Sticks and Glass
Leeds, GB Β· Founded 2018 Β· 19 employees on LinkedIn Β· 4 known investors
Sticks & Glass is a post production facility offering editing, colour grading and finishing services for film and broadcast productions, including live sports. It also provides edit suite time to local and aspiring filmmakers.
Also known as S&G Β· Sticks & Glass
Founders & leadership
Investors Β· 4
Also in the syndicate Β· 3
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Sticks & Glass is a post-production and broadcast media facility in central Leeds, three minutes' walk from the station. The site houses five finishing suites, a Dolby Atmos dubbing suite, an ADR/voiceover booth, DaVinci colour grading rooms and a live IP MCR/gallery. Suites run Avid, Adobe Premiere and DaVinci Resolve on Avid Nexus edit storage across a 10Gb network with a symmetrical 1Gb internet connection, with Eizo 4K monitors, soundproofing, air conditioning and 4K client-viewing screens. Two rooms are dedicated to colour grading; the flagship grade room has a DaVinci advanced panel, blackout shutters, 6500K lighting, HDR capability, Resolve Studio, Avid Symphony and 4K Grade 1 monitors. The audio finishing suite uses a 24-channel Avid S4 Pro Tools console and a 12-speaker Genelec Smart Active system, mixing from stereo up to Dolby Atmos, while the multi-purpose acoustic space supports ADR, voiceover, podcasting, live commentary and foley.
Alongside the facility, Sticks & Glass operates as a production company covering broadcast television, documentary, branded content and corporate films, and can deliver live multi-camera shoots for streaming and broadcast. The MCR can ingest multiple IP feeds from around the world and add replays, graphics, commentary and VTs before distribution to partners. The company also positions itself as a hybrid facility, having invested in infrastructure and an ingest department of tech ops and edit assistants to support remote productions across different editing systems.
Founding story
According to a Creative UK case study, Verdy Oliver was freelancing as a camera operator when advertising agency Ogilvy connected him with Adam Bennett, then Ogilvy's Head of Production. The pair worked together on corporate and documentary shoots, later formed their own brand and gradually built up a business. Seeking premises and a team rather than continuing as travelling freelancers, they considered Media City, London and the Midlands before choosing Leeds, taking a small unit there. Screen Yorkshire records the company as founded in 2018 by Adam Bennett and Verdy Martin Oliver. The name refers to tripods and lenses.
Business model
Sticks & Glass sells facility time and post-production services β editing, colour grading, audio finishing and mixing, ADR/voiceover, live IP contribution and distribution β and rents out edit suites to clients who need them. It additionally operates as a production company, taking on shoots including live multi-camera productions, and offers tiered levels of remote-working support scaled to client budgets.
Revenue comes from post-production and production services and from renting edit suites and facility time to clients; remote support is offered at various levels intended to suit different budgets.
Traction
Client work cited includes BBC Sport, CBS, IMG and Channel 4. The facility expanded in 2022 following Creative Growth Finance investment, launched a further studio space in 2024, was nominated at the RTS Yorkshire awards in 2023, hosted the West Yorkshire Mayor and industry training sessions, and represented West Yorkshire at the Creative UK Investment for Growth Summit in March 2025.
Latest developments
In July 2025 the company invited proposals for the supply and support of broadcast capture kits and match day infrastructure to facilitate live coverage and contribution of live football. Earlier in 2025 it pitched at the Creative UK Investment for Growth Summit in London representing West Yorkshire, and began collaborating with Screen Yorkshire to host post-production training as part of the Screen Crafts & Digital Skills Bootcamp.
βΈFull profile β market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies
Market position
Described by Screen Yorkshire as a Leeds-based post-production and broadcast media facility serving clients including the BBC, CBS and Channel 4, and by its own CREATE Britain profile as a young, growing post house in Leeds specialising in editing, colour, sound and live workflows. It received its first post-production nomination at the RTS Yorkshire awards in 2023.
