---
title: "WPP 1178 — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6b5aabf0-7bdc-5358-82fc-2a06d3411301
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/6b5aabf0-7bdc-5358-82fc-2a06d3411301
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02670626
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# WPP 1178

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02670626`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6b5aabf0-7bdc-5358-82fc-2a06d3411301  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/6b5aabf0-7bdc-5358-82fc-2a06d3411301  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Wpp Beans Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f92505ee-6f4d-4a25-a7f4-0258a747f0a9
- **Wpp Group (Uk) Ltd** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fad404bf-5366-4dc5-9173-900aa62b035d

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **2-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `02670626`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** private unlimited
- **Incorporated:** 1991-12-12
- **Registered office:** Sea Containers House, 18 Upper Ground, London, SE1 9GL, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 74990

### Officers

- WPP GROUP (NOMINEES) LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2005-09-19
- ASHBY, Alexander — director · British · appointed 2023-07-31
- MARTIN, David Richard — director · British · appointed 2025-07-29
- MURRAY, Liam Daniel — director · British · appointed 2026-07-31
- CALOW, David Ferguson — secretary · British · appointed 1993-03-19 · resigned 2005-09-19
- SCHULTEN, Christopher Francis — secretary · British · appointed 1992-05-14 · resigned 1993-03-19
- ALNERY INCORPORATIONS NO 1 LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1991-12-12 · resigned 1992-05-14
- CAPES, Marie Winifred — director · Other · appointed 2008-11-18 · resigned 2008-11-20
- CAPES, Marie Winifred — director · Other · appointed 2008-11-12 · resigned 2008-11-13
- CONAGHAN, Daniel Patrick — director · British · appointed 2019-11-21 · resigned 2022-07-08
- DELANEY, Paul — director · British · appointed 2008-10-22 · resigned 2013-08-29
- HARRIS, Andrea Jane — director · British · appointed 2008-11-13 · resigned 2008-11-18
- JOHNSON, Kurt Charles — director · Australian · appointed 2023-07-31 · resigned 2026-07-31
- JORDAN, Anthony Graham — director · British · appointed 2022-09-30 · resigned 2025-03-10
- LERWILL, Robert Earl — director · British · appointed 1992-05-14 · resigned 1996-12-05
- PAYNE, Andrew Robertson — director · British · appointed 2019-11-21 · resigned 2023-07-31
- PAYNE, Richard James — director · British · appointed 2022-07-01 · resigned 2023-10-27
- RICHARDSON, Paul Winston George — director · British · appointed 1997-10-15 · resigned 2008-10-20
- SORRELL, Martin Stuart — director · British · appointed 1992-05-14 · resigned 2006-02-27
- SWEETLAND, Christopher Paul — director · British · appointed 2008-11-20 · resigned 2016-07-01

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Wpp Group (Uk) Ltd — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2021-12-16
- Wpp Beans Limited — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2021-12-16

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02670626
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02670626

## Get the full, resolved dossier (agent-callable)

The above is the free teaser. The resolved **multi-hop UBO chain**, ownership **%**, full **financial history**, itemised **assets** and the hop-by-hop **exposure path** are the paid depth — callable as tools from your agent:

```bash
npx -y @whiteintel/mcp-server   # then: get_dossier · trace_ownership_path · check_offshore_exposure
```

Or unlock a one-off cited dossier for **WPP 1178** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6b5aabf0-7bdc-5358-82fc-2a06d3411301 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **WPP 1178**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6b5aabf0-7bdc-5358-82fc-2a06d3411301 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/6b5aabf0-7bdc-5358-82fc-2a06d3411301._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._