WPP BRANDS HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-13 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£224M
+29.9% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£15M
+108.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- WPP BRANDS HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITED 2018-11-05 → present
- YOUNG & RUBICAM HOLDINGS (U.K.) LIMITED 1987-10-15 → 2018-11-05
- YOUNG & RUBICAM U.K. LIMITED 1980-12-29 → 1987-10-15
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£6,000 | -£4,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,999,000 | £14,607,000 | |
| Net profit | £6,999,000 | £14,607,000 | |
| Cash | £719,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £172,229,000 | £223,806,000 | |
| Net assets | £172,229,000 | £223,806,000 | |
| Equity | £172,229,000 | £223,806,000 | |
| 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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -0.0% | -0.0% | |
| Current ratio | 22433.71x | 42910.00x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- WPP BRANDS HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITED · parent
- WPP Brands (UK) Limited 100%
- WPP Brands (Europe) Limited 100%
- VML(UK) Limited 100%
- Public Relations and International Sports Marketing Limited 100%
- Ogilvy Health Limited 99.94%
- VMLY&R Health Limited 99.94%
- CHI Wunderman UK Limited 50%
Significant events
- “On 28 April 2025, the Company reduced the nominal value of each Ordinary share from £1 to £0.00000000001 and reduced the amount standing to the credit of the Company's share premium account from £60,000 to £nil. This increased retained earnings by £90,200,651.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAZUR, Helina | Secretary | 1996-08-14 | — | British |
| BISHOP, Nicholas David Charles | Director | 2025-09-29 | Mar 1973 | British |
| BORISOV, Tsvetan Kirilov | Director | 2024-03-06 | Apr 1975 | Bulgarian |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCLACHLAN, Eliza Catherine | Secretary | 1995-06-20 | 1996-08-31 |
| MILSOM, Dennis | Secretary | — | 1995-06-20 |
| BAHL, Kim Elaine | Director | 2005-01-25 | 2008-04-30 |
| COOPER, Russell John | Director | — | 1994-06-10 |
| DE BAKKER, Ferdinand | Director | 1995-10-11 | 2001-01-01 |
| DEO, Joseph Ermengildo De | Director | — | 1993-06-07 |
| ECCLESHARE, Christoper William, Mr. | Director | 2004-11-04 | 2005-04-28 |
| GLADWELL, David Julian | Director | 2015-02-26 | 2022-09-08 |
| GREENE, David Elsworth | Director | — | 1995-02-14 |
| GRINDALL, David John | Director | 1993-06-11 | 1994-02-14 |
| HIMPE, Stefaan Leo Hilda | Director | 2003-03-06 | 2009-09-18 |
| HIRIGOYEN, Eve Sarah | Director | 1995-10-11 | 1996-02-26 |
| KOPEC, Marta Barbara | Director | 2022-09-08 | 2024-05-09 |
| LAFAYE, Jean Paul | Director | 1993-11-19 | 2001-02-21 |
| LINDHEIM, James B | Director | 1993-11-19 | 1995-02-14 |
| MCCORMICK, Ian | Director | 2002-10-31 | 2004-12-08 |
| MONTERO, Fernan Gonzalo | Director | 1995-10-11 | 1998-09-18 |
| PAUL, Ian Gary | Director | 2007-04-13 | 2025-09-17 |
| PIENAAR, Mario Morne | Director | 2014-10-27 | 2015-02-27 |
| PINILLA, Ignacio Cabezon | Director | 2009-10-28 | 2024-03-06 |
| ROUSSET, Alain Maurice Michel | Director | 1995-10-11 | 2003-03-06 |
| VERGNANO, Massimo Libero, Doctor | Director | 1993-11-19 | 2004-11-03 |
| WIDMER, Bruno Erlich | Director | 1998-11-02 | 2001-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wpp Brands Development Holdings (Uk) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 245 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-02-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-16 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-30 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-05-30 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-05-30 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-05-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-28 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-03-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-17 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+29.9%
£172,229,000 £223,806,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+33.3%
-£6,000 -£4,000
-
Profit before tax
+108.7%
£6,999,000 £14,607,000
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