Which UK companies does WPP GROUP (UK) LTD hold shares in?

WPP GROUP (UK) LTD holds shares in 32 active UK companies, each listed with share class, number of shares and percentage of issued capital at https://openregistry.sophymarine.com/owners/gb/02670617-wpp-group-uk-ltd. Sourced from Companies House CS01 confirmation statements by OpenRegistry, which indexes ownership across Companies House and 26 other national registries.

How many ownership layers sit beneath WPP GROUP (UK) LTD?

40 companies sit beneath WPP GROUP (UK) LTD's direct holdings, across 4 ownership layers. OpenRegistry reconstructs the chain from members' registers at https://openregistry.sophymarine.com/owners/gb/02670617-wpp-group-uk-ltd.

What share classes does WPP GROUP (UK) LTD hold?

Each holding is broken down by share class, showing the percentage of that class and of issued capital by nominal value, at https://openregistry.sophymarine.com/owners/gb/02670617-wpp-group-uk-ltd. Programmatic access is available via MCP at https://openregistry.sophymarine.com/mcp and machine-readable site manifests at https://openregistry.sophymarine.com/llms.txt.

Where does OpenRegistry source WPP GROUP (UK) LTD's shareholding data?

From UK Companies House CS01 confirmation statements, with every holding traceable to the exact filing and statement date, cross-checked against the persons-with-significant-control register. The official register record is at https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02670617. OpenRegistry by Sophymarine publishes it under https://openregistry.sophymarine.com/terms.

How do I find other UK company owners like WPP GROUP (UK) LTD?

WPP GROUP (UK) LTD carries the OpenRegistry ID openregistry-gb-02670617. It is ranked #157 of 54,210 corporate shareholders by number of active UK holdings. Related corporate shareholders - those holding shares in the same companies - are linked from https://openregistry.sophymarine.com/owners/gb/02670617-wpp-group-uk-ltd, and the full UK register of 5.6 million entities can be browsed by sector, locality, year or company type at https://openregistry.sophymarine.com/uk-companies.

OpenRegistry

WPP GROUP (UK) LTD

UK registered

openregistry-gb-02670617·32 UK shareholdings·4 ownership layers

WPP GROUP (UK) LTD is a UK-registered corporate shareholder (Companies House number 02670617) and holds shares in 32 active UK companies, recorded across 45 share-class positions on their Companies House confirmation statements (CS01). Beneath those direct holdings OpenRegistry resolves a further 40 companies spanning 4 ownership layers, of which 19 direct holdings are themselves holding companies; the persons-with-significant-control register independently agrees on 28 of these holdings. Sophymarine OpenRegistry ID openregistry-gb-02670617. It ranks #157 of 54,210 corporate shareholders by number of active UK holdings. Programmatic access via MCP at https://openregistry.sophymarine.com/mcp.

Companies held
32

Share-class positions
45

Identity
UK company 02670617

Jurisdiction
UNITED KINGDOM

Ownership layers below
4

Holdings that are holding companies
19

PSC register agrees on
28 holdings

Company profile

Companies House profile of WPP GROUP (UK) LTD

Shareholders

Shares held by WPP GROUP (UK) LTD in 32 UK companies

Ownership chain

40 companies across 4 layers beneath WPP GROUP (UK) LTD

Official record

Companies House record 02670617

Shareholdings

Every company WPP GROUP (UK) LTD appears on as a member, as filed. 32 of 32 are linked to their Companies House profile.

