Company
UK Radioplayer Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 13
- Ian Moss 2021-2022 View profile
- Right Honourable James Mark Dakin Purnell 2019-2020 View profile
- Robert Duncan James Shennan 2017-2019 View profile
- Siobhan Mary Kenny 2014-2021 View profile
- Deidre Ann Ford 2014-2023 View profile
- Mark Anthony Lee 2013-2014 View profile
- Linda Patricia Henworth Smith 2013-2014 View profile
- Helen Boaden 2013-2017 View profile
- Adam Bowie 2013-2014 View profile
- Clive Richard Dickens 2010-2013 View profile
- Andrew John Harrison 2010-2013 View profile
- Stuart Michael Taylor 2010-2013 View profile
- Timothy Douglas Davie 2010-2013 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 20/04/2010
Ownership
Owned by (4) 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.
- British Broadcasting Corporation
25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06 - Global Media & Entertainment Limited
25-50% voting · notified 2023-07-26 - Global Media & Entertainment Limited ceased 2021-04-01
25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06 - Global Radio Limited ceased 2016-04-06
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- UK Radioplayer Limited
is controlled by British Broadcasting Corporation
Evidence
active 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by British Broadcasting Corporation.
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- BBC Global News Holdings Limited
- BBC Studios Corporate Services Limited
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- Lost Child Limited
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- F-Beat Records Limited
- BBC News Trading Limited
- SID Gentle Films (Costello Jones) Limited
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- Crimson Productions Limited
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- 13350740
- BBC Grafton House Productions Limited
- Baby COW Animation (Wussywat) Limited
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- SUB-Zero Events Limited
- SID Gentle Films (Corfu) Limited
- Belladonna Productions Limited
- BBC Comedy Productions Limited
- BBC News Holdings Limited
- BBC Studioworks Limited
- BBC World Service Investments Limited
- SID Gentle Films (Ragdoll) Limited
- Denipurna Limited
- BBC Earth MD (WWD) Limited
- Dshs Limited
- Baby COW Productions (Partridge) Limited
- Alan Partridge Limited
- Thespace C.I.C.
- Dvds2 Limited
- BBC Studios Productions (Time) Limited
- 2 Entertain Management Limited
- BBC Earth Productions (Africa) Limited
- Demon Music Group 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.
Financials
- Total assets
- -£79,544
- Cash
- £2,162
- Employees
- 0.05
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).
Five-year trend
| Period ending | Turnover | Net assets |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 2025-03-31 | Not reported | Not reported |
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2026-03-31. 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.
5 directors on the board
- Simon Myciunka Director · appointed 2023
- Thomas Brian Wrathmell Director · appointed 2023
- Paul Anthony Thornton-Jones Director · appointed 2021
- Matthew John Payton Director · appointed 2022
- Ashley Daniel Tabor Director · appointed 2010
Directors past 6 years
- Ashley Daniel Tabor Director · appointed 2010
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (5)
- Simon Myciunka Director · appointed 2023
- Thomas Brian Wrathmell Director · appointed 2023
- Paul Anthony Thornton-Jones Director · appointed 2021
- Matthew John Payton Director · appointed 2022
- Ashley Daniel Tabor 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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 07229400
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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