# Yell Studio Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [01674826](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01674826)
- **Status:** Liquidation
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 1 Nov 1982
- **Registered office:** DAVIDSON HOUSE, THE FORBURY, READING, RG1 3EU
- **Nature of business:** [73110](/sic/73110) Advertising agencies, [74100](/sic/74100) specialised design activities
- **Corporate group:** [Yell Holdco Limited](/group/14564) (9 companies)


## Previous names

- General Arts Services Limited (until 24 Oct 1984)
- GTE Art Services Limited (until 26 Jan 1983)
- Glosbeech Limited (until 13 Dec 1982)
- General Art Services Limited (until 18 Jan 2013)
- Hibu Studio Limited (until 23 Feb 2017)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHALLIS, John Christopher | secretary | - | 7 Oct 1992 |
| DOBIE, Hugh Derek Richardson | director | - | 31 Dec 1993 |
| CHALLIS, John Christopher | secretary | 8 Mar 1995 | 1 Apr 1996 |
| WALSH, Paula Annette | secretary | 7 Oct 1992 | 1 Apr 1996 |
| MANDERSON, James Carlin | director | - | 21 May 1996 |
| MASSEY, Christopher Ian | director | - | 21 May 1996 |
| CHALLIS, Clive Eric | director | - | 28 Feb 2001 |
| NEWGATE STREET SECRETARIES LIMITED | corporate-secretary | 1 Apr 1996 | 15 Oct 2001 |
| GREEN, Stephen Nathaniel | director | 22 Jul 2002 | 15 Jul 2003 |
| LOBMEYR, Stephen | director | 22 Jul 2002 | 15 Jul 2003 |
| GRABINER, Stephen | director | 22 Jul 2002 | 15 Jul 2003 |
| DAVIS, John Gordon | secretary | 16 Oct 2001 | 29 Sep 2003 |
| LEA, Lyndon | director | 22 Jul 2002 | 31 Oct 2007 |
| RUBENSTEIN, Howard Justin | secretary | 29 Sep 2003 | 2 Aug 2010 |
| DAVIS, John Gordon | director | 1 Mar 2001 | 22 Nov 2010 |
| CONDRON, John | director | - | 31 Dec 2010 |
| SHEEHAN, Daniel Francis | director | 1 Mar 2011 | 1 Aug 2011 |
| WELLS, Christian Henry | director | 1 Mar 2011 | 27 Mar 2014 |
| BATES, Antony Jeffrey | director | 22 Nov 2010 | 27 Mar 2014 |
| RUSSO, Paul | director | 30 Apr 2014 | 31 May 2016 |
| HALL, Robert Kenneth | director | 27 Mar 2014 | 31 Jul 2018 |
| HANSCOTT, Richard John | director | 1 Aug 2011 | 4 Mar 2019 |
| GREEN, Malcolm Laurence | director | 6 Jul 2018 | 10 Oct 2019 |
| SHARMAN, David William Henry | director | 4 Mar 2019 | 6 Dec 2019 |
| WILSON, Oliver Edward James | director | 27 Feb 2018 | 24 Feb 2020 |
| AINSLIE, Michael Robert Arthur | director | 24 Feb 2020 | 18 Jan 2021 |
| WELLS, Christian Henry | secretary | 2 Aug 2010 | 1 Aug 2021 |
| MILES, Claire | director | 8 Oct 2019 | 31 Dec 2022 |
| HURST, Adam Howard | director | 18 Jan 2021 | 17 Mar 2023 |
| CLISBY, Mark | director | 22 Mar 2023 |  |
| HALL, Robert Kenneth | director | 20 Dec 2022 |  |
| MANWARING, Paul William | secretary | 1 Aug 2021 |  |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yell Sales Limited | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 6 Apr 2016 | 8 Sep 2021 |
| Yell Limited | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 8 Sep 2021 |  |




## Owned by

Yell Studio Limited → [Yell Limited](/company/04205228) → [YH Limited](/company/04193755) → [Owl Finance Limited](/company/10277047) → [Yell Holdco Limited](/company/12315720)




## Directors' other companies

- [HALL, Robert Kenneth](/person/6016293) - director at [Yell Mediaworks Limited](/company/06649631)
- [HALL, Robert Kenneth](/person/6016293) - director at [Owl Finance Limited](/company/10277047)



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