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Kantar Dormant 3 Limited

Market research and public opinion polling

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Previous officers 54

  1. Kelly Rebecca Smith 2017-2025 Director View profile
  2. Ravi Mathavan 2016-2017 Director View profile
  3. Duncan Robert Burgess 2012-2016 Director View profile
  4. David Grant Errington 2006-2021 Director View profile
  5. Julian Richard Paul Bond 2006-2009 Director View profile
  6. Stephen Victor James Falkiner 2005-2006 Director View profile
  7. Simon Lance Lidington 2004-2005 Director View profile
  8. David James Walker 2004-2006 Director View profile
  9. Barbara Joan Oldridge 2003-2004 Director View profile
  10. Rashid Peter Chinchanwala 2003-2005 Director View profile
  11. Andrew Barker 2003-2006 Director View profile
  12. Robert John Dance 2003-2006 Director View profile
  13. Steven Mark Mitchell 2003-2006 Director View profile
  14. Michael Sean Cassidy 2002-2003 Director View profile
  15. Gayle Moberg 2001-2006 Director View profile
  16. Richard Gehling 2001-2003 Director View profile
  17. James Briggs 2001-2002 Director View profile
  18. Jane Burrows 2001-2001 Director View profile
  19. Mark Aidan Kingsbury 2000-2006 Director View profile
  20. Colin Stephen Buckingham 2000-2004 Director View profile
  21. Marion Gannon 1999-2000 Director View profile
  22. David Bryan Bayton 1999-2003 Director View profile
  23. Mark Alan Heineman 1999-2000 Director View profile
  24. Daniel Dumoulin 1999-2000 Director View profile
  25. Per Kjell Orr 1998-2004 Director View profile
  26. Laurent Guillaume 1997-2000 Director View profile
  27. Julia Kaye 1997-2001 Director View profile
  28. Finola Mary Gowers 1997-1998 Director View profile
  29. Penelope Jane Gwilliam 1997-2006 Director View profile
  30. Neil Mason 1997-1999 Director View profile
  31. Mark Jonathan Yeomans 1997-1998 Director View profile
  32. Nigel Howard John Blake 1997-2000 Director View profile
  33. John Wyndham Dutton 1997-1997 Director View profile
  34. Paula Williams 1997-1997 Director View profile
  35. Richard William Goosey 1996-2000 Director View profile
  36. Ann Patricia Morgan 1996-1998 Director View profile
  37. Susan Caroline Van Meeteren 1995-1998 Director View profile
  38. Robert Young 1994-1997 Director View profile
  39. Sheila Mary Jones 1993-2006 Director View profile
  40. Ruth Mcneil 1993-2000 Director View profile
  41. Dr Susan Elizabeth Blackall 1993-2006 Director View profile
  42. David Christopher Phillips 1993-2006 Director View profile
  43. Michel Emile Olszewski 2000 Director View profile
  44. Roger Banks 1993 Director View profile
  45. David Beazley 1992 Director View profile
  46. Rory Patrick Morgan 1996 Director View profile
  47. Peter James Hayes 1998 Director View profile
  48. David Kahn 2003 Director View profile
  49. Maureen Johnson 2000 Director View profile
  50. Michael Martin Roe 1996 Director View profile
  51. Andrew James Chappin 2008-2012 Secretary View profile
  52. Anna Marie Morgan 2005-2007 Secretary View profile
  53. Colin John Evans 1997-2006 Secretary View profile
  54. Timothy Ellett 1994-1997 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Market research and public opinion polling
Incorporated
23/10/1944
Registered office
London
Previous names
TNS UK Limited (until 14/06/2024)
Research International Limited (until 26/10/2017)

Ownership

Owned by (3) 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.

  • Kantar Group Holdings LTD
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2019-12-05
  • Beaumont Square ceased 2019-11-14
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
  • WPP 2005 Limited ceased 2019-12-05
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2019-11-14

Group

  1. Kantar Dormant 3 Limited is controlled by Kantar Group Holdings LTD
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2019-12-05 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Kantar Group Holdings LTD is controlled by Summer (BC) UK Bidco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2019-10-31 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. Summer (BC) UK Bidco Limited is controlled by WPP 2005 Limited
    Evidence
    active 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2019-12-05 · source: Companies House PSC register
  4. WPP 2005 Limited is controlled by WPP MR Overseas Media Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2023-12-11 · source: Companies House PSC register
  5. WPP MR Overseas Media Holdings Limited is controlled by WPP Jubilee Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2019-11-18 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by WPP Jubilee Limited.

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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.

Financials

Net assets
£100
Total assets
£100
Employees
0
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

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.

1 directors on the board

0.5y median 0.5y
average tenure
0.5y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (1)

0
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

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.

Professional services 5Business services 1Other services 1

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.

Gaps to watch

  • A single director - no second pair of eyes on any decision

Where to look Suggested search: a second director to remove single-point control.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00390593
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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