ESSENCEMEDIACOM NORTH LIMITED

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

• Turnover

  -25.4%

  £61,831,000 → £46,101,000

• Cash

  +1,000%

  £32,000 → £352,000

• Net assets

  -6.9%

  £63,275,000 → £58,893,000

• Employees

  -16.1%

  230 → 193

• Operating profit

  -195%

  £6,795,000 → -£6,454,000

• Profit before tax

  -147.7%

  £8,630,000 → -£4,113,000

• Wages

  +6.4%

  £14,455,000 → £15,379,000

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

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. 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.

1. ESSENCEMEDIACOM NORTH LIMITED 2023-03-31 → present
2. MEDIACOM NORTH LIMITED 2000-12-13 → 2023-03-31
3. MEDIACOM TMB NORTH LIMITED 1999-04-12 → 2000-12-13
4. THE MEDIA BUSINESS NORTH LIMITED 1996-09-20 → 1999-04-12
5. PCO 149 LIMITED 1996-06-05 → 1996-09-20

Accounting basis

FRS 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After making enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least the next 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements. Additionally, the Company is a subsidiary of WPP plc and is subject to the overall WPP plc financing arrangements. The Company has received a letter of support from WPP Jubilee Limited, an intermediate parent entity, to provide adequate financial support to the Company for a period of no less than 12 months from the date of this financial report to enable the Company to meet its debts and when they fall due.”

Significant events

• “On 1 January 2024, the trade and assets of Cheethambell JWT Limited, a fellow Group company, were transferred to the Company at a value of £(125,000) for a purchase price of £429,000, resulting in a loss of £554,000 which is recognised in the merger reserve.”
• “A dividend of £55,635,000 was declared on 8 December 2025 and subsequently paid in the same month. As at the date of signing these financial statements, the Company is reassessing whether any portion of the dividend could constitute a distribution which may have arisen otherwise than in accordance with the Companies Act 2006, and whether any remedial action is required to be undertaken.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

6

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.