WPP 2005 LIMITED
Company number 01003653 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
WPP 2005 LIMITED represents a strategically important holding node within the world's largest advertising conglomerate, benefiting from the parent group's unmatched scale, diversified agency portfolio, and deep Fortune 500 client relationships. However, the entity's complex multi-layered ownership structure—while providing tax and regulatory flexibility—introduces governance opacity at a time when regulatory transparency requirements are intensifying. The path to sustained value creation requires WPP to accelerate its creative transformation positioning, simplify its corporate architecture, and aggressively invest in AI and commerce capabilities to defend against both consulting firm encroachment and technology-driven disintermediation.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1971-03-01
- Registered office
- Sea Containers House, 18 Upper Ground, London, United Kingdom, SE1 9GL
- Postcode
- SE1 9GL
- Capital
- 8 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-12-19
- Next due by
- 2027-01-02
Nature of business (SIC)
- 70100 Activities of head offices
Officers 6 current · 51 resigned
Group structure 17 subsidiaries
Controlled by WPP MR OVERSEAS MEDIA HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2023-12-11
Controlled by WPP JUBILEE LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
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AUTOMOTIVE MARKETING LIMITED Dissolved
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From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker (Worker (A rating)), Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2026 (period to 2025-12-31) — 6 years on the registry.
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA452807 (Tier 3), registered since 2018.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
15.1%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- wpp.com
WPP partners with the world’s leading brands to deliver transformative growth. We combine cutting-edge media intelligence, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert counsel – all powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| WPP 2005 PLC | 2005-11-09 |
| WPP GROUP PLC. | 2005-10-25 |
| WIRE & PLASTIC PRODUCTS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 1986-02-26 |
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 27 FARM STREET, LONDON, W1J 5RJ | 2018-11-26 |
| PENNYPOT, INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, HYTHE, KENT, CT21 6PE | 2014-02-28 |
| INDUSTRIAL ESTATE., HYTHE., KENT., CT21 6PE | 2007-07-17 |
| 27 FARM STREET, LONDON, W1X 6RD | 1992-08-19 |
| INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, HYTHE, KENT, CT21 6PE | 1992-08-13 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 579 similar companies in SE, trading since 1971
The class of 1971
53%
of the 4,841 companies incorporated in 1971 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 7 titles
- Leasehold
- 7
- Most recent registration
- 2024-07-11
- Where
- Greater London (6), Greater Manchester (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TGL636385 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2024-07-11 | — |
| MAN413337 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2022-12-20 | — |
| AGL492476 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2019-10-30 | — |
| TGL519470 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2019-02-15 | — |
| TGL473656 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2017-05-11 | — |
| AGL318264 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2015-05-22 | — |
| NGL914118 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2010-11-05 | — |
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