WPP GROUP (UK) LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-02 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£1B
-4.5% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£54M
+69.4% 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 | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£177,340,000 | -£54,211,000 | |
| Net profit | -£177,340,000 | -£54,211,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,363,714,000 | £1,188,050,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,194,965,000 | £1,140,754,000 | |
| Equity | £1,194,965,000 | £1,140,754,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | £0 | £0 | |
| 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
-4.5%
£1,194,965,000 £1,140,754,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
+69.4%
-£177,340,000 -£54,211,000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 28.1% | 25.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.36x | 1.25x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- WPP GROUP (UK) LTD 2008-05-28 → present
- W P P DISTRIBUTIONS (UK) LTD 2008-05-22 → 2008-05-28
- WPP GROUP (UK) LTD 1993-04-08 → 2008-05-22
- ALNERY NO. 1180 LIMITED 1991-12-12 → 1993-04-08
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 GROUP (UK) LTD · parent
- ASDAA Public Relations Holding Inc 20%
- Auga Technologies Limited 4.86%
- Axicom Limited 100%
- BDG architecture + design Limited 100%
- Box of Vegetables Limited 75.3%
- CLOUD COMMERCE GROUP LTD 100%
- Cockpit Holdings Limited 99.99%
- Code Computer Love Limited 76.27%
- Cognifide Limited - IN DISSOLUTION 100%
- Coley Porter Bell Limited 100%
- Conscium Ltd 0%
- Cordiant Communications Group Limited 100%
- Design Bridge and Partners Worldwide Limited 100%
- Design Bridge Limited 100%
- Enigma Code Limited 24.1%
- EssenceMediacom Holdings Limited 3.5%
- Everymile Limited 100%
- Fictioneers Limited 61.66%
- Goat Solutions Ltd 100%
- Grey Saudi Limited 100%
- GreyPOSSIBLE Holding B V 100%
- Helix Sàrl 21.94%
- Hogarth Worldwide Limited 100%
- Ignite JV Limited 50%
- Intercom Americas LLC 100%
- Kinetic Worldwide Group Limited 100%
- Lambie-Nairn & Company Limited 100%
- Lambie-Nairn & Company Limited (German Branch) 100%
- Line Exchange Limited 100%
- Made Thought Creative Limited 75%
- Man vs Machine Limited 75%
- Memac Ogilvy & Mather Holding Inc 40%
- Mindshare Media Worldwide Limited 100%
- Mirum Europe B V 39.9%
- Nevis Holdings Limited 6.71%
- No Need 4 Mirrors Limited 100%
- NPCOMPLETE LTD 100%
- Ogilvy Health Limited 99.48%
- OPENMINDWORLD LIMITED - IN DISSOLUTION 100%
- Prophaven Limited 100%
- Quill Communications Limited 100%
- ReadySquare Limited 100%
- Set Creative UK Limited 65%
- Spafax Airtine Network Limited 100%
- Team Y&R Saudi Limited 100%
- The Brand Union Ltd 100%
- Thistleclub Limited 100%
- United Advertising Company Limited 50%
- Universal Design Studio Limited 75%
- VMLY&R KOL INSIGHTS & DIGITAL SOLUTIONS LIM 75%
- Voluntarily United Creative Agencies Limited 100%
- WPP 1178 100%
- WPP Brands Development Holdings (UK) Limited 0%
- WPP Finance 2017 100%
- WPP Group (Nominees) Limited 100%
- WPP MENA RHQ LLC 0%
- WPP North Atlantic Limited 100%
- WPP Pension Trustees Limited - IN DISSOLUTION 100%
- WPP Samson Limited 97%
- WPP Toronto Ltd 54.34%
- WPP Vancouver Ltd 84%
- WPPIH 2001, Inc 0%
- Wunderman Thompson Commerce UK Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPP GROUP (NOMINEES) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-09-19 | — | — |
| ASHBY, Alexander | Director | 2023-07-31 | Jan 1985 | British |
| DOUGLAS, Nicholas Paul | Director | 2022-09-30 | Aug 1965 | British |
| MARTIN, David Richard | Director | 2025-07-29 | Jan 1966 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALOW, David Ferguson | Secretary | 1993-03-19 | 2005-09-19 |
| SCHULTEN, Christopher Francis | Secretary | 1992-05-14 | 1993-03-19 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1991-12-12 | 1992-05-14 |
| CONAGHAN, Daniel Patrick | Director | 2019-11-21 | 2022-07-08 |
| DELANEY, Paul | Director | 2008-08-12 | 2013-08-29 |
| JOHNSON, Kurt Charles | Director | 2023-07-31 | 2025-07-29 |
| LERWILL, Robert Earl | Director | 1992-05-14 | 1996-12-05 |
| MELLMAN, Laurence | Director | 1999-02-04 | 2004-11-09 |
| PAYNE, Andrew Robertson | Director | 2019-11-21 | 2023-07-31 |
| PAYNE, Richard James | Director | 2022-07-01 | 2023-10-27 |
| READ, Nicholas Edward | Director | 1997-01-07 | 1999-07-01 |
| RICHARDSON, Paul Winston George | Director | 1995-12-08 | 2008-10-20 |
| SCOTT, Andrew Grant Balfour | Director | 1999-11-09 | 2018-11-12 |
| SORRELL, Martin Stuart | Director | 1992-05-14 | 2006-02-27 |
| SWEETLAND, Christopher Paul | Director | 2001-08-13 | 2016-07-01 |
| WELLE, Charles Ward Van Der | Director | 2013-09-20 | 2022-09-30 |
| WINTERS, Steve Richard | Director | 2016-07-06 | 2019-12-06 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1991-12-12 | 1992-05-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wpp 2005 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-12-12 | Active |
| Wpp Ln Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-12-12 |
| Wpp Jubilee Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-11-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 266 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-01-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-18 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-18 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-12-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.