---
title: "PENNA PLC — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a9bc58aa-e3ed-55fe-ae6d-654ac776343d
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/a9bc58aa-e3ed-55fe-ae6d-654ac776343d
identifier: oo:GB-COH-01918150
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# PENNA PLC

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-01918150`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a9bc58aa-e3ed-55fe-ae6d-654ac776343d  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/a9bc58aa-e3ed-55fe-ae6d-654ac776343d  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Penna Consulting Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c1cc677d-423c-419a-b68b-5fcaa1ff33ea
- **OLSTEN (U.K.) HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ff8e2e83-2146-53f6-946d-4be9e7fbd943
- **PENNA CONSULTING LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/71b6cfa1-07ba-5296-9f44-743f6418d40f
- **Adecco Group Ag** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4f375d5d-9dc0-4904-ae7b-1437f7e0ea66
- **OLSTEN (U.K.) HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ff8e2e83-2146-53f6-946d-4be9e7fbd943

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **Career Cafe Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fb0c8a53-453f-42d9-977e-f15e611e10c4

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

A **10-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:** `01918150`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** plc
- **Incorporated:** 1985-05-31
- **Registered office:** 10 Bishops Square, London, E1 6EG, England
- **SIC:** 78300

### Officers

- ALLEN, Samantha Clare — secretary · appointed 2022-12-22
- DOWSETT, Daniel — director · British · appointed 2026-05-25
- KEMPSTER, Kathryn Sharon — director · British · appointed 2023-03-15
- LOPEZ LORENZO, Pablo — director · Spanish · appointed 2026-06-10
- TOWERS, Julie Ann — director · English · appointed 2014-01-01
- WEEMES, Graham Richard — director · British · appointed 2014-01-01
- AKINJOBI, Rashida Atinuke — secretary · appointed 2019-02-20 · resigned 2022-11-03
- FIRTH, David Samuel Peter — secretary · appointed 2012-09-01 · resigned 2016-07-31
- FIRTH, David Samuel Peter — secretary · British · appointed 2000-01-01 · resigned 2009-08-31
- LINTON, Nigel Robert — secretary · British · appointed 2009-08-31 · resigned 2010-11-30
- MOSTYN JONES, David Herbert — secretary · British · resigned 1997-06-13
- SINCLAIR, Patrick — secretary · appointed 2010-11-30 · resigned 2012-09-01
- TAGG, Gavin Kenneth — secretary · appointed 2016-07-31 · resigned 2019-02-20
- THOMAS, Allen Lloyd — secretary · American · appointed 1997-06-13 · resigned 1999-12-31
- BANKS, David Franklin — director · British · appointed 1995-10-16 · resigned 1998-08-12
- BEARD, John Donald Wainwright — director · British · resigned 1995-03-31
- BISHOP, Alexandra Helen — director · British · appointed 2018-04-01 · resigned 2021-08-16
- BRIANT, Timothy — director · British · appointed 2016-07-31 · resigned 2017-05-31
- BROWNING, Gary — director · British · appointed 2005-02-21 · resigned 2016-08-10
- BRUCE, Stewart Mackenzie — director · British · appointed 1996-11-28 · resigned 1997-11-17

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Olsten (U.K.) Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ff8e2e83-2146-53f6-946d-4be9e7fbd943) — significant influence or control · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-05-10
- Adecco Group Ag — significant influence or control · corporate PSC · Switzerland — since 2016-05-10
- [Penna Consulting Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c1cc677d-423c-419a-b68b-5fcaa1ff33ea) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01918150
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01918150

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **PENNA PLC**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a9bc58aa-e3ed-55fe-ae6d-654ac776343d · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/a9bc58aa-e3ed-55fe-ae6d-654ac776343d._

_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"._