MERKLE UK ONE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-04 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-20
Watchouts
Cash
£775K
-73.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£42M
+23.6% vs 2023
Employees
392
-12.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£11M
+233.6% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
As the directors do not intend to acquire a replacement trade and intend to liquidate, they have not prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £137,081,000 | £127,776,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,710,000 | £9,128,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,350,000 | £11,175,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,657,000 | £7,927,000 | |
| Cash | £2,958,000 | £775,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £33,644,000 | £41,572,000 | |
| Net assets | £33,644,000 | £41,572,000 | |
| Equity | £33,644,000 | £41,572,000 | |
| Average employees | 448 | 392 | |
| Wages | £31,728,000 | £26,669,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £397,000 | £398,000 |
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
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Turnover
-6.8%
£137,081,000 £127,776,000
-
Cash
-73.8%
£2,958,000 £775,000
-
Net assets
+23.6%
£33,644,000 £41,572,000
-
Employees
-12.5%
448 392
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Operating profit
+433.8%
£1,710,000 £9,128,000
-
Profit before tax
+233.6%
£3,350,000 £11,175,000
-
Wages
-15.9%
£31,728,000 £26,669,000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.2% | 7.1% | |
| Net margin | 1.9% | 6.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.1% | 22.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 52.4% | 45.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.90x | 2.20x |
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
- MERKLE UK ONE LIMITED 2017-10-06 → present
- DBG ONE LIMITED 2011-07-05 → 2017-10-06
- DATABASE GROUP INVESTMENTS LIMITED 2007-05-24 → 2011-07-05
- MAESTRO COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 2004-10-06 → 2007-05-24
- MAILCOM MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED 2001-06-20 → 2004-10-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“As the directors do not intend to acquire a replacement trade and intend to liquidate, they have not prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- MERKLE UK ONE LIMITED · parent
- Merkle, S.L. 100%
Significant events
- “The Company ceased trading on 3 July 2025, and transferred the trade and assets to another Group company (Dentsu UK Limited).”
- “The directors do not intend to acquire a replacement trade and intend to liquidate.”
- “There were no dividends paid or declared in 2024 (2023: Nil).”
- “The Company made charitable donations of £5,000 (2023: £1,087) during the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOGG, Stuart | Director | 2025-08-29 | Feb 1986 | British |
| MALE, Annette June | Director | 2025-01-31 | Oct 1974 | British |
| STOREY, Nick | Director | 2023-03-13 | Jul 1987 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISENBERG, Brett | Secretary | 2004-09-02 | 2010-03-02 |
| MOBERLY, Andrew | Secretary | 2017-09-18 | 2020-02-29 |
| NOIK, Darryl Sean | Secretary | 2002-01-31 | 2004-09-02 |
| RUBIN, Beverly | Secretary | 2016-02-05 | 2017-09-18 |
| TROTT, Richard James | Secretary | 2010-03-02 | 2016-02-05 |
| WESTHORP, Nigel | Secretary | 2001-06-20 | 2002-01-31 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-06-20 | 2001-06-20 |
| AUSTIN, Alan | Director | 2001-06-29 | 2002-02-28 |
| BANNATYNE, Alan Robert | Director | 2001-06-29 | 2001-11-19 |
| CHIANG, Alexander Jong-Luan | Director | 2002-03-01 | 2006-01-31 |
| DE VILLIERS, Dawid Keith | Director | 2003-05-30 | 2005-03-09 |
| FERRIE, Graham William | Director | 2001-06-29 | 2001-09-27 |
| GREENWOOD, Alison | Director | 2001-06-29 | 2002-07-16 |
| ISENBERG, Brett | Director | 2017-09-18 | 2022-09-23 |
| ISENBERG, Brett | Director | 2003-12-17 | 2016-02-05 |
| JOHNSON, Neil | Director | 2011-05-26 | 2012-01-31 |
| KOMASINSKI, Michael | Director | 2017-09-18 | 2021-02-08 |
| LEES, Richard Douglas | Director | 2007-01-26 | 2016-02-05 |
| LEES, Richard Douglas | Director | 2001-06-29 | 2003-10-22 |
| NOIK, Darryl Sean | Director | 2001-06-29 | 2005-08-09 |
| ROMIJN, Dennis | Director | 2021-02-08 | 2023-04-05 |
| SAWYER, Andrew Graham | Director | 2011-05-26 | 2016-02-05 |
| STAGG, Anne Elizabeth | Director | 2021-02-08 | 2025-03-12 |
| STRAWBRIDGE, Kevin | Director | 2001-06-29 | 2006-01-31 |
| TANGAS, Angela | Director | 2024-07-05 | 2024-12-31 |
| WATSON, Allan | Director | 2001-06-20 | 2016-02-05 |
| WILLIAMS, David Scott | Director | 2016-02-05 | 2021-02-08 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-06-20 | 2001-06-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merkle Marketing Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75% | 2016-09-01 | Active |
| Mr David Williams | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-09-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 183 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-25 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-25 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-07-25 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-07-25 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-07-25 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2024-12-19 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2024-12-19 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2024-12-19 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2024-09-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2024-01-23 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2024-01-23 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2024-01-23 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.