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WPP Finance CO. Limited
Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 13
- Kurt Charles Johnson 2023-2025 View profile
- Anthony Graham Jordan 2022-2025 View profile
- Richard James Payne 2022-2023 View profile
- Andrew Robertson Payne 2019-2023 View profile
- Daniel Patrick Conaghan 2019-2022 View profile
- Mr Steve Richard Winters 2016-2019 View profile
- Charles Ward Van Der Welle 2013-2022 View profile
- Christopher Paul Sweetland 2001-2016 View profile
- Paul Delaney 2000-2013 View profile
- Paul Winston George Richardson 2000-2008 View profile
- Rutland Directors Limited 2000-2000 View profile
- David Ferguson Calow 2000-2005 View profile
- Rutland Secretaries Limited 2000-2000 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Other business support service activities n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 16/03/2000
- 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.
- WPP 2005 Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2023-12-12
Group
- WPP Finance CO. Limited
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 - 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 - 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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- Grey Healthcare London Limited
- Addison Corporate Marketing Limited
- WPP MR Overseas Media Holdings Limited
- Fitch Worldwide Limited
- Business Design Group Mccoll Limited
- Intelliquest, LTD.
- WPP Finance 2017
- Public Relations and International Sports Marketing Limited
- 12303234
- BJM Research and Consultancy Limited
- Hydration Limited
- Sadek Wynberg Millward Brown Limited
- 10655961
- Mortimer Square Limited
- Everystone Limited
- Everymile Limited
- 07403295
- Kantar Retail UK Limited
- Akqa Limited
- Finecast Limited
- WPP Ottawa LTD
- Market Research Bureau Group Limited
- Grey Technology Services Limited
- Mediaedge:CIA International Investments Limited
- Asmr Holdings Limited
- 04045180
- 02320641
- First Music Limited
- Conquest Europe (UK) Limited
- 02548770
- WPP North Atlantic Limited
- WPP CP Finance PLC
- Newcrosse Limited
- WPP Kenneth Square Unlimited
- TNS Group Holdings Limited
- WPP Pension Trustees Limited
- WPP Group Holdings Limited
- Dialogue Marketing Partnership Limited
- WPP US Investments Limited
- International Outdoor Systems LTD.
- WG Access Limited
- WPP MR UK Limited
- WPP Finance 2015 Limited
- Healthworld Holdings Limited
- WPP Jargon LTD
- S.H.Benson(India)Limited
- WPP AMC Holdings.
- European Market Research Bureau Limited
- Npcomplete LTD
- Acceleration Emarketing Limited
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
- £1,120,142,000
- Total assets
- £1,197,278,000
- Cash
- £24,930,000
- Employees
- 0
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
- Profit/loss
- £76,067,000
Five-year trend
| Period ending | Turnover | Net assets |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | Not reported | £1,120,142,000 |
| 2025-12-31 | Not reported | £1,120,142,000 |
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.
3 directors on the board
- Alexander Ashby Director · appointed 2023
- Paul Stephen New Director · appointed 2023
- David Richard Martin Director · appointed 2025
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (3)
- Alexander Ashby Director · appointed 2023
- Paul Stephen New Director · appointed 2023
- David Richard Martin Director · appointed 2025
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.
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
- 03953038
- 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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