ESSENCEMEDIACOM SCOTLAND LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-20 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£35M
+38.4% vs 2023
Employees
28
-3.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£10M
+24.6% vs 2023
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £10,972,000 | £12,322,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | £6,961,000 | £8,532,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £7,781,000 | £9,695,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £7,782,000 | £9,693,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £25,260,000 | £34,948,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £25,216,000 | £34,909,000 | |
| Equity | £17,434,000 | £25,216,000 | £34,909,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 29 | 28 | |
| Wages | — | £1,808,000 | £1,246,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
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
+12.3%
£10,972,000 £12,322,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+38.4%
£25,216,000 £34,909,000
-
Employees
-3.4%
29 28
-
Operating profit
+22.6%
£6,961,000 £8,532,000
-
Profit before tax
+24.6%
£7,781,000 £9,695,000
-
Wages
-31.1%
£1,808,000 £1,246,000
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 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 63.4% | 69.2% | |
| Net margin | — | 70.9% | 78.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 27.6% | 24.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | 2.07x | 2.23x | |
| Interest cover | — | 108.77x | 115.30x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- ESSENCEMEDIACOM SCOTLAND LIMITED 2023-07-05 → present
- MEDIACOM SCOTLAND LIMITED 2001-01-31 → 2023-07-05
- MEDIACOM TMB SCOTLAND LIMITED 1999-02-25 → 2001-01-31
- THE MEDIA BUSINESS SCOTLAND LIMITED 1997-02-11 → 1999-02-25
- PCO 164 LIMITED 1996-12-27 → 1997-02-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have assessed the ongoing business activities and the factors likely to affect the future development, performance and financial position of the Company 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 supported by the overall WPP plc financing arrangements via the cash pooling arrangements. The conditions of these cash pooling arrangements, which are described in notes 13 and 14, were considered by the Directors when assessing the appropriateness of the going concern basis of the Company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPP GROUP (NOMINEES) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-09-19 | — | — |
| NICHOLS, Michael John | Director | 2024-07-29 | Mar 1985 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEWHURST, David Mark | Secretary | 1997-11-10 | 1999-06-18 |
| GRIFFITHS, Sally Jane | Secretary | 1999-07-29 | 2003-06-30 |
| LYSIONEK, Susan Mary | Secretary | 2003-07-01 | 2007-09-18 |
| ROSENBERG, Stephen Andre | Secretary | 1997-04-18 | 1997-11-10 |
| PAILEX CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-12-27 | 1997-04-18 |
| ALLAN, Stephen David | Director | 1997-04-18 | 2020-06-30 |
| BROWN, Russell | Director | 2017-12-01 | 2018-09-07 |
| CLARK, Scott Michael | Director | 2024-03-06 | 2024-04-23 |
| DEWHURST, David Mark | Director | 1997-11-10 | 1999-06-18 |
| JARVIE, Euan | Director | 1998-09-01 | 2009-03-01 |
| KROPMAN, Jonathan Ronald | Nominee Director | 1996-12-27 | 1997-04-18 |
| LAWSON, Nicholas Alexander | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2025-06-30 |
| LEE, Nigel Bruce | Director | 2019-07-03 | 2024-01-09 |
| POYNTON, Darren William | Director | 2015-02-02 | 2015-07-31 |
| RICH, Allan Jeffrey | Director | 1997-04-18 | 2003-05-12 |
| SHEARER, David William | Director | 2003-10-01 | 2022-02-25 |
| TOBIN, David Giles | Director | 2004-07-26 | 2005-01-19 |
| TRAY, Simon Laurence | Director | 2000-10-04 | 2017-11-30 |
| VAN BARTHOLD, Paul | Director | 1998-09-01 | 2000-09-08 |
| WADE, Peter | Director | 2018-09-19 | 2024-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essencemediacom Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-12-19 | Active |
| Mediacom Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-12-27 | Ceased 2022-12-19 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 134 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-07-05 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2023-07-05 CONNOT Change of name notice
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-22 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-05 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-07-05 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2023-03-20 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-06 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.