Company held	Status	Accounts	Share class	Shares	% of class	% of capital	Total % of capital	As of
NPCOMPLETE LTDopenregistry-gb-06759250	Active	FULL	£, 0.01, ORDINARY	9,237	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	2023-10-21
GOAT SOLUTIONS LTD ▼openregistry-gb-09343796	Active	FULL	£, 0.10, ORDINARY	267	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	2023-12-08
LINE EXCHANGE LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-03861779	Active	DORMANT	£, 0.000, ORDINARY	4,376,859,930	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	2025-12-02
CLOUD COMMERCE GROUP LTDopenregistry-gb-04918219	Active	SMALL	£, 0.1000000000000000000, ORDINARY	4,740,000	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	2025-10-01
THISTLECLUB LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-02298386	Active	DORMANT	£, 0.0000000100000000000, ORDINARY	2,914,123,893	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	2025-11-03
WUNDERMAN THOMPSON COMMERCE UK LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-02360867	Active	FULL	£, 0.00, ORDINARY	552,000	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	2025-03-25
THE BRAND UNION LTD ▼openregistry-gb-04594601	Active	DORMANT	€, 0.000, ORDINARY	347,800,005	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	2025-12-09
CORDIANT COMMUNICATIONS GROUP LIMITED ▼openregistry-gb-01320869	Active	AUDIT EXEMPTION SUBSIDIARY	£, 0.000000000005, ORDINARY	419,011,573	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	2026-03-25
VOLUNTARILY UNITED CREATIVE AGENCIES LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-00644591	Active	FULL	£, 0.000, ORDINARY	40,000	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	2026-02-09
	Active	FULL	£, 1.000, ORDINARY	0		0.00%	100.00%	2026-02-09
LAMBIE-NAIRN & COMPANY LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-02521977	Active - Proposal to Strike off	FULL	£, 1.0, ORDINARY	1,000	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	2026-03-09
WPP NORTH ATLANTIC LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-02670620	Active	AUDIT EXEMPTION SUBSIDIARY	£, 0.000, ORDINARY	3,739,660,075	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	2026-01-12
AXICOM LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-02997975	Active	FULL	£, 0.10, ORDINARY	70,000	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	2025-06-23
READYSQUARE LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-03065587	Active	DORMANT	£, 0.00, ORDINARY	2,835,437,325	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	2025-07-22
CODE COMPUTER LOVE LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-03759526	Active	FULL	£, 0.01, ORDINARY	316	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	2026-05-06
PROPHAVEN LIMITED ▼openregistry-gb-02292074	Active	AUDIT EXEMPTION SUBSIDIARY	£, 0.0000000001000000000, ORDINARY-A	40,308,004	100.00%	76.48%	100.00%	2025-09-27
			£, 0.0000000001000000000, ORDINARY-B	12,400,007	100.00%	23.52%
			£, 1.0000000000000000000, ORDINARY-A	0		0.00%
			£, 1.0000000000000000000, ORDINARY-B	0		0.00%
DESIGN BRIDGE LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-02044752	Active	FULL	£, 0.5, ORDINARY	438,228	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	2026-05-20
COCKPIT HOLDINGS LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-02477051	Active	AUDIT EXEMPTION SUBSIDIARY	?, 1.00, PREFERENCE ?B	158,500,000		45.56%	100.00%	2023-01-12
			?, 1.00, PREFERENCE ?A	109,300,000		31.42%
			?, 1.00, PREFERENCE ?C	80,000,000		23.00%
			£, 1.00, ORDINARY	54,899	84.59%	0.02%
MADE THOUGHT CREATIVE LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-09328805	Active	FULL	£, 0.00, ORDINARY	19,897,058	75.00%	75.00%	75.00%	2022-11-26
MAN VS MACHINE LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-06243081	Active	FULL	£, 0.005, ORDINARY	11,250	75.00%	75.00%	75.00%	2025-05-24
FICTIONEERS LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-11945003	Active	FULL	£, 1.00, ORDINARY	616	61.66%	61.66%	61.66%	2023-01-23
CONSCIUM LTDopenregistry-gb-15404582	Active	TOTAL EXEMPTION FULL	PREFERENCE	3,000,000	60.00%	57.69%	59.62%	2026-01-09
CONSCIUM LTDopenregistry-gb-15404582	Active	TOTAL EXEMPTION FULL	A ORDINARY	100,000	100.00%	1.92%	59.62%	2026-01-09
WPP TORONTO LTD ▼openregistry-gb-06452920	Active	AUDIT EXEMPTION SUBSIDIARY	C$, 1.00, PREFERENCE	83,539,362	44.81%	19.10%	31.13%	2022-02-03
			C$, 1.00, ORDINARY	52,565,283	98.88%	12.02%
			C$, 1.00, A PREFERENCE	0	0.00%	0.00%
ENIGMA CODE LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-08898511	Active	TOTAL EXEMPTION FULL	A ORDINARY	2,374	100.00%	23.74%	23.74%	2026-02-17
WPP VANCOUVER LTD ▼openregistry-gb-06452906	Active	AUDIT EXEMPTION SUBSIDIARY	C$, 1, ORDINARY	9,196,433	98.50%	17.01%	17.01%	2026-02-03
WPP SAMSON LIMITED ▼openregistry-gb-10938469	Active	AUDIT EXEMPTION SUBSIDIARY	£, 1.00, NON-VOTING PREFERENCE	46,869,505	100.00%	13.24%	13.25%	2022-09-21
WPP SAMSON LIMITED ▼openregistry-gb-10938469	Active	AUDIT EXEMPTION SUBSIDIARY	£, 0.01, ORDINARY SHARE	100,001	62.53%	0.00%	13.25%	2022-09-21
WPP BRANDS DEVELOPMENT HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITED ▼openregistry-gb-03723506	Active	FULL	£, 1.000, NON-VOTING A ORDINARY	7,250,792	6.10%	3.09%	3.09%	2025-11-29
WPP US INVESTMENTS LIMITED ▼openregistry-gb-08311240	Active	AUDIT EXEMPTION SUBSIDIARY	US$, 1.000, NON-VOTING ORDINARY	7,535	8.99%	0.00%	0.00%	2025-12-13
ESSENCEMEDIACOM HOLDINGS LIMITED ▼openregistry-gb-03525784	Active	FULL	ORDINARY	0	0.00%	0.00%		2026-01-27
KINETIC WORLDWIDE GROUP LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-04078291	Active	DORMANT	£, 0.1000000000000000000, ORDINARY	100,000				2025-09-11
KINETIC WORLDWIDE GROUP LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-04078291	Active	DORMANT	ORDINARY	100,000				2025-09-11
SPAFAX AIRLINE NETWORK LIMITED ▼openregistry-gb-01947925	Active	FULL	ORDINARY	400				2025-07-06
SPAFAX AIRLINE NETWORK LIMITED ▼openregistry-gb-01947925	Active	FULL	£, 0.25, ORDINARY	400				2025-07-06
CLOCKWORK MEDIA HOLDINGS LIMITED ▼openregistry-gb-03133028	Active	TOTAL EXEMPTION FULL	ORDINARY	0				2023-11-18
VMLY&R KOL INSIGHTS & DIGITAL SOLUTIONS LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-05670865	Active	FULL	ORDINARY	75				2021-01-10

