Aardman Animations Limited
- Company number
- 02050843
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 29 Aug 1986
- Nature of business
- Motion picture production activities
Television programme production activities
Ready-made interactive leisure and entertainment software development
Artistic creation - Corporate group
- Aardman Employee Ownership Trustee Limited (23 companies)
Registered office
Previous names
- Aards Co Limited(the) (until 12 Jun 1987)
- Offshelm Limited (until 17 Nov 1986)
Officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEARD, Helen Mary | Director | 12 Jan 2026 | |
| HARDIE, Emma Natasha | Director | 15 Apr 2024 | |
| CAVE, Joanna Louise | Director | 1 Jan 2024 | |
| COX, Sarah | Director | 5 Nov 2018 | |
| SHELLEY, Carla Denise | Director | 5 Nov 2018 | |
| CLARKE, Sean Michael | Director | 5 Nov 2018 | |
| PARK, Nicholas Wulstan | Director | 20 Jul 1994 | |
| NEWPORT, Paula Gail | Director | 5 Nov 2018 | 31 Dec 2025 |
| EFERGAN, Daniel | Director | 1 Mar 2020 | 30 Apr 2025 |
| LOCK, Kerry Anthony | Director | 5 Nov 2018 | 15 Feb 2024 |
| LORD, Peter Duncan Fraser | Director | - | 1 Jan 2024 |
| WRIGHT, Heather Anne | Director | 5 Nov 2018 | 6 Apr 2020 |
| SPROXTON, David Alan | Secretary | 11 Feb 1999 | 30 Dec 2019 |
| SPROXTON, David Alan | Director | - | 17 Dec 2019 |
| PESTER, David Peter | Secretary | 20 Jul 1994 | 11 Feb 1999 |
| SPROXTON, David Alan | Secretary | - | 31 Jul 1994 |
Control
| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aardman Holdings Limited | Ownership Of Shares 75 To 100 Percent Voting Rights 75 To 100 Percent Right To Appoint And Remove Directors |
6 Apr 2016 | |
| Mr Peter Duncan Fraser Lord | Significant Influence Or Control | 6 Apr 2016 | 5 Nov 2018 |
| Mr David Alan Sproxton | Significant Influence Or Control | 6 Apr 2016 | 5 Nov 2018 |
| Mr Nicholas Wulstan Park | Significant Influence Or Control | 6 Apr 2016 | 5 Nov 2018 |
Accounts
Connections
Owned by
Aardman Animations Limited → Aardman Holdings Limited → Aardman Employee Ownership Trustee Limited
Controls
- Aardman Beastly Bites Limited (15810906)
- Aardman Creature Comforts USA Limited (04013200)
- Aardman Free Range Limited (10909377)
- Aardman Mossy Bottom Limited (10452400)
- Aardman Sugarloaf Limited (15847730)
- Aardman Waddles Limited (17340759)
- Morph Limited (01302008)
- Working At Gnome Limited (13497781)
Directors’ other companies
- BEARD, Helen Mary - Director at Aardman Employee Ownership Trustee Limited
- BEARD, Helen Mary - Director at Aardman Holdings Limited
- CAVE, Joanna Louise - Director at Primordial Soup Limited
- CAVE, Joanna Louise - Director at Aardman Holdings Limited
- CAVE, Joanna Louise - Director at Aardman Sugarloaf Limited
- CAVE, Joanna Louise - Director at Aardman Arthur Christmas Limited
- CAVE, Joanna Louise - Director at Working At Gnome Limited
- CAVE, Joanna Louise - Director at Aardman Waddles Limited
- CAVE, Joanna Louise - Director at Aardman Free Range Limited
- CAVE, Joanna Louise - Director at Wallace & Gromit Limited
Companies at the same address
- Aardman Holdings Limited (02672880)
- Aardman Trustees Limited (03668244)
- Morph Limited (01302008)
- Rex The Runt Limited (02747206)
- Wallace & Gromit Limited (02671012)