# Santo U.K Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [02629696](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02629696)
- **Status:** dissolved
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 10 Jul 1991
- **Dissolved:** 14 Jul 2026
- **Registered office:** SEA CONTAINERS, 18 UPPER GROUND, LONDON, SE1 9PD
- **Nature of business:** [73110](/sic/73110) Advertising agencies
- **Corporate group:** [Robert Stigwood Organisation Limited(the)](/group/119) (1074 companies)


## Previous names

- Rmg:black Cat Limited (until 7 Jan 2005)
- Black Cat Agency Limited (until 5 Jan 2004)
- Black Cat Holdings Limited (until 4 Jul 2001)
- Black Cat Agency Ltd (until 20 May 1997)
- Rmg:connect Limited (until 29 Jul 2015)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOMBS, Diana | secretary | 10 Jul 1991 | 21 Aug 1991 |
| TOMBS, Michael | director | 10 Jul 1991 | 12 Nov 1991 |
| WILDING, Martin John | director | 31 Oct 1995 | 29 Mar 1996 |
| CUNNINGHAM, Paul Leo | director | 6 Apr 1994 | 22 Oct 1996 |
| LAUBER, Charles Ronald John | secretary | 21 Aug 1991 | 11 Jun 1998 |
| MATHEWS, Jane | director | 26 Jan 2001 | 4 May 2001 |
| CALLENDER, Stephen | director | 12 Nov 1991 | 21 Oct 2003 |
| LAUBER, Charles Ronald John | director | 6 Apr 1994 | 4 Nov 2003 |
| TOMBS, Diana | director | 10 Jul 1991 | 31 Dec 2003 |
| KINGHORN, Laura Bradley | director | 11 Jun 1998 | 2 Feb 2004 |
| KINGHORN, Laura Bradley | secretary | 11 Jun 1998 | 2 Feb 2004 |
| SPARKS, Juliet Cynthia | director | 4 May 1999 | 31 Mar 2005 |
| LUCAS, Martin George | director | 16 Jan 2003 | 20 Jun 2005 |
| CLIFTON, James Spencer | director | 24 Feb 2004 | 15 Dec 2005 |
| BOLTON, Simon Gareth | director | 14 Jun 2001 | 22 Jan 2006 |
| HARMAN, Jonathan James | director | 21 Jun 2005 | 13 Oct 2006 |
| GARSIDE, Byron Martin | director | 18 Feb 2004 | 10 Aug 2007 |
| JACKSON, Linda Anne Marjorie | director | 13 Oct 2006 | 9 Feb 2008 |
| HIPPERSON, Timothy Robert | director | 1 Feb 2007 | 3 Aug 2009 |
| SHIRTCLIFFE, Lisa Jane | director | 30 Mar 2005 | 31 Aug 2010 |
| HAYWARD, Guy Alexander | director | 21 Sep 2010 | 30 Nov 2011 |
| SPENSLEY, Sally Sharon Bird | director | 10 Aug 2007 | 13 Jun 2016 |
| HOARE, Christopher Henry St J | director | 11 Aug 2015 | 26 Nov 2019 |
| YAP, Ngen Siak | director | 19 Jan 2012 | 26 Nov 2019 |
| DIPPLE, Peter Howard | secretary | 2 Feb 2004 | 30 Jun 2025 |
| GAUTIER, Julian | director | 25 Nov 2019 | 20 Apr 2026 |
| BORISOV, Tsvetan Kirilov | director | 12 Dec 2019 |  |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Ngen Siak Yap | significant-influence-or-control | 6 Apr 2016 | 26 Nov 2019 |
| Mr Julian Gautier | significant-influence-or-control | 26 Nov 2019 | 17 Apr 2020 |
| Wpp Ln Limited | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent | 17 Apr 2020 | 12 Dec 2023 |
| Wpp 2005 Limited | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 12 Dec 2023 | 23 Dec 2025 |
| Wpp 2323 Limited | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent | 23 Dec 2025 |  |



## Accounts

| Year ended | Turnover | Net assets | Cash | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Dec 2024 | - | £303,959 | - | 0 |
| 31 Dec 2023 | - | £303,959 | £303,959 | 0 |
| 31 Dec 2022 | £0 | £303,994 | £303,994 | 0 |
| 31 Dec 2021 | £0 | £304,029 | £304,029 | 0 |
| 31 Dec 2020 | £83,170 | £305,814 | £305,814 | 0 |



## Owned by

Santo U.K Limited → [WPP 2323 Limited](/company/04214289) → [WPP 2005 Limited](/company/01003653) → [WPP Mr Overseas Media Holdings Limited](/company/04177804) → [WPP Jubilee Limited](/company/08286875)





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