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Jacob & Sons Limited
Motion picture production activities
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 18
- Charles Henry Patrick Farmer 2022-2023 View profile
- Martin James Lowes 2022-2025 View profile
- Joanne Catherine Quillan 2019-2023 View profile
- Jessica Lorien Koravos 2019-2023 View profile
- Michael Graeme Alexander-Wall 2016-2017 View profile
- Isobel Kathryn Chester 2013-2019 View profile
- Barnaby William Wragg 2012-2016 View profile
- Mark Gregory Wordsworth 2011-2022 View profile
- Bishu Debabrata Chakraborty 2011-2013 View profile
- Andre Jan Ptaszynski 2006-2011 View profile
- Howard Raymond Witts 2006-2010 View profile
- Richard Patrick Hennessy 2004-2006 View profile
- Jonathan Mark Wheeldon 2002-2003 View profile
- Stuart John Ells 1999-2002 View profile
- Jonathan Hull 1999-2015 View profile
- Charles Geoffrey William Taylor 1999-2005 View profile
- Austin Matthew Frederick Shaw 1999-2006 View profile
- Pundareek Chhaya 1999-2016 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Motion picture production activities
- Incorporated
- 24/11/1998
- Registered office
- London
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.
- Really Useful Films Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Jacob & Sons Limited
is controlled by Really Useful Films Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Really Useful Films Limited
is controlled by LW Entertainment Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-07-07 · source: Companies House PSC register - LW Entertainment Limited
is controlled by Really Useful Holdings Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Really Useful Holdings Limited
is controlled by LW Entertainment Holdings Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by LW Entertainment Holdings Limited.
28 other companies in this group
- LW Entertainment Limited
- SOR Productions UK Limited
- Really Useful MC Limited
- Golgotha Limited
- Adelphi Theatre Holdings Limited
- The Really Useful Record Company Limited
- The Musical Company Limited
- LW Theatres Limited
- JCS Touring Limited
- The Opera Ghost Limited
- The Really Useful Broadway Limited
- LW Entertainment Group Limited
- The Really Useful Film CO. Limited
- Amigos Para Siempre Limited
- Angel of Music LTD
- Really Useful Films Limited
- LW Tickets Limited
- The Really Useful Theatre Company Limited
- GL Theatre Limited
- Cinders Production Company LTD
- The Really Useful Group Limited
- Cinders London LTD
- Phantom London Limited
- Really Useful Holdings Limited
- Really Useful Theatres Pension Trustees Limited
- LW Theatres Group Limited
- Company on Stage Limited
- LW Entertainment Holdings 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
- Lawrence Ian Chapman Director · appointed 2023
- James Scott Mcknight Director · appointed 2023
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (2)
- Lawrence Ian Chapman Director · appointed 2023
- James Scott Mcknight Director · appointed 2023
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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 03672918
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 31/03/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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