HAVAS MARKET UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-15 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£811K
-83.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
-60.7% vs 2023
Employees
112
-4.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+90.9% vs 2023
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 | £14,536,000 | £11,566,000 | |
| Operating profit | £940,000 | £1,141,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,106,000 | £2,111,000 | |
| Net profit | £822,000 | £1,772,000 | |
| Cash | £4,809,000 | £811,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,392,000 | £2,734,000 | |
| Net assets | £6,141,000 | £2,415,000 | |
| Equity | £6,141,000 | £2,415,000 | |
| Average employees | 117 | 112 | |
| Wages | £4,768,000 | £4,658,000 | |
| 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
-20.4%
£14,536,000 £11,566,000
-
Cash
-83.1%
£4,809,000 £811,000
-
Net assets
-60.7%
£6,141,000 £2,415,000
-
Employees
-4.3%
117 112
-
Operating profit
+21.4%
£940,000 £1,141,000
-
Profit before tax
+90.9%
£1,106,000 £2,111,000
-
Wages
-2.3%
£4,768,000 £4,658,000
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 | 6.5% | 9.9% | |
| Net margin | 5.7% | 15.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.7% | 41.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.50x | 2.12x | |
| Interest cover | — | 36.81x |
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 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-03-21
- HAVAS MARKET UK LIMITED 2025-03-21 → present
- SEARCH LABORATORY LIMITED 2005-11-08 → 2025-03-21
- SEARCH LABORATORIES LIMITED 2005-11-01 → 2005-11-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Constantin
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- HAVAS MARKET UK LIMITED · parent
- Search Laboratory Inc 100%
- Search Laboratory Software Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The company and certain group undertakings participate in the Havas UK Limited group banking facility. In connection therewith, each of the members of the group have given unlimited cross guarantees. The directors do not expect any loss to the company to arise in respect of the foregoing guarantees.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROSS, Allan John | Secretary | 2025-03-31 | — | — |
| AFFLECK, Patrick Andrew Robert | Director | 2022-03-22 | Apr 1978 | British |
| MCARTHUR, Anna Louise Liberty | Director | 2025-03-31 | Jan 1987 | British |
| TODHUNTER, Darren | Director | 2022-03-22 | Jun 1968 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARRIS, Ian Mark | Secretary | 2021-08-24 | 2022-03-22 |
| HARRIS, Ronald Mark | Secretary | 2005-11-01 | 2021-08-24 |
| MCARTHUR, Anna Louise Liberty | Secretary | 2022-03-22 | 2025-03-31 |
| ABERGAN REED NOMINEES LTD | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2005-11-01 | 2005-11-01 |
| ATTEWELL, Christopher Joseph | Director | 2019-02-28 | 2022-03-22 |
| BYRNE, Lesley Patricia | Director | 2015-01-09 | 2022-03-22 |
| CARR, Tim | Director | 2012-01-16 | 2022-03-22 |
| HARRIS, Ian Mark | Director | 2005-11-01 | 2022-03-22 |
| HARRIS, Ronald Mark | Director | 2005-11-01 | 2021-08-24 |
| READMAN, John Edward | Director | 2012-11-01 | 2014-01-09 |
| ROSS, Allan John | Director | 2022-03-22 | 2025-03-31 |
| ABERGAN REED LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2005-11-01 | 2005-11-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Havas Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-03-22 | Active |
| Frances Mary Harris | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2021-08-24 | Ceased 2022-03-22 |
| Mr Ian Mark Harris | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-03-22 |
| Mr Ronald Mark Harris | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-08-24 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 102 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-03-21 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2025-03-21 CONNOT Change of name notice
- 2022-04-13 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-04-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-04-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-21 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-03-21 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2024-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-18 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2022-04-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-04-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-04-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.