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Once Upon A Time Marketing Limited

Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 47

  1. Robert David Ward 2014-2025 Director View profile
  2. Steven John Weaver 2014-2015 Director View profile
  3. Paul Canning 2013-2014 Director View profile
  4. James Joseph Michael Faulds 2012-2014 Director View profile
  5. Andrew David Steel 2012-2013 Director View profile
  6. Trevor John O'Reilly 2011-2011 Director View profile
  7. William David Gordon Ronald 2009-2009 Director View profile
  8. Gary Knights 2009-2011 Director View profile
  9. Mark Shaw 2008-2011 Director View profile
  10. Adrian John Hancock 2007-2008 Director View profile
  11. Alan Richard Wild 2007-2008 Director View profile
  12. John Andrew Savage 2007-2009 Director View profile
  13. Paul James Bruford 2005-2007 Director View profile
  14. Dominic John Burns 2005-2008 Director View profile
  15. Patrick Shafe 2005-2007 Director View profile
  16. Katherine Ann Caines 2005-2007 Director View profile
  17. Gregory John Lawson 2005-2007 Director View profile
  18. Graeme Ian Burns 2004-2008 Director View profile
  19. Arthur Jeremy Barritt Middleton 2004-2007 Director View profile
  20. Lucy Alice Lynch 2004-2005 Director View profile
  21. Matthew Alan Pickering 2004-2007 Director View profile
  22. Mark Robert Saysell 2003-2007 Director View profile
  23. Patrick Charles Bell 2001-2003 Director View profile
  24. Mark Fletcher 2001-2002 Director View profile
  25. Christiaan John O'Connor 2001-2007 Director View profile
  26. Graeme Richard Harris 2001-2004 Director View profile
  27. Norman Arthur Essex 2000-2001 Director View profile
  28. Robert Edward Fowler 1999-2000 Director View profile
  29. Gary Anthony Booker 1999-2007 Director View profile
  30. Anthony Michael Smith 1999-2007 Director View profile
  31. Kevin Price 1999-2001 Director View profile
  32. Nigel Mcgregor Kidd 1999-2004 Director View profile
  33. Nigel Duncan Stern 1998-2006 Director View profile
  34. Warren Stafford Godridge 1998-1999 Director View profile
  35. Harriet Grace Emma Young 1998-2002 Director View profile
  36. Matthew Jon Foney 1998-2007 Director View profile
  37. Richard Geoffrey Saysell 1997-2007 Director View profile
  38. Christopher Charles Cahn 1997-1999 Director View profile
  39. Andrew Robert Hampson 1997-1998 Director View profile
  40. Robert Thomas Tickler Essex 1997-2005 Director View profile
  41. John Henry Stirling 2012-2012 Secretary View profile
  42. Richard Timothy Barfield 2010-2012 Secretary View profile
  43. Mark Shaw 2009-2010 Secretary View profile
  44. Jeremy Waring Earnshaw 2008-2009 Secretary View profile
  45. Bruce Malcolm Winfield 2007-2008 Secretary View profile
  46. Martin John Clarke 2004-2008 Secretary View profile
  47. Charles Stuart Alexander 1997-2004 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
22/07/1997

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.

Group

  1. Once Upon A Time Marketing Limited is controlled by Once Upon A Time Creative Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-11-17 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Once Upon A Time Creative Limited is controlled by Tosca Debt Capital GP II LLP
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-09-26 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. Tosca Debt Capital GP II LLP is controlled by Martin Brian Hughes
    Evidence
    ceased significant influence (LLP) · notified 2017-09-01, ceased 2017-10-13 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Martin Brian Hughes.

132 other companies in this group

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.

Financials

Net assets
-£1,636,225
Total assets
-£1,636,225
Cash
£271,794
Employees
117
Turnover
£17,550,012
Profit/loss
-£11,639,345

Filed as Full accounts.

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-04-30. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

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

10.9y median 10.9y
average tenure
12.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (1)

0
also govern a charity
0
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.

Professional services 4Manufacturing 2Arts and leisure 1Finance 1Tech and media 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.

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
03406501
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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