# Portland Outdoor Advertising Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [01504915](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01504915)
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 30 Jun 1980
- **Registered office:** SEA CONTAINERS, 18 UPPER GROUND, LONDON, SE1 9GL
- **Nature of business:** [73110](/sic/73110) Advertising agencies


## Previous names

- Hubride Limited (until 23 Mar 1983)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEVENS, Robert Lawrence | director | - | 17 Apr 1993 |
| TALBOT, Philip Michael | director | - | 14 Jan 1994 |
| GORMAN, Michael | director | - | 14 Jan 1994 |
| SIMPSON, John Owen | director | - | 18 Dec 1994 |
| BYLES, David Warner | director | - | 5 Jun 1995 |
| ALEXANDER, Terence | director | 9 Dec 1992 | 15 Nov 1995 |
| ELLERY, Timothy John | director | - | 19 Jan 1996 |
| SIMS, Joseph Martin | director | - | 1 Jan 1998 |
| FURNESS, John Christopher | director | 18 Oct 1994 | 30 Apr 1999 |
| PULLEN, David John Dowsing | secretary | - | 4 Jun 1999 |
| FORGHAM, Jillian Alison | director | - | 28 Oct 1999 |
| HARRISON, Michael John Sutherland | director | - | 28 Oct 1999 |
| RICHARDSON, Paul Winston George | director | 4 Jun 1999 | 28 Oct 1999 |
| RUSSELL, Ian Frank | director | - | 29 Sep 2000 |
| DOBINSON, Rex | director | 28 Oct 1999 | 30 Mar 2001 |
| BALL, Michelle | director | 28 Oct 1999 | 14 May 2001 |
| EGGINGTON, Andrew John | secretary | 4 Jun 1999 | 16 Nov 2001 |
| THOMAS, Paul | director | 14 May 2001 | 31 May 2002 |
| SCURFIELD, Alan | director | 28 Oct 1999 | 10 Aug 2004 |
| SKINNER, Carl | director | 28 Oct 1999 | 20 Jan 2005 |
| ATHERTON, Andrew Duncan | director | 9 Apr 2001 | 18 Mar 2005 |
| SULLIVAN, Dennis | director | - | 5 Apr 2005 |
| BOSWORTH, Catherine | director | 3 Sep 2001 | 28 Apr 2006 |
| TOWNSHEND, Brian | secretary | 17 Dec 2001 | 1 Sep 2006 |
| LAVIS, Ann Marie | director | 28 Oct 1999 | 14 Nov 2008 |
| GOLDSMID, Jonathan Mark | director | 2 Oct 2000 | 29 Jul 2009 |
| EMMS, Sally | director | 28 Oct 1999 | 16 Sep 2013 |
| ADEY, Gideon Ben | director | 28 Oct 1999 | 16 Sep 2014 |
| DE COURCY THOMPSON, Alexander Jeremy | director | 28 Oct 1999 | 16 Sep 2014 |
| TOWNSHEND, Brian | director | 17 Dec 2001 | 7 Nov 2016 |
| DUNTON, Nicholas James | director | 7 Nov 2016 | 16 Feb 2018 |
| TAYLOR, Stuart Michael | director | 19 Mar 2018 | 30 Jun 2019 |
| HIRD, Rachael | director | 20 Dec 2013 | 16 Dec 2022 |
| PARKER, Nicholas James | director | 27 Jan 2023 | 11 Sep 2023 |
| CLARK, Scott Michael | director | 11 Sep 2023 | 23 Apr 2024 |
| DAVIDSON, John Joseph | director | 1 Jul 2019 | 30 Oct 2024 |
| BLEASE, Jacqueline Anne Chapple | secretary | 1 Mar 2011 | 12 Mar 2025 |
| NICHOLS, Michael John | director | 30 May 2024 |  |
| WPP GROUP (NOMINEES) LIMITED | corporate-secretary | 1 Sep 2006 |  |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poa Holdings Limited | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent | 6 Apr 2016 |  |




## Owned by

Portland Outdoor Advertising Limited → [P.O.A. Holdings Limited](/company/01267021)




## Directors' other companies

- [NICHOLS, Michael John](/person/5951803) - director at [Kinetic Worldwide Group Limited](/company/04078291)
- [NICHOLS, Michael John](/person/5951803) - director at [Essence Global Limited](/company/05467689)
- [NICHOLS, Michael John](/person/5951803) - director at [T&P Media Limited](/company/06665820)
- [NICHOLS, Michael John](/person/5951803) - director at [P.O.A. Holdings Limited](/company/01267021)
- [NICHOLS, Michael John](/person/5951803) - director at [WPP Media Motion Entertainment Limited](/company/03080944)
- [NICHOLS, Michael John](/person/5951803) - director at [Mediacom UK Limited](/company/01199309)
- [WPP GROUP (NOMINEES) LIMITED](/person/5453754) - corporate-secretary at [Vizzly Technology Ltd](/company/13798198)
- [WPP GROUP (NOMINEES) LIMITED](/person/5453754) - corporate-secretary at [Satalia Limited](/company/12303234)
- [WPP GROUP (NOMINEES) LIMITED](/person/5453754) - corporate-secretary at [WPP Samson Two Limited](/company/05078192)
- [WPP GROUP (NOMINEES) LIMITED](/person/5453754) - corporate-secretary at [Grey Global Group (UK) Limited](/company/03664479)



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