WPP BRANDS (UK) LIMITED, SE1 9PD : Companies House Number 00390845

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Overview

Company type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 1944-11-02
Registered office: Sea Containers, 18 Upper Ground, London, England, SE1 9PD
Postcode: SE1 9PD
Capital: 75 GBP
Accounts category: Full

Accounts

Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Next due by: 2026-09-30
Financial year end: 31 December

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated: 2025-11-29
Next due by: 2026-12-13

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Nature of business (SIC)

73110 Advertising agencies

Officers 4 current · 37 resigned

Thomas Charles LIGHTOLLER Director

Appointed 2025-09-29

Nicholas David Charles BISHOP Director

Appointed 2024-05-02

MR DAVID JULIAN GLADWELL Director

ACCOUNTANT Appointed 2015-02-26

Helina MAZUR Secretary

Appointed 1996-08-14

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Group structure 10 subsidiaries

Controlled by WPP BRANDS DEVELOPMENT HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITED — since 2025-12-18

Controlled by WPP BRANDS HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITED — since 2016-04-06

BURSON GROUP LIMITED
ALLAN BURROWS LIMITED Dissolved
BURSON-MARSTELLER LIMITED Dissolved
BURSON-MARSTELLER (UK) LIMITED Dissolved
CITY AND CORPORATE COUNSEL LIMITED Dissolved
HARRISON PATTEN TROUGHTON LIMITED Dissolved
MARSTELLER ADVERTISING LIMITED Dissolved
RAINEY KELLY CAMPBELL ROALFE/YOUNG & RUBICAM LIMITED Dissolved
SUDLER & HENNESSEY LIMITED Dissolved
WUNDERMAN LIMITED Dissolved

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Public contracts won 2

£11,763,680 total awarded value where published.

UKIB Website

UK INFRASTRUCTURE BANK LIMITED 2023-03-02 £363,680
Creative Agency Services for the Department for Transport

Department for Transport : Department for Transport 2021-03-18 £11,400,000

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Contracts Finder).

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)).

Matched by registered name to the register of licensed sponsors (Home Office, updated daily) — check the register itself before relying on it. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Modern slavery statement

Registered a modern slavery statement for 2026 (period to 2025-12-31) as part of the WPP 2005 LIMITED group statement — 6 years on the registry.

Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Gender pay gap

9%

Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity

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Previous company names

Name	Date changed
YOUNG & RUBICAM GROUP LIMITED	2018-11-05
YOUNG & RUBICAM HOLDINGS LIMITED	1987-10-15

Among its peers

3rd oldest

of 819 similar companies in SE, trading since 1944

39 companies are registered at this postcode →

Property in England & Wales 5 titles

Leasehold: 5
Most recent registration: 2019-07-03
Price paid, where recorded: £14,907,490
Where: Greater London (5)

Title number	County	Tenure	Registered	Price paid
NGL862637	Greater London	Leasehold	2019-07-03	£2,981,498
NGL862638	Greater London	Leasehold	2019-07-03	£2,981,498
NGL862639	Greater London	Leasehold	2019-07-03	£2,981,498
NGL862640	Greater London	Leasehold	2019-07-03	£2,981,498
NGL862641	Greater London	Leasehold	2019-07-03	£2,981,498

For addresses and the authoritative register entry, use HM Land Registry's official search (£3 per title).