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DENTSU UK LIMITED

#01939690 · Active · Incorporated 1985-08-15 (40y 9m) · Last filing 2026-04-10 (1mo ago)
Consumer Discretionary · SIC 73110 · M Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities · Full accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-04-04 (in 11mo)

Last made up 2026-03-21

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£8M

-45.7% vs 2023

Net assets

£153M

+38% vs 2023

Employees

2,833

-1% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£44M

+707% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 9 times since incorporation

  1. DENTSU UK LIMITED 2021-11-01 → present
  2. DENTSU LONDON LIMITED 2020-10-01 → 2021-11-01
  3. DENTSU AEGIS LONDON LIMITED 2015-05-07 → 2020-10-01
  4. DENTSU AEGIS UK LIMITED 2014-04-10 → 2015-05-07
  5. AEGIS MEDIA LIMITED 2007-12-13 → 2014-04-10
  6. AEGIS MEDIA UK & IRELAND LIMITED 2003-06-13 → 2007-12-13
  7. CARAT GROUP UK LIMITED 1998-06-01 → 2003-06-13
  8. CARAT UK LIMITED 1991-10-01 → 1998-06-01
  9. TMD ADVERTISING HOLDINGS LIMITED 1991-09-12 → 1991-10-01
  10. TMD ADVERTISING HOLDINGS PLC 1985-08-15 → 1991-09-12

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £329,355,000£326,048,000
Operating profit -£21,876,000£2,814,000
Profit before tax -£7,301,000£44,316,000
Net profit -£4,397,000£42,076,000
Cash £15,455,000£8,395,000
Total assets less current liabilities £170,613,000£165,120,000
Net assets £110,597,000£152,673,000
Equity £110,597,000£152,673,000
Average employees 2,8632,833
Wages £144,017,000£136,704,000

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin -6.6%0.9%
Net margin -1.3%12.9%
Return on capital employed -12.8%1.7%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 87.4%81.3%
Current ratio 1.22x1.18x
Interest cover -2.58x2.10x

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
KPMG LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis, which the directors consider to be appropriate. The Company meets its day-to-day working capital requirements through cash generated from its trading and the use of a cash-pooling facility provided to participating subsidiaries in the group headed by Dentsu Group Inc.”

Group structure

  1. DENTSU UK LIMITED · parent
    1. Isobar Commerce Global Limited 100% · UK · Retail services
    2. Poster Management (N.I) Limited 100% · Northern Ireland · Placement of advertising
    3. Whitespace (Scotland) Limited 100% · UK · Placement of advertising
    4. B2B International Ltd 100% · UK · Consulting services
    5. RE:Production Limited 100% · UK · Placement of advertising
    6. Paragon Digital Services Limited 100% · UK · Placement of advertising
    7. John Brown Magazines Limited 100% · UK · Publishing
    8. Dentsu Ireland Holdings Limited 100% · Ireland · Placement of advertising
    9. AGL UK Investments Limited 100% · UK · Placement of advertising
    10. Gleam Futures, LLC 100% · USA · Talent Management
    11. Dentsu Croatia d.o.o. 100% · Croatia · Placement of advertising
    12. John Brown Media FZ-LLC 100% · United Arab Emirates · Publishing
    13. D'Agyle Limited 25% · Nigeria · Placement of advertising
    14. Dentsu OOH Limited 25% · Nigeria · Placement of advertising
    15. Salesnet Nigeria Limited 25% · Nigeria · Placement of advertising
    16. B2B International GmbH 100% · Germany · Placement of advertising
    17. B2B International Consulting (Beijing) Co. Ltd 100% · China · Placement of advertising

