WPP FINANCE CO. LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-18 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£58M
+89% vs 2023
Net assets
£1B
+7.8% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£73M
-31.7% vs 2023
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 | £106,652,000 | £72,844,000 | |
| Net profit | £105,802,000 | £75,302,000 | |
| Cash | £30,599,000 | £57,821,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,051,791,000 | £1,077,859,000 | |
| Net assets | £968,773,000 | £1,044,075,000 | |
| Equity | £968,773,000 | £1,044,075,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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) | 92.0% | 92.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.04x | 1.08x |
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
“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. The Directors therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- WPP FINANCE CO. LIMITED · parent
- Hamilton Russell South Africa (Proprietary) Limited 0.03%
- J Walter Thompson Company South Africa (Pty) Ltd 0.02%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPP GROUP (NOMINEES) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-09-19 | — | — |
| ASHBY, Alexander | Director | 2023-01-09 | Jan 1985 | British |
| MARTIN, David Richard | Director | 2025-07-29 | Jan 1966 | British |
| NEW, Paul Stephen | Director | 2023-07-31 | May 1968 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALOW, David Ferguson | Secretary | 2000-03-17 | 2005-09-19 |
| RUTLAND SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-03-16 | 2000-03-17 |
| CONAGHAN, Daniel Patrick | Director | 2019-11-21 | 2022-07-08 |
| DELANEY, Paul | Director | 2000-03-17 | 2013-08-29 |
| JOHNSON, Kurt Charles | Director | 2023-07-31 | 2025-07-29 |
| JORDAN, Anthony Graham | Director | 2022-09-30 | 2025-03-10 |
| PAYNE, Andrew Robertson | Director | 2019-11-21 | 2023-07-31 |
| PAYNE, Richard James | Director | 2022-07-01 | 2023-10-27 |
| RICHARDSON, Paul Winston George | Director | 2000-03-17 | 2008-10-20 |
| 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 |
| RUTLAND DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-03-16 | 2000-03-17 |
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 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 115 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-16 | 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 | |
| 2023-10-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 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 | |
| 2023-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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
+89%
£30,599,000 £57,821,000
-
Net assets
+7.8%
£968,773,000 £1,044,075,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
-31.7%
£106,652,000 £72,844,000
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