GOLIN LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-20 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-06
Watchouts
Cash
£5M
+89.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£19M
+23.2% vs 2023
Employees
87
+13% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4M
+149.2% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
On 9 December 2024, it was announced that The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc ("IPG") board of directors unanimously approved a definitive agreement pursuant to which Omnicom Group Inc. ("Omnicom") will acquire IPG, the Company's ultimate parent undertaking and controlling party. These conditions create a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt upon its ability to continue as a going concern for the coming 12 months from the date of the directors signing these financial statements.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- GOLIN LIMITED 2022-05-19 → present
- GOLIN/HARRIS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2004-02-10 → 2022-05-19
- WEBER EUROPE LIMITED 1993-09-21 → 2004-02-10
- WEBER ROBINSON EUROPE LIMITED 1992-11-16 → 1993-09-21
- MISLEX (37) LIMITED 1992-05-12 → 1992-11-16
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 | £16,213,000 | £17,944,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,548,000 | £1,999,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,625,000 | £4,050,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,324,000 | £3,637,000 | |
| Cash | £2,465,000 | £4,679,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,747,000 | £19,402,000 | |
| Net assets | £15,709,000 | £19,346,000 | |
| Equity | £15,709,000 | £19,346,000 | |
| Average employees | 77 | 87 | |
| Wages | £5,418,000 | £6,207,000 |
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 | 9.5% | 11.1% | |
| Net margin | 8.2% | 20.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.8% | 10.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 27.7% | 27.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.92x | 2.27x | |
| Interest cover | 67.30x | 43.46x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“On 9 December 2024, it was announced that The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc ("IPG") board of directors unanimously approved a definitive agreement pursuant to which Omnicom Group Inc. ("Omnicom") will acquire IPG, the Company's ultimate parent undertaking and controlling party. These conditions create a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt upon its ability to continue as a going concern for the coming 12 months from the date of the directors signing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- GOLIN LIMITED · parent
- Virgo Health Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 18 March 2025, both The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. and Omnicom Group Inc. confirmed that their shareholders had approved the merger of the two companies. However, completion of the transaction remains subject to regulatory approvals.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEAN, Louise | Secretary | 2006-09-26 | — | British |
| BECK, Brian James | Director | 2011-08-18 | May 1966 | American |
| NEALE, Matthew Richard | Director | 2020-01-16 | Oct 1973 | British |
| TOPPING, Simon | Director | 2020-01-16 | Dec 1973 | British |
| WHITTINGTON, Ondine | Director | 2020-08-07 | Apr 1981 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIES, William Paul | Secretary | 1993-06-25 | 1996-11-27 |
| PARASKEVAS, Theodore | Secretary | 1996-11-27 | 2002-10-31 |
| PERRY, Philip James Erskine | Secretary | 2002-10-31 | 2007-05-11 |
| ROBINSON, Peter Fearenside | Secretary | 1992-10-30 | 1993-06-25 |
| WESTLEX REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1992-05-12 | 1992-10-30 |
| DAVIES, William Paul | Director | 1992-10-30 | 2002-10-31 |
| DOONER, John | Director | 1996-11-27 | 2002-10-31 |
| GREENE, Kevin Michael | Director | 2002-05-08 | 2011-07-01 |
| HAMID, Mohamed Arif | Director | 2010-09-21 | 2018-12-11 |
| HUGHES, Jonathan Paul Ashley | Director | 2018-12-11 | 2019-12-09 |
| LAGRECA, Salvatore | Director | 1996-11-27 | 2002-10-31 |
| LEVENDUSKY, Gregory | Director | 1993-06-25 | 1997-11-27 |
| NEALE, Matthew Richard | Director | 2013-07-08 | 2019-06-10 |
| NICHOLS, Debra Susan | Director | 2018-12-11 | 2020-01-16 |
| PERRY, Philip James Erskine | Director | 2002-10-31 | 2007-12-22 |
| ROBINSON, Peter Fearenside | Director | 1992-10-30 | 1993-06-25 |
| TAUDER, Arthur | Director | 1996-11-27 | 2002-10-31 |
| THOMAS, Martin Kenneth | Director | 2006-11-01 | 2009-04-24 |
| WEBER, Vernon Lawrence | Director | 1992-10-30 | 2002-10-31 |
| WESTLEX REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1992-05-12 | 1992-10-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ipg Europe Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-02-11 | Active |
| Interpublic Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-02-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 166 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-05-19 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-02-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-12 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-19 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2022-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-06 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-05-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-10 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
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Turnover
+10.7%
£16,213,000 £17,944,000
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Cash
+89.8%
£2,465,000 £4,679,000
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Net assets
+23.2%
£15,709,000 £19,346,000
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Employees
+13%
77 87
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Operating profit
+29.1%
£1,548,000 £1,999,000
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Profit before tax
+149.2%
£1,625,000 £4,050,000
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Wages
+14.6%
£5,418,000 £6,207,000
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