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SKY Operational Finance Limited

Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

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Previous officers 32

  1. Karl Holmes 2023-2024 Director View profile
  2. Tanya Claire Richards 2019-2024 Director View profile
  3. Simon Robson 2019-2026 Director View profile
  4. Colin Smith 2019-2023 Director View profile
  5. Colin Robert Jones 2013-2019 Director View profile
  6. Christopher Jon Taylor 2013-2019 Director View profile
  7. Andrew John Griffith 2008-2013 Director View profile
  8. David Jeremy Darroch 2004-2013 Director View profile
  9. James Rupert Murdoch 2003-2008 Director View profile
  10. Neil Chugani 2000-2003 Director View profile
  11. Anthony Frank Elliott Ball 1999-2003 Director View profile
  12. Mark William Booth 1998-1999 Director View profile
  13. Martin David Stewart 1998-2004 Director View profile
  14. Roger Frederick Crawford Blundell 1997-2000 Director View profile
  15. David Joseph Gormley 1996-2012 Director View profile
  16. Nicholas John Carrington 1995-1998 Director View profile
  17. David Christopher Chance 1995-1997 Director View profile
  18. Henry Eric Staunton 1994-1994 Director View profile
  19. Michel Claude Andre Crepon 1994-1995 Director View profile
  20. Arthur Michael Siskind 1994-1995 Director View profile
  21. Kelvin Calder Mackenzie 1994-1994 Director View profile
  22. Frank Barlow 1994-1995 Director View profile
  23. Keith Rupert Murdoch 1994-1995 Director View profile
  24. Samuel Hewlings Chisholm 1994-1997 Director View profile
  25. Jonathan Sellors 1994-1995 Director View profile
  26. Stephen Thomas Barraclough 1994-1995 Director View profile
  27. Thierry Dettloff 1994-1995 Director View profile
  28. Richard James Brooke 1994-1997 Director View profile
  29. August Antonius Fischer 1994-1995 Director View profile
  30. James Benjamin Stjohn Tibbitts 1994-1994 Director View profile
  31. Christopher Jon Taylor 2012-2019 Secretary View profile
  32. Christopher Kenneth Mackenzie 1995-1997 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Incorporated
10/03/1994
Registered office
Middlesex
Previous names
Bskyb Finance Limited (until 18/02/2015)

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.

  • SKY Limited
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06

Group

  1. SKY Operational Finance Limited is controlled by SKY Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. SKY Limited is controlled by SKY NEW Media Ventures Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2024-10-03 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. SKY NEW Media Ventures Limited is controlled by SKY UK Limited
    Evidence
    ceased 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2024-10-01 · source: Companies House PSC register

The PSC filings above SKY Operational Finance Limited loop back on themselves; the chain is shown as far as it can be followed safely.

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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

1.2y median 1.2y
average tenure
2y
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.

Tech and media 55Business services 21Professional services 19Finance 2Other services 2Retail and trade 1

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
02906994
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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