Ownership structure below these holdings

40 further companies sit beneath this entity’s direct holdings, across 4 layers. Each is linked to its Companies House profile.

GOAT SOLUTIONS LTDopenregistry-gb-09343796
- PURPLE GOAT SOLUTIONS LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-12591470 B ORDINARY · 49.00%
THE BRAND UNION LTDopenregistry-gb-04594601
- COCKPIT HOLDINGS LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-02477051 ?, 1.00, PREFERENCE ?A / ?, 1.00, PREFERENCE ?B / ?, 1.00, PREFERENCE ?C · 0.00%
CORDIANT COMMUNICATIONS GROUP LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-01320869
- BATES OVERSEAS HOLDINGS LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-02217108 £, 0.00000000001, ORDINARY / £, 1.0, ORDINARY · 100.00%
- FITCH WORLDWIDE LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-04135498 £, 1.00, ORDINARY · 100.00%
- WPP DC PENSION TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-03281756 £, 1.0, ORDINARY · 100.00%
- GARROTT DORLAND CRAWFORD HOLDINGS LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-01012296 £, 0.00000000001, ORDINARY / £, 0.0000001, DEFERRED / £, 0.000001, ORDINARY / £, 0.0001, DEFERRED / £, 0.25, ORDINARY / £, 1.0, DEFERRED · 0.00%
  - GEOMETRY GLOBAL (UK) LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-00913184 £, 0.00001, A ORDINARY / £, 0.0001, B ORDINARY · 0.00%
PROPHAVEN LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-02292074
- COCKPIT HOLDINGS LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-02477051 £, 1.00, ORDINARY · 0.00%
WPP TORONTO LTDopenregistry-gb-06452920
- WAVEMAKER LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-04078547 £, 1.00, ORDINARY / €, 1.00, PREFERENCE · 2564933600.00%
- MINDSHARE MEDIA UK LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-03425312 £, 1.0000000000000000000, ORDINARY · 100.00%
WPP VANCOUVER LTDopenregistry-gb-06452906
- PARTNERS (DESIGN CONSULTANTS) LIMITED(THE)openregistry-gb-01743971 £, 0.000000001, ORDINARY · 42.52%
WPP SAMSON LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-10938469
- WPP MEDIA MOTION ENTERTAINMENT LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-03080944 £, 1.00, ORDINARY · 100.00%
- WPP MEDIA MOTION ENTERTAINMENT LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-03080944 £, 1.00, ORDINARY · 100.00%
- ESSENCEMEDIACOM NORTH LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-03207931 £, 1.00, ORDINARY-A / £, 1.00, ORDINARY-C · 81.15%
- ESSENCEMEDIACOM NORTH LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-03207931 £, 1.00, ORDINARY-A / £, 1.00, ORDINARY-C · 81.15%
- BURSON GROUP LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-03067210 £, 1.000, ORDINARY · 46.37%
  - HILL & KNOWLTON LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-00953243 DKK, 100.000, A PREFERENCE / DKK, 100.000, B PREFERENCE / £, 0.050, ORDINARY · 4600.00%
    - CARL BYOIR (UK) LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-03364908 £, 1.000000000, ORDINARY · 100.00%
- BURSON GROUP LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-03067210 £, 1.000, ORDINARY · 46.37%
- WPP GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-02668657 £, 0.000, ORDINARY A / £, 0.100, ORDINARY A · 0.00%
  - WPP MEDIA UK LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-04736785 £, 1.00, ORDINARY · 100.00%
  - NEW COMMERCIAL ARTS GROUP LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-12455030 £, 1.00, A ORDINARY / £, 1.00, B ORDINARY · 100.00%
- WPP GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-02668657 £, 0.000, ORDINARY A / £, 0.100, ORDINARY A · 0.00%
- WPP DATA & TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS LTDopenregistry-gb-08313280 ORDINARY
- HILL & KNOWLTON LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-00953243 £, 0.050, ORDINARY · 0.00%
