ANIMATION RESEARCH LIMITED is a member of a network consisting of 41 other legal entities with 22 individuals involved. The company has been operating for 408 months while the average age of companies operating in this network is 264 months. Significant beneficial owners have been identified as MICHAEL GUTHRIE and IAN TAYLOR owning %40 and %13.3 respectively. The top sharholding entitiy has been identified as BAY TRUSTEES LIMITED, however no ulitmate holding company has been registerd. See chart below for more details. The three active directors have been involved with fifty other companies which are no longer registered. This network is mostly represented within Dunedin City.
Information within this profile has been produced on 2026-03-02 with data sourced from Ministry of Business Innovation & Employment and Oversight Solultions Ltd
Beneficial owners based on shareholding hierarchy
Source Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment NZBI API as of 24/02/2026
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Beneficial owners list
Shareholder
Percent
MICHAEL GUTHRIE
40
IAN TAYLOR
13.3333
ELIZABETH GRIEVE
13.3333
PAUL SHARP
6.6667
STUART SMITH
6.6667
GEOFF WYVILL
6.6667
MICHAEL TURNER
2.2222
RYAN EHLERS
2.2222
CAROLE ADAIR
2.2222
JAMIE REIDIE
1.9753
DAVID HOGUE
1.4815
ROY THOMPSON
0.7407
MICHAEL ADAIR
0.7407
GARTH POWELL
0.4938
MEGAN BARTLETT
0.2469
DAVID EHLERS
0.2469
WILLIAM MUNRO
0.2469
EMMA BURKE
0.2469
DAVID SMILLIE
0.2469
Multiple industries are represented.
Network mostly consists of NZ Limited Company
Top region is Dunedin City
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Origin of Surnames
Note: May not represent the nationality of the person and some surnames may have multiple origins.
Most companies have been operating for less than 8 years.
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