Stone Soup VFX
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- 2015
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About Stone Soup VFX
Stone Soup VFX is an independent British visual effects, animation and motion graphics studio based in Wilmslow, England. Its work centres on factual television, documentary series, historical docudramas and current affairs, combining CGI reconstructions with graphics that explain complex subjects. The studio also creates broadcast titles, virtual set imagery and content for visitor attractions, museums and heritage centres.
Its production capabilities span concept development, 3D modelling, texturing, lighting, rendering and finished visual effects. Architectural recreations, mechanical simulations, scientific diagrams and animated maps help translate historical research and technical information into visual storytelling. Alongside documentary work, the studio supplies motion graphics and programme packaging for news, sport and other broadcast formats.
Documentary reconstruction and explanation
For Ancient Apocalypse II, the studio created stylised CGI recreations of Tenochtitlan and Angkor Wat alongside scientific explainer graphics. Its work on Earthstorm visualised the processes behind volcanoes, hurricanes, tornadoes and earthquakes. Forensic reconstructions for Why Planes Vanish and Why Trains Crash explained aviation and railway failures through CGI and technical diagrams.
Other documentary projects include D-Day: The Unheard Tapes, Enslaved with Samuel L. Jackson, The Lost Pirate Kingdom, Mysteries of the Faith and The Devil on Trial. Work for Artemis: To the Moon and Back extended this explanatory approach to orbital mechanics and lunar spacecraft systems.
Broadcast graphics and production imagery
The studio’s broadcast work includes digital architectural extensions and LED wall imagery for ITV’s Good Morning Britain, current affairs graphics for BBC Panorama, and title packaging for BBC Sport’s 2018 Commonwealth Games coverage. It also produced on-set CGI back projections and naval visual effects for U-Boat Wargamers.
Its portfolio encompasses productions for Netflix, the BBC, ITV, Channel 5, PBS, Epix and ZDF, reflecting a focus on factual programming across British and international television.
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Leadership and background
- The report identifies John-Paul Hersey, Sean Vincent Cosgrave and Christina Elizabeth Cosgrave as current directors; Christina also serves as company secretary. All three were appointed on 20 February 2015.
- Hersey previously worked at Granada, the BBC and RedVision. Before Stone Soup VFX, he supervised and creatively led the team recognised with a National RTS VFX award for ITV’s Titanic: Birth of a Legend and a Visual Effects BAFTA nomination for the BBC’s 20th Century Battles. These honours relate to that earlier team’s work.
- Sean and Christina Cosgrave brought backgrounds in 3D character animation and advertising design, having previously launched The Pond Studio in 2010.
Production model
The studio works through its director team and specialist creative collaborators. Production-company collaborations include Wall to Wall, Blink Films, October Films, Windfall Films and World Media Rights.
The report describes its use of on-set CGI back projections as a way to avoid greenscreen post-production costs, integrating prepared imagery into filming rather than relying entirely on later compositing.
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Where Stone Soup VFX is based
- Unit 26 Edward Court, Broadheath, Altrincham, WA14 5GL, United KingdomAltrincham, England, United Kingdom
Altrincham office
Corporate registered office, care of Bright Partnership Limited, updated at Companies House on 29 April 2026.
- No. 2 Manchester Road, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 1BG, United KingdomWilmslow, England, United Kingdom
Wilmslow office
About this office
Creative production studio and former registered office. The corporate registration moved to Altrincham in April 2026; the report confirms the Wilmslow studio remains active.
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