Company

Wavemaker Global Limited

Wavemaker Global Limited is an active UK company (number 04078556), incorporated 2000, with 2 current directors, Robert John Patten and Helen Judith Price. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.

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Scott Michael Clark 2024-2024 Director View profile
Toby Jenner 2023-2024 Director View profile
Michael Graham Barnes 2023-2024 Director View profile
Radhika Dilruha Radhakrishnan 2023-2024 Director View profile
Paul Richard Keeble 2019-2023 Director View profile
Adrian Parris 2017-2017 Director View profile
Deborah Lovegrove 2016-2019 Director View profile
Alex Edward Altman 2014-2024 Director View profile
Mark Lock 2011-2022 Director View profile
Sandeep Vohra 2009-2016 Director View profile
Michele Tiley Hill 2006-2017 Director View profile
Scott Smith 2006-2013 Director View profile
Alastair Aird 2006-2013 Director View profile
David Wai Lun Ng 2003-2005 Director View profile
Mainardo De Nardis Di Prata 2003-2006 Director View profile
Hakan Rune Gustavson 2003-2003 Director View profile
Melanie Anne Varley 2003-2013 Director View profile
Dominic Charles Grainger 2002-2006 Director View profile
Martin Stuart Sorrell 2001-2003 Director View profile
Christopher Paul Sweetland 2001-2003 Director View profile
Paul Winston George Richardson 2001-2003 Director View profile
Timothy James Treleaven 2007-2010 Secretary View profile
Louise Michelle Clark 2005-2007 Secretary View profile
Kirsten Heather Rippon 2002-2005 Secretary View profile
David Ferguson Calow 2001-2002 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

2 contracts

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

Strategic Evaluation Partner Buyer: Public Health England Value not published Date not published CPV 79330000 Source: Find a Tender
Support the strategy & planning team across a number of areas including future campaign planning, evaluation planning and delivery, data analysis and integration, story-telling and dissemination.
Strategic Evaluation Partner Buyer: Public Health England Value not published Date not published CPV 79330000 Source: Find a Tender
Support the strategy & planning team across a number of areas including future campaign planning, evaluation planning and delivery, data analysis and integration, story-telling and dissemination.

About

Incorporated: 26/09/2000

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.

WPP Samson Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2017-12-21
WPP Group (UK) LTD ceased 2017-12-21
50-75% shares · notified 2016-04-06

Group

Wavemaker Global Limited is controlled by WPP Samson Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2017-12-21 · source: Companies House PSC register
WPP Samson Limited is controlled by WPP Group (UK) LTD
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active 25-50% voting · notified 2017-08-30 · source: Companies House PSC register
WPP Group (UK) LTD is controlled by WPP 2005 Limited
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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
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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
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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: -£53,706,000
Total assets: -£42,358,000
Cash: £1,419,000
Employees: 161
Turnover: £38,726,000
Profit/loss: -£3,111,000

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

Helen Judith Price Director · appointed 2024
Robert John Patten Director · appointed 2026

1.6y median 1.6y

average tenure

2.7y

longest tenure

directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Helen Judith Price Director · appointed 2024
Robert John Patten Director · appointed 2026

also govern a charity

left in the last 12 months

Sources

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

Record details

Company number: 04078556
Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Edition: Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels: Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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