WPP GROUP (UK) LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-02 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£1B
-4.5% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£54M
+69.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- WPP GROUP (UK) LTD 2008-05-28 → present
- W P P DISTRIBUTIONS (UK) LTD 2008-05-22 → 2008-05-28
- WPP GROUP (UK) LTD 1993-04-08 → 2008-05-22
- ALNERY NO. 1180 LIMITED 1991-12-12 → 1993-04-08
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 | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£177,340,000 | -£54,211,000 | |
| Net profit | -£177,340,000 | -£54,211,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,363,714,000 | £1,188,050,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,194,965,000 | £1,140,754,000 | |
| Equity | £1,194,965,000 | £1,140,754,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | £0 | £0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 28.1% | 25.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.36x | 1.25x |
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 GROUP (UK) LTD · parent
- ASDAA Public Relations Holding Inc 20%
- Auga Technologies Limited 4.86%
- Axicom Limited 100%
- BDG architecture + design Limited 100%
- Box of Vegetables Limited 75.3%
- CLOUD COMMERCE GROUP LTD 100%
- Cockpit Holdings Limited 99.99%
- Code Computer Love Limited 76.27%
- Cognifide Limited - IN DISSOLUTION 100%
- Coley Porter Bell Limited 100%
- Conscium Ltd 0%
- Cordiant Communications Group Limited 100%
- Design Bridge and Partners Worldwide Limited 100%
- Design Bridge Limited 100%
- Enigma Code Limited 24.1%
- EssenceMediacom Holdings Limited 3.5%
- Everymile Limited 100%
- Fictioneers Limited 61.66%
- Goat Solutions Ltd 100%
- Grey Saudi Limited 100%
- GreyPOSSIBLE Holding B V 100%
- Helix Sàrl 21.94%
- Hogarth Worldwide Limited 100%
- Ignite JV Limited 50%
- Intercom Americas LLC 100%
- Kinetic Worldwide Group Limited 100%
- Lambie-Nairn & Company Limited 100%
- Lambie-Nairn & Company Limited (German Branch) 100%
- Line Exchange Limited 100%
- Made Thought Creative Limited 75%
- Man vs Machine Limited 75%
- Memac Ogilvy & Mather Holding Inc 40%
- Mindshare Media Worldwide Limited 100%
- Mirum Europe B V 39.9%
- Nevis Holdings Limited 6.71%
- No Need 4 Mirrors Limited 100%
- NPCOMPLETE LTD 100%
- Ogilvy Health Limited 99.48%
- OPENMINDWORLD LIMITED - IN DISSOLUTION 100%
- Prophaven Limited 100%
- Quill Communications Limited 100%
- ReadySquare Limited 100%
- Set Creative UK Limited 65%
- Spafax Airtine Network Limited 100%
- Team Y&R Saudi Limited 100%
- The Brand Union Ltd 100%
- Thistleclub Limited 100%
- United Advertising Company Limited 50%
- Universal Design Studio Limited 75%
- VMLY&R KOL INSIGHTS & DIGITAL SOLUTIONS LIM 75%
- Voluntarily United Creative Agencies Limited 100%
- WPP 1178 100%
- WPP Brands Development Holdings (UK) Limited 0%
- WPP Finance 2017 100%
- WPP Group (Nominees) Limited 100%
- WPP MENA RHQ LLC 0%
- WPP North Atlantic Limited 100%
- WPP Pension Trustees Limited - IN DISSOLUTION 100%
- WPP Samson Limited 97%
- WPP Toronto Ltd 54.34%
- WPP Vancouver Ltd 84%
- WPPIH 2001, Inc 0%
- Wunderman Thompson Commerce UK Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPP GROUP (NOMINEES) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-09-19 | — | — |
| ASHBY, Alexander | Director | 2023-07-31 | Jan 1985 | British |
| DOUGLAS, Nicholas Paul | Director | 2022-09-30 | Aug 1965 | British |
| MARTIN, David Richard | Director | 2025-07-29 | Jan 1966 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALOW, David Ferguson | Secretary | 1993-03-19 | 2005-09-19 |
| SCHULTEN, Christopher Francis | Secretary | 1992-05-14 | 1993-03-19 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1991-12-12 | 1992-05-14 |
| CONAGHAN, Daniel Patrick | Director | 2019-11-21 | 2022-07-08 |
| DELANEY, Paul | Director | 2008-08-12 | 2013-08-29 |
| JOHNSON, Kurt Charles | Director | 2023-07-31 | 2025-07-29 |
| LERWILL, Robert Earl | Director | 1992-05-14 | 1996-12-05 |
| MELLMAN, Laurence | Director | 1999-02-04 | 2004-11-09 |
| PAYNE, Andrew Robertson | Director | 2019-11-21 | 2023-07-31 |
| PAYNE, Richard James | Director | 2022-07-01 | 2023-10-27 |
| READ, Nicholas Edward | Director | 1997-01-07 | 1999-07-01 |
| RICHARDSON, Paul Winston George | Director | 1995-12-08 | 2008-10-20 |
| SCOTT, Andrew Grant Balfour | Director | 1999-11-09 | 2018-11-12 |
| SORRELL, Martin Stuart | Director | 1992-05-14 | 2006-02-27 |
| SWEETLAND, Christopher Paul | Director | 2001-08-13 | 2016-07-01 |
| WELLE, Charles Ward Van Der | Director | 2013-09-20 | 2022-09-30 |
| WINTERS, Steve Richard | Director | 2016-07-06 | 2019-12-06 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1991-12-12 | 1992-05-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wpp 2005 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-12-12 | Active |
| Wpp Ln Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-12-12 |
| Wpp Jubilee Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-11-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 266 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-01-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-18 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-18 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-12-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- 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
-4.5%
£1,194,965,000 £1,140,754,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
+69.4%
-£177,340,000 -£54,211,000
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