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Sotheby's Financial Services Limited

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Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 31

  1. Jennifer Marie Laster 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Jean-Luc Berrebi 2019-2021 Director View profile
  3. Jayne Louise Franks 2019-2024 Director View profile
  4. Madeline Lissner 2019-2022 Director View profile
  5. Dorella Madeira 2017-2019 Director View profile
  6. Maarten Ten Holder 2015-2017 Director View profile
  7. Mark Ralph Delano Cornell 2013-2015 Director View profile
  8. Robin George Woodhead 2012-2013 Director View profile
  9. Clive Graham Lord 2010-2019 Director View profile
  10. Jan Prasens 2010-2019 Director View profile
  11. Sebastian Fahey 2010-2024 Director View profile
  12. Patrick Josephus Van Maris Van Dijk 2009-2012 Director View profile
  13. Ann Marie Bernadette Jones 2000-2009 Director View profile
  14. Simon Arthur Taylor 2000-2002 Director View profile
  15. William Scott Sheridan 2000-2013 Director View profile
  16. Shelley Fischer 1997-2008 Director View profile
  17. George Henry Selborne Bailey 1994-2013 Director View profile
  18. Natalie Wolcott Williams 1994-1997 Director View profile
  19. Paul Michael Cervino 1993-1995 Director View profile
  20. Michael Guy Lister Curle 1993-2000 Director View profile
  21. Lisa Maria Daniel 1993-1994 Director View profile
  22. Roger Conant Faxon 1993-1993 Director View profile
  23. Mitchell Zuckerman 2016 Director View profile
  24. Margaret Auchincloss Strachan 1993 Director View profile
  25. John Marcus Linell 1993 Director View profile
  26. Caroline Mylward 2019-2023 Secretary View profile
  27. Natalie Guelfi 2018-2019 Secretary View profile
  28. Damian Leslie 2015-2024 Secretary View profile
  29. Antonia Scott 2013-2018 Secretary View profile
  30. Thomas Gerald Christopherson 2000-2013 Secretary View profile
  31. Thomas Peter Tidy 1993 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
27/01/1958

Ownership

Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

  • Sotheby's
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06

Group

  1. Sotheby's Financial Services Limited is controlled by Sotheby's
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Sotheby's is controlled by Oatshare Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. Oatshare Limited is controlled by York UK Holdco International Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  4. York UK Holdco International Limited is controlled by Sotheby's Holdings UK Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2020-10-05 · source: Companies House PSC register
  5. Sotheby's Holdings UK Limited is controlled by Bidfair Limited
    Evidence
    active 50-75% shares, 50-75% voting, appoints directors · notified 2020-09-13 · source: Companies House PSC register
  6. Bidfair Limited is controlled by Patrick Drahi
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2019-05-30 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Patrick Drahi.

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Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

2 directors on the board

1y median 1y
average tenure
1.4y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (2)

0
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Finance 4Business services 3Other services 2Property 2

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00597920
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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