHORITY LIMITEDReg. no. 02813358UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company5
FOUR ESSEX COURT LIMITEDReg. no. 02327007UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company5
THE PEOPLE`S INSURANCE COMPANY OF CHINAUK companyCorporate Body5
BAR COUNCIL PROPERTIES LIMITEDReg. no. 02385981UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company4
BEAUMONT BUSINESS CENTRES LIMITEDReg. no. 06170242UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company4
DAWSON CORNWELL LLPReg. no. OC441340UK companyLimited Liability Partnership4
FRONTIER ECONOMICS LIMITEDReg. no. 03752719UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company4
LABS WORLDWIDE LIMITEDReg. no. 07891655UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company4
NINECOURT LIMITEDReg. no. 4461761UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company4
TRIBJUN CORPORATIONOverseasPanamaCorporate Body4
ATOUT FRANCEOverseasFranceCorporate Body3
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLCReg. no. 1800000UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company3

Types of owner in WC1V

Limited Company or Public Limited Company
290 · 80%
Limited Liability Partnership
32 · 9%
Corporate Body
31 · 9%
Unlimited Company
4 · 1%
Local Authority
3 · 1%
Registered Society (Company)
3 · 1%

From owner to buildability

Knowing who owns the land in High Holborn is only half the picture. Run a specific address through the free checker to see what planning constraints apply — conservation areas, flood risk, listed buildings, green belt and 50+ datasets — the factors that decide what can actually be built or changed.

Frequently asked

How much of High Holborn is owned by companies?+

This index holds 363 property titles in the WC1V postcode district whose registered owner is a company or organisation, not a private individual — spread across 253 distinct entities. HM Land Registry publishes corporate and overseas ownership but not individual owners, so this is the corporate slice of ownership in High Holborn.

How much of WC1V is owned from overseas?+

Around 13% of the corporate-owned titles indexed in High Holborn 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 High Holborn?+

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 WC1V 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 WC1V?+

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 High Holborn 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.

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