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Essencemediacom Holdings Limited

Essencemediacom Holdings Limited is an active UK company (number 03525784), incorporated 1998, with 2 current directors, Michael John Nichols and Scott Smith. Source: Companies House, updated 11th October 2026.

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Previous officers 18

  1. Scott Michael Clark 2024-2024 Director View profile
  2. Nigel Bruce Lee 2023-2024 Director View profile
  3. Charlotte Sabine Muriel Frijns 2021-2023 Director View profile
  4. Josh Krichefski 2021-2023 Director View profile
  5. Peter Wade 2017-2024 Director View profile
  6. Russell Brown 2017-2018 Director View profile
  7. Paul Delaney 2011-2011 Director View profile
  8. Simon Laurence Tray 2007-2017 Director View profile
  9. Nicholas Alexander Lawson 2006-2025 Director View profile
  10. Christoph Speck 2003-2007 Director View profile
  11. Andrew Troullides 1999-1999 Director View profile
  12. Alec Gerster 1998-2002 Director View profile
  13. Alexander Schmidt-Vogel 1998-2007 Director View profile
  14. Steven G Felsher 1998-2007 Director View profile
  15. Stephen David Allan 1998-2020 Director View profile
  16. Susan Mary Lysionek 2003-2007 Secretary View profile
  17. Sally Jane Griffiths 1999-2003 Secretary View profile
  18. Allan Jeffrey Rich 1998-2003 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
12/03/1998

Ownership

Owned by (2) 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. Essencemediacom Holdings Limited is controlled by Grey Communications Group Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2017-03-12 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Grey Communications Group Limited is controlled by WPP US Investments Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2026-02-02 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. WPP US Investments Limited is controlled by WPP 2323 Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2021-06-30 · source: Companies House PSC register
  4. WPP 2323 Limited is controlled by WPP 2005 Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2021-12-01 · source: Companies House PSC register
  5. 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
  6. 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
£449,651,000
Total assets
£2,461,000
Cash
£3,783,000
Employees
1,111
Turnover
£206,598,000
Profit/loss
£306,073,000

Filed as Full accounts.

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2024-12-31. 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.

2 directors on the board

2.2y median 2.2y
average tenure
2.2y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

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 16Tech 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
03525784
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 11th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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