The company combines a physical finishing facility with live IP broadcast infrastructure and remote/hybrid workflow support in one Leeds site, covering picture editing, colour, Dolby Atmos audio and live contribution, and also operates as a production company with in-house camera kit.
Technology
The facility is built on Avid Nexus shared edit storage with a 10Gb internal network and a symmetrical 1Gb internet connection for file transfer. Suites run Avid, Premiere and DaVinci Resolve with Eizo 4K monitors; grading rooms use a DaVinci advanced panel, HDR-capable Resolve Studio, Avid Symphony and 4K Grade 1 monitors. Audio uses a 24-channel Avid S4 Pro Tools console with a 12-speaker Genelec Smart Active system up to Dolby Atmos. A live IP MCR/gallery ingests multiple remote IP feeds and adds replays, graphics, commentary and VTs for distribution.
Go-to-market
The company markets itself through its Leeds facility and central location, showreels, and involvement in the regional creative ecosystem: sponsorship of local film festivals, training sessions with Post Super and Screen Yorkshire's Screen Crafts & Digital Skills Bootcamp, listings with Screen Yorkshire and CREATE Britain, participation in Leeds City Council growth events, and pitching at the Creative UK Investment for Growth Summit.
Broadcasters, sports rights holders and production companies β named clients include BBC/BBC Sport, CBS, IMG and Channel 4 β plus commercials, promo, branded content and corporate clients, and local aspiring filmmakers who are offered edit suite time.
Geography
Single facility in central Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom (LS1 2DS), with remote and hybrid workflows supporting productions and live IP feeds from other locations.
History
The founders started with a small freelance operation funded through overdrafts, credit cards and borrowing, then sought external investment during the covid period, presenting to angel investors over video calls without success for roughly a year. They eventually assembled private equity funding from friends, a grant from the Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (LEP), and finance from Creative England/Creative UK's Creative Growth Finance, which the founders describe as the largest piece of the package and which funded a major expansion of the Leeds facility in the summer preceding the April 2023 case study. Company news posts record an RTS Yorkshire post-production award nomination in 2023, a visit from West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin, signing the Mayor's Fair Work Charter in 2024, a joint training session with Post Super, an inaugural Summer Social in 2024 held in a new studio space due to launch later that year, a Screen Yorkshire training collaboration, and a pitch at the Creative UK Investment for Growth Summit in March 2025.
Risks & controversies
The founders describe an early period of financial fragility funded by overdrafts, credit cards and personal borrowing, roughly a year spent unsuccessfully seeking investment during covid, a lack of corporate governance experience, and sensitivity to client cancellations at small scale.
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Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed β not independently audited.
Timeline Β· 11
launches, deals, and filingsListed as a member of the West Yorkshire Music Network, awarded November 2025.
Sticks & Glass invited proposals for the supply and support of technical equipment to facilitate live coverage and contribution of live football.
The company pitched at the Creative UK Investment for Growth Summit in London, representing West Yorkshire alongside other businesses.
Sticks & Glass is collaborating with Screen Yorkshire to host post-production training as part of the Screen Crafts & Digital Skills Bootcamp.
The company hosted its first Summer Social event in a new studio space that it said it would launch later in the year.
Sticks & Glass and Post Super held their first joint official training session in Leeds.
The company signed up to the West Yorkshire Mayor's Fair Work Charter initiative.
West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin visited the Sticks & Glass headquarters in Leeds.
Sticks & Glass received its first post-production nomination at the Royal Television Society Yorkshire awards.
Following investment obtained through Creative UK's Creative Growth Finance, the founders built out and significantly expanded their Leeds post-production facility in the summer before the April 2023 case study.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
βΈResearch sources Β· 8
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Sticks and Glass do?
- Leeds-based post-production and broadcast media facility offering editing, colour, audio finishing, live IP and production services.
- Who are Sticks and Glass's investors?
- Sticks and Glass's investors include Creative UK.
- Where is Sticks and Glass headquartered?
- Sticks and Glass is headquartered in Leeds, GB.