WPP BRANDS HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-13 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£224M
+29.9% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£15M
+108.7% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£6,000 | -£4,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,999,000 | £14,607,000 | |
| Net profit | £6,999,000 | £14,607,000 | |
| Cash | £719,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £172,229,000 | £223,806,000 | |
| Net assets | £172,229,000 | £223,806,000 | |
| Equity | £172,229,000 | £223,806,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+29.9%
£172,229,000 £223,806,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+33.3%
-£6,000 -£4,000
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Profit before tax
+108.7%
£6,999,000 £14,607,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -0.0% | -0.0% | |
| Current ratio | 22433.71x | 42910.00x |
Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- WPP BRANDS HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITED 2018-11-05 → present
- YOUNG & RUBICAM HOLDINGS (U.K.) LIMITED 1987-10-15 → 2018-11-05
- YOUNG & RUBICAM U.K. LIMITED 1980-12-29 → 1987-10-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- WPP BRANDS HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITED · parent
- WPP Brands (UK) Limited 100%
- WPP Brands (Europe) Limited 100%
- VML(UK) Limited 100%
- Public Relations and International Sports Marketing Limited 100%
- Ogilvy Health Limited 99.94%
- VMLY&R Health Limited 99.94%
- CHI Wunderman UK Limited 50%
Significant events
- “On 28 April 2025, the Company reduced the nominal value of each Ordinary share from £1 to £0.00000000001 and reduced the amount standing to the credit of the Company's share premium account from £60,000 to £nil. This increased retained earnings by £90,200,651.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAZUR, Helina | Secretary | 1996-08-14 | — | British |
| BISHOP, Nicholas David Charles | Director | 2025-09-29 | Mar 1973 | British |
| BORISOV, Tsvetan Kirilov | Director | 2024-03-06 | Apr 1975 | Bulgarian |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCLACHLAN, Eliza Catherine | Secretary | 1995-06-20 | 1996-08-31 |
| MILSOM, Dennis | Secretary | — | 1995-06-20 |
| BAHL, Kim Elaine | Director | 2005-01-25 | 2008-04-30 |
| COOPER, Russell John | Director | — | 1994-06-10 |
| DE BAKKER, Ferdinand | Director | 1995-10-11 | 2001-01-01 |
| DEO, Joseph Ermengildo De | Director | — | 1993-06-07 |
| ECCLESHARE, Christoper William, Mr. | Director | 2004-11-04 | 2005-04-28 |
| GLADWELL, David Julian | Director | 2015-02-26 | 2022-09-08 |
| GREENE, David Elsworth | Director | — | 1995-02-14 |
| GRINDALL, David John | Director | 1993-06-11 | 1994-02-14 |
| HIMPE, Stefaan Leo Hilda | Director | 2003-03-06 | 2009-09-18 |
| HIRIGOYEN, Eve Sarah | Director | 1995-10-11 | 1996-02-26 |
| KOPEC, Marta Barbara | Director | 2022-09-08 | 2024-05-09 |
| LAFAYE, Jean Paul | Director | 1993-11-19 | 2001-02-21 |
| LINDHEIM, James B | Director | 1993-11-19 | 1995-02-14 |
| MCCORMICK, Ian | Director | 2002-10-31 | 2004-12-08 |
| MONTERO, Fernan Gonzalo | Director | 1995-10-11 | 1998-09-18 |
| PAUL, Ian Gary | Director | 2007-04-13 | 2025-09-17 |
| PIENAAR, Mario Morne | Director | 2014-10-27 | 2015-02-27 |
| PINILLA, Ignacio Cabezon | Director | 2009-10-28 | 2024-03-06 |
| ROUSSET, Alain Maurice Michel | Director | 1995-10-11 | 2003-03-06 |
| VERGNANO, Massimo Libero, Doctor | Director | 1993-11-19 | 2004-11-03 |
| WIDMER, Bruno Erlich | Director | 1998-11-02 | 2001-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wpp Brands Development Holdings (Uk) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 245 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-02-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-16 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-30 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-05-30 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-05-30 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-05-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-28 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-03-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-17 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.