FOX IPL LIMITED

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  Material uncertainty over going concern

  These conditions create a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt upon its ability to continue as a going concern for the coming 12 months from the date of the directors signing these financial statements.

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  1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

1. FOX IPL LIMITED 2008-02-01 → present
2. WEBER SHANDWICK TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 2003-07-24 → 2008-02-01
3. MILLER/SHANDWICK TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 1996-05-31 → 2003-07-24
4. SHANDWICK TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 1995-11-01 → 1996-05-31
5. MILLER COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 1991-05-20 → 1995-11-01
6. SHANDWICK TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 1990-04-03 → 1991-05-20
7. FIRSTSALE 3. LIMITED 1988-08-31 → 1990-04-03
8. PUBLICITY PLUS (EAST ANGLIA) LIMITED 1977-12-13 → 1988-08-31

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Material uncertainty disclosed

“These conditions create a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt upon its ability to continue as a going concern for the coming 12 months from the date of the directors signing these financial statements.”

Significant events

• “On 9 December 2024, it was announced that The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc ("IPG") board of directors unanimously approved a definitive agreement pursuant to which Omnicom Group Inc. ("Omnicom") will acquire IPG, the Company's ultimate parent undertaking and controlling party.”
• “On 18 March 2025, both The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. and Omnicom Group Inc. confirmed that their shareholders had approved the merger of the two companies. However, completion of the transaction remains subject to regulatory approvals.”

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

Filings

8

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

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.

• Turnover

  -43.6%

  £11,544,000 → £6,515,000

• Cash

  +8.4%

  £31,830,000 → £34,496,000

• Net assets

  +8.4%

  £32,619,000 → £35,365,000

• Employees

  -28.3%

  60 → 43

• Operating profit

  -76%

  £2,050,000 → £493,000

• Profit before tax

  -8.6%

  £3,614,000 → £3,305,000

• Wages

  -28.8%

  £4,371,000 → £3,110,000

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