---
title: "AKQA LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c05b4a50-6550-5bd2-a31e-9c79c16124fa
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/c05b4a50-6550-5bd2-a31e-9c79c16124fa
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02964394
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# AKQA LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02964394`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c05b4a50-6550-5bd2-a31e-9c79c16124fa  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/c05b4a50-6550-5bd2-a31e-9c79c16124fa  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **AKQA LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c05b4a50-6550-5bd2-a31e-9c79c16124fa
- **Wpp Us Investments Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/30ea9f48-29ff-4a3d-abf7-6b625f6a1b02
- **Wpp Global** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9a497b4c-e845-4ae7-8850-03d0da5d1bbe

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

A **57-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:** `02964394`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1994-09-02
- **Registered office:** 1 St John's Lane, London, EC1M 4BL
- **SIC:** 73110

### Officers

- WPP GROUP (NOMINEES) LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2013-07-23
- HARIHARAN, Suresh — director · British · appointed 2026-01-22
- NORTHCOTT, Geoffrey Robertson — director · British · appointed 2026-01-22
- AHMED, Ajaz — secretary · British · appointed 1994-11-18 · resigned 1994-11-24
- AHMED, Sughran — secretary · British · appointed 1994-11-24 · resigned 2001-01-31
- BORDET, Philippe — secretary · appointed 2010-08-16 · resigned 2015-11-23
- CONSTANTINOU, Nick — secretary · British · appointed 2009-06-20 · resigned 2010-08-13
- DERETZ, Christophe — secretary · French · appointed 2004-08-10 · resigned 2005-05-27
- EGGAR, Jonathan Neil — secretary · appointed 2018-03-19 · resigned 2026-02-01
- EGLEN, David — secretary · British · appointed 2001-01-31 · resigned 2004-08-10
- GREEN, Paul — secretary · British · appointed 2005-05-27 · resigned 2006-04-21
- HARIHARAN, Suresh — secretary · appointed 2017-12-01 · resigned 2018-03-19
- OXON, Andrew — secretary · British · appointed 2009-05-02 · resigned 2009-06-19
- SHAMSI, Richard — secretary · appointed 2015-11-23 · resigned 2017-12-31
- WATFORD, Stephen James — secretary · British · appointed 2006-04-21 · resigned 2008-08-22
- WILSON, Arthur Thomas Ralph — secretary · British · appointed 2008-08-23 · resigned 2009-05-01
- HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1994-09-02 · resigned 1994-09-02
- AHMED, Ajaz Khowaj Quoram — director · British · appointed 1994-11-24 · resigned 2024-10-16
- ASHBY, Alexander — director · British · appointed 2024-11-28 · resigned 2025-12-23
- BEDECARRE, Thomas — director · Usa · appointed 2004-08-10 · resigned 2016-01-17

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Wpp Us Investments Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/30ea9f48-29ff-4a3d-abf7-6b625f6a1b02) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2022-05-03
- Wpp Global — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2022-05-03

## 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/02964394
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02964394

## 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 **AKQA LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c05b4a50-6550-5bd2-a31e-9c79c16124fa · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **AKQA LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c05b4a50-6550-5bd2-a31e-9c79c16124fa · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/c05b4a50-6550-5bd2-a31e-9c79c16124fa._

_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"._