WPP BRANDS DEVELOPMENT HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITED

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

1. WPP BRANDS DEVELOPMENT HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITED 2018-11-05 → present
2. YOUNG & RUBICAM DEVELOPMENT (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 1999-06-23 → 2018-11-05
3. RBCO 291 LIMITED 1999-03-01 → 1999-06-23

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least the next 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements. Additionally, the Company is a subsidiary of WPP plc and is supported by the overall WPP plc financing arrangements via the cash pooling arrangements. The directors therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. WPP BRANDS DEVELOPMENT HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITED · parent
   1. WPP Brands Holdings (UK) Limited 100% · UK · advertising, public relations, design and marketing activities
   2. WPP Manchester Square Limited 100% · UK · advertising, public relations, design and marketing activities
   3. The Partners (Design Consultants) Limited 57.48% · UK · advertising, public relations, design and marketing activities
   4. WPP Brands (UK) Limited 100% · UK · advertising, public relations, design and marketing activities
   5. WPP Brands (Europe) Limited 100% · UK · advertising, public relations, design and marketing activities
   6. VML(UK) Limited 100% · UK · advertising, public relations, design and marketing activities
   7. Public Relations and International Sports Marketing Limited 100% · UK · advertising, public relations, design and marketing activities
   8. Ogilvy Health Limited 99.94% · UK · advertising, public relations, design and marketing activities
   9. VMLY&R Health Limited 99.94% · UK · advertising, public relations, design and marketing activities
   10. CHI Wunderman Limited 50% · UK · advertising, public relations, design and marketing activities

Significant events

• “On 28 April 2025, the Company reduced the amount standing to the credit of the Company's share premium account from £244,560,598 to £nil and increased retained earnings by £244,560,598.”

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

Filings

12

last 12 months

Capital events

4

last 24 months

Officers appointed

3

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  —

  Not reported

• Cash

  —

  Not reported

• Net assets

  +6.6%

  £534,521,000 → £569,711,000

• Employees

  —

  Not reported

• Operating profit

  +25%

  -£12,000 → -£9,000

• Profit before tax

  +43.8%

  £20,006,000 → £28,762,000

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