S.H.BENSON(INDIA)LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-23 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£6M
-48.2% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£4M
-6.1% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £4,062,000 | £3,813,000 | |
| Net profit | £4,062,000 | £3,813,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,787,000 | £5,587,000 | |
| Net assets | £10,787,000 | £5,587,000 | |
| Equity | £10,787,000 | £5,587,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Audit opinion
- Unaudited (audit-exempt)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- S.H.BENSON(INDIA)LIMITED · parent
- Ogilvy & Mather Pvt Ltd 40%
- WPP Holdings (Mauritius) Ltd 74%
- Equus Advertising Company Ltd (in dissolution) 74%
- Hindustan Thompson Advertising Limited 55%
- Geometry Global (Private) Limited 30%
- Phoenix O&M (Pvt.) Ltd. 30%
- Contract Advertising India Pvt Ltd 33%
- HTA Marketing Services Private Limited 20%
- Brand David Communications Private Limited 20%
- Eighty Two Point Five Communications Private Limited 20%
- Shanghai Allied Advertising Ltd 22%
- Ogilvy Digital (Pvt) Ltd 15%
- Kinetic Advertising India Private Limited 33%
- Thompson Nepal Private Ltd 42%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPP GROUP (NOMINEES) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-08-14 | — | — |
| ASHBY, Alexander | Director | 2023-07-31 | Jan 1985 | British |
| MARTIN, David Richard | Director | 2026-01-15 | Jan 1966 | British |
| NEW, Paul Stephen | Director | 2026-01-15 | May 1968 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KENNEDY, Jane Myra | Secretary | 1997-12-23 | 1999-08-31 |
| LEPLEY, Stephen Keith | Secretary | 2000-09-28 | 2007-08-14 |
| PLOWMAN, George Owen | Secretary | — | 1994-02-08 |
| SWEETLAND, Christopher | Secretary | 1999-08-17 | 2000-09-28 |
| WALKER, Peter | Secretary | 1994-02-08 | 1997-12-31 |
| BARNES-AUSTIN, James David | Director | 2024-09-09 | 2026-01-15 |
| BARNES-AUSTIN, James David | Director | 2010-01-19 | 2015-05-29 |
| BEDFORD RUSSELL, James | Director | 2000-03-23 | 2008-03-11 |
| BORTHWICK, Brian Livsey Fairlie | Director | — | 1994-02-08 |
| CORNWELL, John William | Director | 2017-08-16 | 2024-07-03 |
| DADRA, Raj Kumar | Director | 2015-07-02 | 2017-05-31 |
| ILES, Michael Victor Stanton | Director | 2008-09-04 | 2010-01-19 |
| KELSEY, Katherine Elizabeth | Director | 2008-03-11 | 2008-09-04 |
| KENNEDY, Jane Myra | Director | 1997-12-23 | 1999-08-31 |
| LEPLEY, Stephen Keith | Director | 2000-09-28 | 2016-04-29 |
| PAYNE, Andrew Robertson | Director | 2020-03-16 | 2023-07-31 |
| SIMONS, Paul Vincent | Director | 1999-08-10 | 2002-03-04 |
| SMITH, Karla | Director | 2019-11-28 | 2026-01-15 |
| SWEETLAND, Christopher | Director | 1999-08-17 | 2000-09-28 |
| WALKER, Peter | Director | 1994-02-08 | 1997-12-31 |
| WALSH, Michael Jeffrey | Director | — | 1999-08-10 |
| WINTERS, Steve Richard | Director | 2019-08-22 | 2019-12-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wpp Unicorn Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 154 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-03-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-16 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2026-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-21 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-21 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-19 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-03-19 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-03-19 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-03-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-48.2%
£10,787,000 £5,587,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
-6.1%
£4,062,000 £3,813,000
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