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P.O.A. Holdings Limited

Advertising agencies

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 35

  1. Scott Michael Clark 2023-2024 Director View profile
  2. Nicholas James Parker 2023-2023 Director View profile
  3. Nicholas James Dunton 2016-2018 Director View profile
  4. Rachael Hird 2013-2022 Director View profile
  5. Paul Delaney 2008-2013 Director View profile
  6. David Barker 1999-2021 Director View profile
  7. Alexander Jeremy De Courcy Thompson 1999-2014 Director View profile
  8. Laurence Adrian Mellman 1999-2004 Director View profile
  9. Paul Winston George Richardson 1997-2008 Director View profile
  10. Colin Peter Munday 1996-1999 Director View profile
  11. Katsuhiko Kamigori 1996-1999 Director View profile
  12. Ian Russell 1996-2000 Director View profile
  13. Alan Walter James 1996-1999 Director View profile
  14. Michael Henry Wood 1996-1999 Director View profile
  15. James Neil Terry Hewitt 1995-1996 Director View profile
  16. Robert Earl Lerwill 1995-1996 Director View profile
  17. Maurice Joseph O'Shea 1995-1995 Director View profile
  18. Alison Kimberley Sanderson 1994-1996 Director View profile
  19. John Christopher Furness 1994-1999 Director View profile
  20. Simon Richard Ellse 1993-1995 Director View profile
  21. Dominic Francis Proctor 1993-1996 Director View profile
  22. Terence Alexander 1992-1995 Director View profile
  23. John Hewitt Wilson 1995 Director View profile
  24. Timothy John Ellery 1996 Director View profile
  25. Dennis Sullivan 2005 Director View profile
  26. Eric Robert Newnham 1992 Director View profile
  27. Alicja Barbara Lesniak 1993 Director View profile
  28. Christopher Ian Montague Jones 1992 Director View profile
  29. Edmund Stephen John Obrien 1992 Director View profile
  30. Rupert Michael Day 1994 Director View profile
  31. John Owen Simpson 1994 Director View profile
  32. Jacqueline Anne Chapple Blease 2011-2025 Secretary View profile
  33. Brian Townshend 2001-2016 Secretary View profile
  34. Andrew John Eggington 1999-2001 Secretary View profile
  35. David John Dowsing Pullen 1999 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Advertising agencies
Incorporated
05/07/1976
Registered office
London

Ownership

Owned by (1) 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. P.O.A. Holdings Limited is controlled by Kinetic Worldwide Group Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Kinetic Worldwide Group Limited is controlled by WPP Group (UK) LTD
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. WPP Group (UK) LTD is controlled by WPP 2005 Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2023-12-12 · 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.

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

2.1y median 2.1y
average tenure
2.1y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (1)

0
also govern a charity
0
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 17Tech and media 4Business 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
01267021
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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