Company
Design Bridge and Partners Worldwide Limited
Design Bridge and Partners Worldwide Limited is an active UK company (number 04078495), incorporated 2000, with 1 current director, Matthew Jonathan Thorpe. Source: Companies House, updated 11th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 11th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 11
- Julia Rice 2008-2011 View profile
- Simon Gareth Bolton 2006-2019 View profile
- Stephen Roy Powell 2002-2005 View profile
- David Allen 2002-2006 View profile
- Martin Sampson 2001-2003 View profile
- Martin Stuart Sorrell 2001-2002 View profile
- Christopher Paul Sweetland 2001-2005 View profile
- Paul Winston George Richardson 2001-2002 View profile
- Simon John Latarche 2004-2005 View profile
- David Matthew Wilkinson 2002-2004 View profile
- David Ferguson Calow 2001-2002 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 26/09/2000
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 Group (UK) LTD
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Design Bridge and Partners Worldwide Limited
is controlled by WPP Group (UK) LTD
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - 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 - 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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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
- Matthew Jonathan Thorpe Director · appointed 2018
Directors past 6 years
- Matthew Jonathan Thorpe Director · appointed 2018
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
- 04078495
- Status
- Active - Proposal to Strike off
- 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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