FGS GLOBAL (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2025-12-31
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-03 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-17
Watchouts
Cash
£9M
-39.1% vs 2022
Net assets
£26M
+48.2% vs 2022
Employees
148
+15.6% vs 2022
Profit before tax
£11M
+7.4% vs 2022
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2025-12-31.
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- FGS GLOBAL (UK) LIMITED 2022-07-27 → present
- THE FINSBURY GROUP LIMITED 2016-03-24 → 2022-07-27
- RLM FINSBURY LIMITED 2011-11-23 → 2016-03-24
- FINSBURY LIMITED 1994-09-29 → 2011-11-23
- BENULAR LIMITED 1994-08-08 → 1994-09-29
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 | £46,124,198 | £50,490,456 | |
| Operating profit | £10,157,241 | £10,971,618 | |
| Profit before tax | £9,939,966 | £10,671,390 | |
| Net profit | £7,728,160 | £8,290,573 | |
| Cash | £14,103,733 | £8,595,918 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £22,078,845 | £29,305,859 | |
| Net assets | £17,754,779 | £26,318,468 | |
| Equity | £17,754,779 | £26,318,468 | |
| Average employees | 128 | 148 | |
| Wages | £21,671,929 | £23,050,727 |
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 | 22.0% | 21.7% | |
| Net margin | 16.8% | 16.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 46.0% | 37.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.68x | 2.05x | |
| Interest cover | 46.75x | 36.54x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. In forming this view, the directors have considered the Company's current trading, profitability, cash flow forecasts, and net asset position. The Company is profitable, has positive net assets, and expects to continue generating sufficient cash to meet its liabilities as they fall due. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. Further detail is provided in note 2.”
Group structure
- FGS GLOBAL (UK) LIMITED · parent
- FIPRA UK Limited 100%
- Finsbury.com Limited 100%
- Finsbury Saudi Public Relations and Communications Company 100%
Significant events
- “On 7 August 2024, KKR who had an initial minority investment in FGS Global Inc as of 7 July 2023, announced its acquisition of WPP's full equity position in FGS Global Inc. The transaction closed on 2 December 2024, and from this date KKR became the ultimate controlling party.”
- “Additionally on 25 October 2024, FGS Global (UK) Limited declared and paid a dividend to FGS Global (UK Holdco) Limited in the amount of £18,828,109. Following, FGS Global (UK Holdco) Limited declared and paid a dividend to its shareholder FGS Holdings LLC of the same amount. As part of the dividend payment, FGS Global (UK Holdco) Limited filed a Statement for Capital Reduction of £24,657,462.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIRCH, Faeth | Director | 2004-01-01 | Nov 1970 | British |
| HEAD, Rollo | Director | 2000-10-10 | Oct 1968 | British |
| MURGATROYD, James Philip | Director | 1996-11-11 | Oct 1964 | British |
| RUDD, Roland Dacre | Director | 1994-09-05 | Apr 1961 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COX, Paul Richard | Secretary | 2001-07-23 | 2009-07-14 |
| FLETCHER, Susan | Secretary | 1995-04-01 | 1998-08-11 |
| RADICE, Andrew John | Secretary | 1994-09-05 | 1995-04-01 |
| REASBECK, Steven Conrad | Secretary | 2009-09-30 | 2011-05-18 |
| WARNER, Colin David | Secretary | 1999-09-10 | 2001-07-23 |
| YOUNGER, Rupert Edward Alexander | Secretary | 1998-08-11 | 1999-09-10 |
| CARGIL MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-08-08 | 1994-09-05 |
| WPP GROUP (NOMINEES) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2011-05-18 | 2024-12-11 |
| BONE, Morgan | Director | 2002-07-01 | 2006-07-21 |
| CHISHOLM, Rory Bryan Duncan | Director | 2000-08-30 | 2016-07-25 |
| COX, Paul Richard | Director | 2005-10-01 | 2009-07-14 |
| DOWLER, Andrew David Lindsay | Director | 2010-11-01 | 2013-09-06 |
| FARGEOT, Claire | Director | 2001-05-01 | 2001-12-31 |
| HARRIS, Mark | Director | 2005-10-01 | 2009-03-31 |
| LEVITON, James | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2012-12-31 |
| MELLMAN, Laurence | Director | 2001-06-25 | 2004-11-09 |
| MITCHELL, Andrew Everett | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2011-08-31 |
| ORLEBAR, Edward Reginald | Director | 1999-03-01 | 2006-05-10 |
| REASBECK, Steven Conrad | Director | 2009-09-30 | 2011-02-15 |
| SCOTT, Andrew Grant Balfour | Director | 2017-01-18 | 2018-11-12 |
| TANNER, William John | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2016-07-25 |
| WILLIAMS, Robert Trevor | Director | 2011-09-12 | 2013-04-30 |
| WINTERS, Steve Richard | Director | 2017-01-18 | 2019-12-06 |
| YOUNGER, Rupert Edward Alexander | Director | 1994-11-14 | 2018-12-21 |
| LEA YEAT LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-08-08 | 1994-09-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fgs Global (Uk Holdco) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-12-30 | Active |
| Wpp Jubilee Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-12-29 | Ceased 2020-12-30 |
| Wpp Toronto Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-12-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 205 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-01-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-07-27 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-12 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-01-06 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-10-18 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-07-27 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2022-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-19 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2021-05-19 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2021-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- 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
FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-12-31 vs 2022-12-31
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Turnover
+9.5%
£46,124,198 £50,490,456
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Cash
-39.1%
£14,103,733 £8,595,918
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Net assets
+48.2%
£17,754,779 £26,318,468
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Employees
+15.6%
128 148
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Operating profit
+8%
£10,157,241 £10,971,618
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Profit before tax
+7.4%
£9,939,966 £10,671,390
-
Wages
+6.4%
£21,671,929 £23,050,727
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