---
title: "ESSENCEMEDIACOM NORTH LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8784f47a-bcd5-5fa8-a262-e3aa5fdbd209
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8784f47a-bcd5-5fa8-a262-e3aa5fdbd209
identifier: oo:GB-COH-03207931
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# ESSENCEMEDIACOM NORTH LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-03207931`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8784f47a-bcd5-5fa8-a262-e3aa5fdbd209  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8784f47a-bcd5-5fa8-a262-e3aa5fdbd209  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **WPP SAMSON LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7f81f2d8-2261-5350-a1b3-088242731c38
- **WPP GROUP (UK) LTD** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/10db8af7-d407-5ae2-bbf6-38b384c5a612
- **WPP GROUP (UK) LTD** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/10db8af7-d407-5ae2-bbf6-38b384c5a612
- **WPP SAMSON LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7f81f2d8-2261-5350-a1b3-088242731c38

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

A **61-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:** `03207931`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1996-06-05
- **Registered office:** Sea Containers House, 18 Upper Ground, London, SE1 9GL, England
- **SIC:** 73110

### Officers

- [WPP GROUP (NOMINEES) LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/732a7ef9-72c4-54c8-9e4d-625c2c57a5cd) — corporate secretary · appointed 2006-03-09
- NICHOLS, Michael John — director · British · appointed 2025-06-18
- SANDGROUND, Judith Lindsey — secretary · British · appointed 2002-06-18 · resigned 2006-03-09
- WHEELER, Paul Richard — secretary · British · appointed 1996-09-05 · resigned 2002-06-18
- PAILEX CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1996-06-05 · resigned 1996-07-30
- ALLAN, Stephen David — director · British · appointed 2006-03-09 · resigned 2020-06-30
- ALLAN, Stephen David — director · British · appointed 1996-07-30 · resigned 2000-10-18
- BARTHOLOMEW, Andrew John — director · British · appointed 1996-09-05 · resigned 2010-01-31
- BRAMWELL, Paul James — director · British · appointed 2016-06-06 · resigned 2020-06-12
- BROADBENT, Christopher John — director · British · appointed 2015-04-01 · resigned 2018-09-30
- BUCHANAN, Steven Paul — director · British · appointed 2007-01-01 · resigned 2010-10-31
- CLARK, Scott Michael — director · British · appointed 2024-03-05 · resigned 2024-04-23
- COOPER, Paul Philip — director · British · appointed 2016-04-01 · resigned 2025-06-30
- COOPER, Peter David — director · British · appointed 2000-12-18 · resigned 2016-06-29
- GIBBON, Paul Victor — director · British · appointed 2004-04-26 · resigned 2016-04-01
- GIBBON, Paul Victor — director · British · appointed 2003-05-01 · resigned 2004-02-16
- INGHAM, Erica Jane — director · British · appointed 2016-04-01 · resigned 2020-07-07
- KROPMAN, Jonathan Ronald — nominee director · British · appointed 1996-06-05 · resigned 1996-07-30
- LAWSON, Nicholas Alexander — director · British · appointed 2006-03-09 · resigned 2025-06-30
- LEE, Nigel Bruce — director · British · appointed 2020-11-20 · resigned 2024-01-09

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Wpp Samson Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7f81f2d8-2261-5350-a1b3-088242731c38) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2017-08-31
- [Wpp Group (Uk) Ltd](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/10db8af7-d407-5ae2-bbf6-38b384c5a612) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2017-08-31

## Exposure (derived from the ownership graph)

**1** owner upstream in this entity's ownership/control chain is flagged — a sanctions hit or a secrecy jurisdiction — an investigative lead by resolved identity, not a legal determination. The contributing parties and the hop-by-hop path unlock with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03207931
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03207931

---

_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **ESSENCEMEDIACOM NORTH LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8784f47a-bcd5-5fa8-a262-e3aa5fdbd209 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8784f47a-bcd5-5fa8-a262-e3aa5fdbd209._

_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"._