01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- AARDMAN ANIMATIONS LIMITED
- Company number
- 02050843
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 December 2024Next accounts due
30 September 2026Last statement made up to
31 December 2025Next statement due
14 January 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
AARDMAN ANIMATIONS LIMITED
LEI 5493001GKLA77PHKKA56 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- 8888
- Next renewal
- 29 September 2015
- Headquarters address
- GAS FERRY ROAD, BRISTOL, GB-BST, BS1 6UN, GB
LEI data provides a global legal-entity identity, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links these records only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number.
04 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Aardman Animations Limited
Registration Z7493062
- Registered from
- 8 November 2004
- Current end date
- 7 November 2026
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
05 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
TEN-2324-029 -Nest Brand Creative Partnership
National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) · ocds-b5fd17-dcc669fd-1af2-4c62-9bee-8a7ab55c41d0
- Award value
- £650,000
- Contract period
- 29 July 2024 – 28 July 2025
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
SHAUN IN THE CITY
Owner Aardman Animations Limited · classes 16,21,35,36,41
- Filed / designated
- 10 April 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 April 2024
Figurative mark
Owner Aardman Animations Limited · classes 9,16,25,28,41
- Filed / designated
- 15 January 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 15 January 2023
Figurative mark
Owner Aardman Animations Limited · classes 35,36,45
- Filed / designated
- 7 August 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 August 2022
Figurative mark
Owner Aardman Animations Limited · classes 35,36,45
- Filed / designated
- 25 July 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 July 2022
Figurative mark
Owner Aardman Animations Limited · classes 35,36,45
- Filed / designated
- 25 July 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 July 2022
Figurative mark
Owner Aardman Animations Limited · classes 35,36,45
- Filed / designated
- 25 July 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 July 2022
Figurative mark
Owner Aardman Animations Limited · classes 35,36,45
- Filed / designated
- 25 July 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 July 2022
HOME SHEEP HOME
Owner Aardman Animations Limited · classes 9,41
- Filed / designated
- 18 November 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 18 November 2021
SHAUN THE SHEEP
Owner Aardman Animations Limited · classes 2,5,8,10,11,15,22,24,26,27,31,35,38,42,43
- Filed / designated
- 2 December 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 2 December 2020
Figurative mark
Owner Aardman Animations Limited · classes 2,5,8,10,11,15,22,24,26,27,31,35,38,42,43
- Filed / designated
- 2 December 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 2 December 2020
Figurative mark
Owner Aardman Animations Limited · classes 2,5,8,10,11,15,22,24,26,27,31,35,38,42,43
- Filed / designated
- 2 December 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 2 December 2020
Figurative mark
Owner Aardman Animations Limited · classes 2,3,5,8,9,10,11,14,15,16,18,20,21,22,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,35,38,41,42,43
- Filed / designated
- 2 December 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 2 December 2020
Figurative mark
Owner Aardman Animations Limited · classes 2,3,5,8,9,10,11,14,15,16,18,20,21,22,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,35,38,41,42,43
- Filed / designated
- 30 November 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 30 November 2020
TIMMY TIME
Owner Aardman Animations Limited · classes 2,5,8,10,11,15,22,24,26,27,31,35,38,42,43
- Filed / designated
- 30 November 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 30 November 2020
Figurative mark
Owner Aardman Animations Limited · classes 35,36,45
- Filed / designated
- 25 August 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 August 2020
Figurative mark
Owner Aardman Animations Limited · classes 35,36,45
- Filed / designated
- 25 August 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 August 2020
Figurative mark
Owner Aardman Animations Limited · classes 35,36,45
- Filed / designated
- 25 August 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 August 2020
TIMMY TIME
Owner Aardman Animations Limited · classes 3,9,14,16,18,20,21,25,28,29,30,32,41
- Filed / designated
- 11 August 2008
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 August 2018
SHAUN THE SHEEP
Owner Aardman Animations Limited · classes 23,26
- Filed / designated
- 19 October 2006
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 October 2026
CREATURE COMFORTS
Owner Aardman Animations Limited · classes 9
- Filed / designated
- 24 March 2006
- Valid until / renewal due
- 24 March 2026
Figurative mark
Owner Aardman Animations Limited · classes 3,9,14,16,18,20,21,25,28,29,30,32,41
- Filed / designated
- 18 October 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 18 October 2025
SHAUN THE SHEEP
Owner Aardman Animations Limited · classes 3,9,14,16,18,20,21,25,28,29,30,32,41
- Filed / designated
- 14 October 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 October 2025
CREATURE COMFORTS
Owner Aardman Animations Limited · classes 21,41
- Filed / designated
- 20 February 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 February 2023
REX THE RUNT
Owner Aardman Animations Limited · classes 9,16,25,28
- Filed / designated
- 31 July 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 31 July 2020
CREATURE COMFORTS
Owner Aardman Animations Limited · classes 25
- Filed / designated
- 14 June 1993
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 June 2020
CREATURE COMFORTS
Owner Aardman Animations Limited · classes 9,16,28
- Filed / designated
- 13 July 1992
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 July 2019
Figurative mark
Owner Aardman Animations Limited · classes 28
- Filed / designated
- 2 December 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- Not supplied
CHOP SOCKY CHOOKS
Owner Aardman Animations Limited · classes 3,9,14,16,18,20,21,25,28,29,30,32,41
- Filed / designated
- 14 October 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 October 2015
MIDDLE AGE SPREAD
Owner Aardman Animations Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 23 November 2004
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 November 2014
REX THE RUNT
Owner Aardman Animations Limited · classes 3,8,9,12,14,16,18,21,24,25,28,30
- Filed / designated
- 31 July 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 31 July 2010
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
06 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Aardman Holdings Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
Mr David Alan SproxtonSee 20 companies with this PSC name →
- Has significant influence or control
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- England
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 5 November 2018
Mr Nicholas Wulstan ParkSee 4 companies with this PSC name →
- Has significant influence or control
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- United Kingdom
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 5 November 2018
Mr Peter Duncan Fraser LordSee 19 companies with this PSC name →
- Has significant influence or control
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- England
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 5 November 2018
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
07 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
08 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
09 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
10 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
Find a Tender did not explicitly identify this Companies House number in a procurement party. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
11 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
12 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
Motion picture production activities
Television programme production activities
Ready-made interactive leisure and entertainment software development
Artistic creation
13 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
0 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
14 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
15 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.