JCDECAUX UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-14 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£0
-100% vs 2023
Net assets
£46M
+33.7% vs 2023
Employees
560
+10.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£30M
+15.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- JCDECAUX UK LIMITED 2007-07-16 → present
- J C DECAUX UK LTD. 1991-07-01 → 2007-07-16
- STREET EQUIPMENT LIMITED 1983-09-21 → 1991-07-01
- J.C. DECAUX LOOMATIC LIMITED 1983-01-24 → 1983-09-21
- ZEALOCEAN LIMITED 1982-11-19 → 1983-01-24
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 | £405,602,000 | £456,377,000 | |
| Operating profit | £27,764,000 | £29,365,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £26,122,000 | £30,281,000 | |
| Net profit | £22,379,000 | £25,934,000 | |
| Cash | £49,000 | £0 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £171,653,000 | £160,731,000 | |
| Net assets | £34,745,000 | £46,465,000 | |
| Equity | £34,745,000 | £46,465,000 | |
| Average employees | 507 | 560 | |
| Wages | £30,702,000 | £37,449,000 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.8% | 6.4% | |
| Net margin | 5.5% | 5.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.2% | 18.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 89.8% | 85.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.23x | 1.17x | |
| Interest cover | 9.60x | 13.17x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- 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 12 months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue”
Group structure
- JCDECAUX UK LIMITED · parent
- The Allam Group Limited 100%
- Urban Communications Trustees Limited 100%
- Excel Outdoor Media Limited 100%
- In Focus Outdoor Networks Limited 100%
- JCDecaux Small Cells Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year-end, the Company disposed of bus shelters. This transaction occurred after the reporting date and does not affect the financial position as at 31 December 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WANG, Xinyue (Anna) | Secretary | 2023-02-24 | — | — |
| COLLINS, Christopher William Robertson | Director | 2019-03-27 | Jun 1978 | British |
| DECAUX, Jean-Francois | Director | 2013-09-12 | Mar 1959 | French |
| DRYE, Philip Stewart | Director | 2003-01-01 | Mar 1965 | British |
| MCEVOY, David | Director | 2003-01-01 | Jul 1961 | British |
| WANG, Xinyue (Anna) | Director | 2023-02-24 | Feb 1987 | Chinese |
| WILDMAN, Simon, Mr. | Director | 2026-03-12 | Aug 1982 | British |
| WILES, Dallas Conroy | Director | 2019-03-27 | Jun 1975 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOISSEAU, Sandra | Secretary | 2022-03-24 | 2023-02-24 |
| CAUDROM, Robert | Secretary | — | 1991-09-01 |
| HUON DE KERMADEC, Thibaut | Secretary | 2019-10-07 | 2022-03-24 |
| THOMAS, Philip Idris James | Secretary | 2002-01-01 | 2019-10-07 |
| THOMPSON, Ian Nicholas | Secretary | 1991-09-01 | 2001-12-31 |
| BERWIN, Spencer | Director | 1998-10-05 | 2019-10-07 |
| BLANCHARD, Gael | Director | 1996-07-25 | 2006-10-04 |
| BOISSEAU, Sandra | Director | 2022-02-15 | 2023-02-24 |
| BROUSSE, Alain | Director | 1991-09-01 | 1994-12-31 |
| CAUDRON, Robert | Director | 1996-07-25 | 2007-07-02 |
| COOPER, Mark | Director | 2000-01-13 | 2015-10-01 |
| DECAUX, Jean-Francois | Director | 1991-09-01 | 2002-12-31 |
| DECAUX, Jean-Luc | Director | 2000-04-18 | 2000-09-01 |
| DECAUX, Jeane Claude | Director | — | 1991-09-01 |
| DEGONSE, Gerard | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2010-12-16 |
| DUPRE, Xavier | Director | 1998-10-05 | 2020-11-02 |
| EDDLESTON, Neil Allan | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2020-11-02 |
| FRANCE, Julie | Director | 2009-01-01 | 2014-01-31 |
| HAGUENIER, Antoine | Director | 2025-01-17 | 2025-10-15 |
| HAINES, Lawrence Richard | Director | 2000-06-27 | 2016-02-02 |
| HUON DE KERMADEC, Thibaut | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2022-03-24 |
| JEANJEAN, Pierre Michel Marie | Director | 1994-01-03 | 2012-04-13 |
| KAVANAGH, Helena Mary | Director | 2012-08-23 | 2025-08-26 |
| MALE, Jeremy John | Director | 2000-09-01 | 2013-09-12 |
| SULLIVAN, Alan | Director | 2014-01-31 | 2019-08-31 |
| THOMAS, Philip Idris James | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2019-10-07 |
| THOMPSON, Ian Nicholas | Director | 1994-01-03 | 2001-12-31 |
| WEBB, Mark | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2004-09-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jean-Francois Decaux | Individual | Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-07-22 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 214 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-03-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-04-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
+12.5%
£405,602,000 £456,377,000
-
Cash
-100%
£49,000 £0
-
Net assets
+33.7%
£34,745,000 £46,465,000
-
Employees
+10.5%
507 560
-
Operating profit
+5.8%
£27,764,000 £29,365,000
-
Profit before tax
+15.9%
£26,122,000 £30,281,000
-
Wages
+22%
£30,702,000 £37,449,000
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