---
title: "AARDMAN TORTOISE AND THE HARE LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/12beb7ad-9104-5a51-afac-e028833eeada
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/12beb7ad-9104-5a51-afac-e028833eeada
identifier: oo:GB-COH-03186874
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# AARDMAN TORTOISE AND THE HARE LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-03186874`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/12beb7ad-9104-5a51-afac-e028833eeada  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/12beb7ad-9104-5a51-afac-e028833eeada  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr David Alan Sproxton** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/61c1d4c4-4568-51a3-a6b4-fd09ac6aae71
- **Mr Peter Duncan Fraser Lord** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/93dabdbe-89df-5e47-a019-ef77c5956bac
- **AARDMAN HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/05e37aa9-21ae-5af9-84d8-d3ef7fa889b0
- **Mr Peter Duncan Fraser Lord** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ea5d7a22-bd29-472f-86c7-a0582f725279
- **Mr David Alan Sproxton** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/924aa21e-7749-4293-8e37-05c22b5e5585
- **AARDMAN HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/05e37aa9-21ae-5af9-84d8-d3ef7fa889b0

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **32-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `03186874`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1996-04-16
- **Registered office:** Gas Ferry Road, Bristol, Avon, BS1 6UN
- **SIC:** 99999

### Officers

- CAVE, Joanna Louise — director · British · appointed 2024-02-15
- CLARKE, Sean Michael — director · British · appointed 2019-12-17
- SPROXTON, David Alan — secretary · British · appointed 1999-08-26 · resigned 2019-12-30
- STAUNTON, Robin Mark — secretary · British · appointed 1996-04-16 · resigned 1999-08-26
- LOCK, Kerry Anthony — director · British · appointed 2019-12-17 · resigned 2024-02-15
- LORD, Peter Duncan Fraser — director · British · appointed 1999-08-26 · resigned 2024-01-01
- PYPER, Timothy Edward — nominee director · British · appointed 1996-04-16 · resigned 1999-08-26
- SPROXTON, David Alan — director · British · appointed 1999-08-26 · resigned 2019-12-17
- STAUNTON, Robin Mark — director · British · appointed 1996-04-16 · resigned 1999-08-26

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Aardman Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/05e37aa9-21ae-5af9-84d8-d3ef7fa889b0) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06
- Mr David Alan Sproxton — significant influence or control · individual PSC · England — ceased 2018-11-05
- Mr Peter Duncan Fraser Lord — significant influence or control · individual PSC · England — ceased 2018-11-05

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03186874
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03186874

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **AARDMAN TORTOISE AND THE HARE LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/12beb7ad-9104-5a51-afac-e028833eeada · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/12beb7ad-9104-5a51-afac-e028833eeada._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._