AMV BBDO INVESTMENTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2023-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-15 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+74,515.5% vs 2022
Net assets
£38M
+16.9% vs 2022
Employees
327
-4.9% vs 2022
Profit before tax
£7M
-52.3% vs 2022
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- AMV BBDO INVESTMENTS LIMITED 2009-06-11 → present
- OMNICOM VENTURES LIMITED 2003-04-15 → 2009-06-11
- CPM INTERNATIONAL GROUP LIMITED 1997-09-18 → 2003-04-15
- DAVIDSON PEARCE GROUP LIMITED 1983-06-08 → 1997-09-18
- DIKAPPA (NUMBER 243) LIMITED 1983-02-14 → 1983-06-08
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2023-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £75,563,778 | £66,261,567 | |
| Operating profit | £15,059,935 | £6,545,804 | |
| Profit before tax | £15,354,153 | £7,323,987 | |
| Net profit | £12,663,587 | £5,737,717 | |
| Cash | £5,525 | £4,122,507 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £33,172,347 | £38,199,811 | |
| Net assets | £32,262,485 | £37,703,956 | |
| Equity | £32,262,485 | £37,703,956 | |
| Average employees | 344 | 327 | |
| Wages | £27,710,330 | £26,649,873 |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 19.9% | 9.9% | |
| Net margin | 16.8% | 8.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 45.4% | 17.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 56.5% | 52.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.80x | 1.92x | |
| Interest cover | 616.23x | 250.53x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Group or the company or cease their operations”
Group structure
- AMV BBDO INVESTMENTS LIMITED · parent
- Abbott Mead Vickers.BBDO Limited 100%
- Abbott Mead Vickers.BBDO Group Limited 100%
- Abbott Mead Vickers.BBDO Group Publishing Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 20 December 2024, Abbott Mead Vickers.BBDO Limited paid a dividend of £2,000,000 to Abbott Mead Vickers Group Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRAYNOR, John Devon | Secretary | 2025-08-28 | — | — |
| CAVANAGH, Helen Rosina | Director | 2023-06-12 | Mar 1971 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRAY, Sally Ann | Secretary | 2000-03-30 | 2025-08-28 |
| WOOLLEY, Diana Rosemary | Secretary | 1991-06-20 | 2000-03-31 |
| ADDISON, James Andrew | Director | — | 1994-01-04 |
| ASHLEY, Juliet Andrea Jane | Director | 2003-04-23 | 2007-04-01 |
| BIRKIN, Michael John | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2003-04-23 |
| BOASE, Martin | Director | — | 1995-03-31 |
| BYRNES, John James | Director | 2009-06-09 | 2019-02-07 |
| CUMMINGS, Ian Charles | Director | — | 1998-01-01 |
| EMSELL, Brian Richard | Director | — | 1997-08-26 |
| GILSON, Suzanne | Director | 2018-12-03 | 2022-03-11 |
| JONES, Peter Ivan | Director | 1994-01-04 | 1995-05-31 |
| LONEY, Suzanne Christina Rosemarie | Director | 2003-04-23 | 2009-12-31 |
| MORRIS ADAMS, Richard Egerton | Director | 1998-01-01 | 1999-01-28 |
| MORRIS ADAMS, Richard Egerton | Director | — | 1992-06-30 |
| MOSER, James Thomas | Director | 2018-12-03 | 2023-06-12 |
| NEWTON, Simon | Director | 2009-06-09 | 2014-07-31 |
| PENROSE, Noel Richard | Director | 1998-12-01 | 1999-05-07 |
| PREECE, Thomas William | Director | 2002-02-04 | 2003-04-23 |
| SANDERS, Martin Paul | Director | 2022-03-11 | 2026-02-28 |
| SNOWBALL, Priscilla Deborah | Director | 2014-07-16 | 2018-12-31 |
| STRATTON, Anthony John | Director | 1997-08-12 | 2003-04-23 |
| TROTMAN, Brian Martin | Director | 1997-08-12 | 2003-04-23 |
| WOOLLEY, Diana Rosemary | Director | 1994-01-04 | 1998-01-01 |
| WREFORD, Anthony William | Director | 1999-10-01 | 2003-04-23 |
| YARDLEY, Simon Theodore Thomas | Director | — | 1994-01-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott Mead Vickers Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 223 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-07-31 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2025-06-04 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-06-04 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-06-04 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-06-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-03 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2025-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 2
- 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
FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-12-31 vs 2022-12-31
-
Turnover
-12.3%
£75,563,778 £66,261,567
-
Cash
+74,515.5%
£5,525 £4,122,507
-
Net assets
+16.9%
£32,262,485 £37,703,956
-
Employees
-4.9%
344 327
-
Operating profit
-56.5%
£15,059,935 £6,545,804
-
Profit before tax
-52.3%
£15,354,153 £7,323,987
-
Wages
-3.8%
£27,710,330 £26,649,873
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