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Northern & Shell Enterprises Limited
Artistic creation
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 35
- Jeffrey Ian Ford 2012-2012 View profile
- Stanley Sydney Myerson 2010-2013 View profile
- Dr Paul Michael Ashford 2010-2013 View profile
- Richard Clive Desmond 2010-2013 View profile
- Olivier Stephane Bernard Zacharia 2009-2010 View profile
- Dawn Elizabeth Airey 2008-2010 View profile
- Mark Arthur White 2008-2008 View profile
- Claire Suzanne Davenport 2006-2008 View profile
- Gerhard Zeiler 2006-2006 View profile
- Thomas Valentin 2006-2010 View profile
- Andrew Stephen Buckhurst 2006-2010 View profile
- Margaret Adela Miriam Carver 2005-2005 View profile
- Lord Clive Richard Hollick of Notting Hill 2004-2005 View profile
- Jane Elizabeth Stuart Lighting 2003-2008 View profile
- Thomas Hermann Rabe 2002-2006 View profile
- Dr Ewald Walgenbach 2001-2002 View profile
- Dawn Airey 2001-2002 View profile
- Malcolm Robert Wall 2001-2004 View profile
- Bernard Peter Gray 2000-2001 View profile
- Richard Anthony Eyre 2000-2001 View profile
- John Edward Willis 1998-2000 View profile
- Remy Sautter 1997-2010 View profile
- David Keith Elstein 1996-2000 View profile
- Damien Bernard Harte 1996-2001 View profile
- Ian Russell Ritchie 1996-1997 View profile
- Ferdinand Kayser 1995-1997 View profile
- Gregory Dyke 1995-1999 View profile
- Dominic Hugh Shorthouse 1995-2000 View profile
- Frank Barlow 1995-1997 View profile
- Charles Alexander John Constable 1995-1995 View profile
- Robert John Hambley 1995-1995 View profile
- Paul Andrew Chinnery 2008-2010 View profile
- Colin Alexander Campbell 1998-2007 View profile
- Jane Margaret Chapple Gill 1996-1998 View profile
- Jane Margaret Stables 1995-1996 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Artistic creation
- Incorporated
- 20/01/1995
- Registered office
- London
- Previous names
- Northern & Shell Television Group Limited (until 15/12/2015)
Channel 5 Television Group Limited (until 16/01/2014)
Ownership
Owned by (3) 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.
- Richard Clive Desmond
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - Northern & Shell Properties Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2020-04-22 - Northern & Shell Broadcasting (CI) Limited ceased 2020-04-22
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Northern & Shell Enterprises Limited
is controlled by Richard Clive Desmond
Evidence
active significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
The individual named as ultimate controller on the PSC register for this chain is a known formation agent or data-quality flag, not a confirmed beneficial owner - not shown as fact.
75 other companies in this group
- Northern & Shell Lotteries Limited
- LTS Partners Limited
- 11080040
- O.K. Magazines Limited
- Northern & Shell Engineering Services Limited
- Express Newspapers
- Portland Media Group Limited
- Export Magazine Distributors Limited
- TM Leasing Limited
- Northern & Shell Group Limited
- Reach Printing Services (West Ferry) Limited
- Daily Star Limited
- Badger Finance Limited
- International Distribution 2018 Limited
- Reach Network Media Limited
- Northern & Shell Services Limited
- TM North America Limited
- NS Jersey Finance Limited
- Emoov Limited
- Trinity Mirror Digital 1 Limited
- Reach Magazines Worldwide Limited
- Health Lottery Trustee Company Limited
- LTS Rentals Limited
- Northern & Shell Ventures Limited
- TM Tower Management Services Limited
- Taratella Limited
- 07100894
- Health Lottery Financial Limited
- Portland Media Group UK Limited
- Tower Magazines Limited
- West Ferry Leasing Limited
- Blackfriars Leasing LTD.
- Trinity Mirror Media Limited
- Reach Magazines Publishing Limited
- United Magazines Publishing Services Limited
- Daily Express Limited
- Reach Magazines Limited
- Trinity Mirror Finance Limited
- Burginhall 677 Limited
- Express Printers Manchester Limited
- 01789615
- TM Media Holdings Limited
- Northern & Shell Limited
- TM Titles Limited
- The NEW Lottery Company Holdings Limited
- 5 Direct Limited
- The NEW Lottery Company Limited
- LTS Contractors Limited
- Health Lottery ELM Limited
- West Ferry Printers Pension Scheme Trustees Limited
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
- Martin Stephen Ellice Director · appointed 2010
- Robert Sanderson Director · appointed 2010
Directors past 6 years
- Martin Stephen Ellice Director · appointed 2010
- Robert Sanderson Director · appointed 2010
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (2)
- Martin Stephen Ellice Director · appointed 2010
- Robert Sanderson Director · appointed 2010
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.
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 03012148
- 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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