# Sotheby's Financial Services Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [00597920](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00597920)
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 27 Jan 1958
- **Registered office:** 34-35 NEW BOND ST, LONDON, W1A 2AA
- **Nature of business:** [96090](/sic/96090) Other service activities n.e.c.
- **Corporate group:** [Bidfair Limited](/group/4454) (12 companies)


## Previous names

- Clark Nelson Limited (until 7 Feb 1990)
- Clark Nelson Hart Limited (until 31 Dec 1976)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHRISTOPHERSON, Thomas Gerald | secretary | 1 Jan 2000 | 13 Aug 2013 |
| LASTER, Jennifer | director | 3 Jun 2024 | 14 Nov 2025 |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sotheby's | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 6 Apr 2016 |  |




## Owned by

Sotheby's Financial Services Limited → [Sotheby's](/company/00874867) → [Oatshare Limited](/company/01737495) → [York UK Holdco International Limited](/company/08096692) → [Sotheby's Holdings UK Limited](/company/12875906) → [Bidfair Limited](/company/12025352)