Company · Bristol
Open Planet Studios LTD
Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Other business support service activities n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 27/02/2025
- Registered office
- Bristol
Ownership
Owned by (2) 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.
- Open Planet Community Interest Company
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2025-02-27 - Sixth Wave Productions Limited
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2025-02-27
Group
- Open Planet Studios LTD
is controlled by Open Planet Community Interest Company
Evidence
active 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2025-02-27 · source: Companies House PSC register - Open Planet Community Interest Company
is controlled by Sixth Wave Productions Limited
Evidence
active 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2022-07-08 · source: Companies House PSC register - Sixth Wave Productions Limited
is controlled by Alastair David William Fothergill
Evidence
ceased 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2020-02-19, ceased 2020-09-17 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Alastair David William Fothergill.
12 other companies in this group
- Open Planet Community Interest Company
- Shipwrecks of Sicily Limited
- Jungle Beat Productions Limited
- Fothergill Family Investment Company Limited
- Sixth Wave Productions Limited
- Biodiversity 25 Limited
- Polio 25 LTD
- OUR Story 25 Limited
- Sixth Wave Studios Limited
- A Seat AT the Table Limited
- Earthshot Studios Limited
- Oceans 25 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.
4 directors on the board
- Colin Paul Butfield Director · appointed 2025
- Jonathan Gwyn Hughes Director · appointed 2025
- Nicholas Craig Powell Director · appointed 2025
- James Simon Edward Arnell Director · appointed 2025
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (1)
- Nicholas Craig Powell Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (3)
- Colin Paul Butfield Director · appointed 2025
- Jonathan Gwyn Hughes Director · appointed 2025
- James Simon Edward Arnell Director · appointed 2025
Also govern a charity
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
- 16282145
- 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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