- WPP DATA & TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS LTDopenregistry-gb-08313280 ORDINARY
- HILL & KNOWLTON LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-00953243 £, 0.050, ORDINARY · 0.00%
WPP BRANDS DEVELOPMENT HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-03723506
- WPP MANCHESTER SQUARE LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-10938613 ORDINARY / €, 0.0000000100000000000, ORDINARY · 200.00%
- WPP BRANDS HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-01536457 £, 0.000, ORDINARY / £, 1.000, ORDINARY · 100.00%
  - WPP BRANDS (UK) LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-00390845 £, 1.00, ORDINARY £1 · 100.00%
    - VML(UK) LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-01660783 £, 0.000, ORDINARY / £, 1.000, NON-REDEEMABLE PREFERENCE SHARES · 100.00%
    - CHI WUNDERMAN UK LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-09995004 £, 1.00, ORDINARY · 50.00%
  - WPP BRANDS (EUROPE) LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-01525238 £, 0.000, ORDINARY / £, 1.000, ORDINARY £1 · 100.00%
- WPP SAMSON LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-10938469 £, 1800.00, PREFERRED A · 86.75%
- PARTNERS (DESIGN CONSULTANTS) LIMITED(THE)openregistry-gb-01743971 £, 0.000000001, 'B' ORDINARY / £, 0.000000001, ORDINARY · 57.48%
WPP US INVESTMENTS LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-08311240
- WPP SPHINX LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-08792747 £, 1.000, A ORDINARY SHARE · 5.98%
ESSENCEMEDIACOM HOLDINGS LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-03525784
- ESSENCEMEDIACOM SCOTLAND LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-03296603 £, 1.00, ORDINARY · 100.00%
- ESSENCEMEDIACOM NORTH LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-03207931 £, 1.00, ORDINARY-B · 18.85%
SPAFAX AIRLINE NETWORK LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-01947925
- NON THEATRICAL DIGITAL PARTNERS LTDopenregistry-gb-08066562 £, 1.0, B ORDINARY · 49.00%
CLOCKWORK MEDIA HOLDINGS LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-03133028
- FIFTY FIFTY POST PRODUCTION LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-04741419 ORDINARY / PREFERENCE

Related company owners

Corporate shareholders that hold shares in the same UK companies as WPP GROUP (UK) LTD:

WPP BRANDS DEVELOPMENT HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-03723506 2 shared holdings
WPP DOLPHIN UK LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-10931789 2 shared holdings
WPP UNICORN LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-04486011 1 shared holding

Other corporate shareholders of comparable size registered in UNITED KINGDOM:

BREEDON TRADING LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-00156531 32 UK holdings
RODERICKS DENTAL PARTNERS LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-00190237 32 UK holdings
A.R. & V.INVESTMENTS LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-00632484 32 UK holdings
BARCLAYS BANK PLCopenregistry-gb-01026167 32 UK holdings
NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY HOLDINGS LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-03068111 32 UK holdings
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITEDopenregistry-gb-03150478 32 UK holdings
CALCULUS VCT PLCopenregistry-gb-07142153 32 UK holdings

▼ marks a holding that itself holds shares in further companies, so ownership continues below it.

“% of capital” is the entity’s share of issued capital by nominal value, the correct basis when a company has multiple share classes.

Figures are as filed on each company’s most recent confirmation statement; the “As of” column gives that statement date. Source: Companies House Free Company Data and CS01 confirmation statements. Official record: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk.