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WPP 2005 Limited

Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 50

  1. Timothy John Martel 2024-2026 Director View profile
  2. Nicholas Paul Douglas 2023-2024 Director View profile
  3. Richard James Payne 2022-2023 Director View profile
  4. Andrew Robertson Payne 2019-2023 Director View profile
  5. Daniel Patrick Conaghan 2019-2022 Director View profile
  6. Andrew Grant Balfour Scott 2018-2025 Director View profile
  7. Mr Steve Richard Winters 2016-2019 Director View profile
  8. Charles Ward Van Der Welle 2013-2022 Director View profile
  9. Paul Delaney 2008-2013 Director View profile
  10. Christopher Paul Sweetland 2007-2016 Director View profile
  11. Colin Richard Day 2005-2005 Director View profile
  12. Mark Julian Read 2005-2025 Director View profile
  13. Lubna Suliman Olayan 2005-2005 Director View profile
  14. Jeffrey Allen Rosen 2005-2005 Director View profile
  15. Orit Gadiesh 2004-2005 Director View profile
  16. Paul Spencer 2004-2005 Director View profile
  17. Koichiro Naganuma 2004-2005 Director View profile
  18. David Herman Komansky 2003-2005 Director View profile
  19. Howard Paster 2003-2005 Director View profile
  20. Elizabeth Lynn Axelrod 2002-2005 Director View profile
  21. Lader, Philip, Ambassador 2001-2005 Director View profile
  22. Michael Hugh Jordan 2000-2004 Director View profile
  23. Michael James Dolan 2000-2001 Director View profile
  24. Sir Christopher Lewinton 2000-2003 Director View profile
  25. Frederick Warren Hellman 2000-2003 Director View profile
  26. Steven Heyer 2000-2000 Director View profile
  27. Christopher Alasdhair Anthony Ewan Mackenzie 2000-2005 Director View profile
  28. Esther Dyson 1999-2005 Director View profile
  29. Masao Inagaki 1998-2004 Director View profile
  30. Joel Emanuel Smilow 1998-2000 Director View profile
  31. Paul Winston George Richardson 1996-2008 Director View profile
  32. Eric Ralph Salama 1996-2002 Director View profile
  33. Hamish Walter Hyslop Maxwell 1996-2001 Director View profile
  34. John Bernard Haysom Jackson 1993-2004 Director View profile
  35. Brian Brooks 1992-2002 Director View profile
  36. Gordon Kenneth Grist Stevens 1992-1996 Director View profile
  37. Stanley Wilbur Morten 1991-2005 Director View profile
  38. John Jeremy David Bullmore 2004 Director View profile
  39. John Anthony Quelch 2005 Director View profile
  40. Steohen Harris Morley King 1993 Director View profile
  41. Martin Stuart Sorrell 2009 Director View profile
  42. Robert Earl Lerwill 1996 Director View profile
  43. David Ogilvy 1992 Director View profile
  44. Sir Paul Rupert Judge 1997 Director View profile
  45. Gordon Charles Sampson 2000 Director View profile
  46. John Robert Symonds 1992 Director View profile
  47. Andrea Jane Harris 2007-2009 Secretary View profile
  48. Marie Winifred Capes 1995-2020 Secretary View profile
  49. David Ferguson Calow 1993-1995 Secretary View profile
  50. Christopher Francis Schulten 1993 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
01/03/1971

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.

Group

  1. 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
  2. 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.

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.

3 directors on the board

2.3y median 3y
average tenure
3.8y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (2)

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 68Business services 19Finance 3Property 2Arts and leisure 1Construction 1Health and social care 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
01003653
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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