Significant events

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

People

5 active · 53 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
BALDWIN, Robert Patrick Director 2014-10-21 Mar 1975 British
BRADFORD, Richard Director 2024-07-15 Dec 1974 British
MALE, Annette June Director 2025-01-30 Oct 1974 British
STOREY, Nick Director 2023-03-13 Jul 1987 British
VILLA MULTEDO, Massimo Director 2019-06-05 May 1968 Italian
Show 53 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
FOSTER, John Leslie Secretary 2002-03-12 2011-08-01
HITCHON, Mary Elizabeth Secretary 2020-03-16 2025-06-30
JAMISON, Mark Paul Secretary 1998-01-06 2002-03-12
MOBERLY, Andrew John Secretary 2013-08-19 2020-02-29
POWLEY, Roger Peter Secretary — 1997-12-31
WALLACE, Peter Secretary 2011-08-01 2013-08-19
ALTMAN, Alex Edward Director 2003-02-04 2004-01-05
BASTERFIELD, Mary Margaret Director 2016-10-12 2018-02-09
BOOTHBY, Christopher Simon Director 2004-03-19 2005-10-01
BUHLMANN, Jeremy Martin Director — 1999-10-29
COLE, Terence Richard Director 1998-05-28 1999-09-17
CONRY, Martin John Director 1993-11-24 1997-11-21
CRAZE, Mark Robert Benjamin Director — 2004-04-23
DE GROOSE, Tracy Anne Director 2014-09-13 2017-10-13
DONNELLY, Pat Director 2003-02-04 2005-02-28
ELEY, Elizabeth Susan Director 2002-08-27 2006-08-31
FEATHER, Stuart Nicholas Director 1999-11-15 2011-11-18
FOSTER, John Leslie Director 2002-03-12 2011-08-01
FROGLEY, Susan Clare Director 2008-01-01 2012-05-11
GLYDON, Patrick Richard Director 2012-05-11 2015-05-01
GRANT, Patricia Francis Director 1999-10-29 2004-03-19
GULLEN, Philip Stuart Director 1995-01-01 2001-05-31
HARRISON, David Ernest Director — 1994-10-26
HOCHMAN, Charles Director 1993-01-19 1994-10-26
HORLER, Robert Anthony Director 2010-12-01 2015-05-01
HORLER, Robert Anthony Director 2003-02-04 2008-01-22
HUIJBOOM, Petrus Henricus Coenraad Director 2020-11-13 2023-12-31
JAMISON, Mark Paul Director 1992-07-14 2002-03-12
JARVIE, Euan Mackenzie Director 2021-01-07 2021-10-21
JARVIS, Mark Director 2004-03-19 2005-08-25
JONES, Neil Stanley Director 2005-02-23 2009-04-20
KELLY, Raymond Frank Director — 2002-02-05
LEFEBVRE, Michael Director 1993-01-19 1994-05-19
MANTON, Michael George Director — 1994-04-18
MCDONNELL, Liam William Peter Director 2005-02-23 2010-12-07
MILLAR, Grant Director 2010-12-01 2012-09-28
MILLS, Colin John Director 1999-10-29 2005-05-13
O'CONNELL, Nikola Kate Director — 1994-12-21
PLATTS, Matthew Director 2012-10-01 2020-03-16
PONTIDAS, Peter Director 2014-10-21 2025-03-31
POWLEY, Roger Peter Director — 1997-12-31
PRICE, Claire Margaret Director 2013-09-16 2016-10-12
REICH, David Sigmund Director — 1992-07-14
RICKARD, Anne Teresa Director 1994-10-26 2018-03-28
ROMIJN, Dennis Romijn Director 2019-06-05 2023-04-05
SHARROCKS, Nigel Director 2004-09-20 2012-05-11
SPERRIN, Nicholas Stephen Director 2021-01-06 2024-04-24
TANGAS, Angela Director 2024-07-15 2024-12-31
THOMAS, Nicholas Paul Director 2015-05-01 2019-06-05
VIAL COLLET, Thierry Francois Director 1993-01-19 1994-05-19
WALLACE, Peter Gary Director 2011-08-01 2013-08-30
WILLIAMS, Michael Brian Director — 1993-11-24
YERSHON, Michael Larry Director — 1992-07-14

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Dentsu International Finance Corporate entity Shares 75–100% 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 306 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2023-12-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2026-04-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-09-18 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-06-30 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2025-03-31 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-03-26 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-02-10 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-01-13 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-12-23 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-07-22 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-07-19 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-04-26 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-03-21 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-01-03 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-12-16 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-12-13 SH19 capital Capital statement capital company with date currency figure
2023-12-13 SH20 capital Legacy
2023-12-13 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2023-12-13 CAP-SS insolvency Legacy
2023-11-09 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2023-06-13 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
3

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

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

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

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