WPP MEDIA UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-05 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£137M
+26.7% vs 2023
Employees
1,616
+43.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£28M
-16.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-08-11
- WPP MEDIA UK LIMITED 2025-08-11 → present
- GROUPM UK LTD 2006-07-17 → 2025-08-11
- GROUP M LIMITED 2003-04-16 → 2006-07-17
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £317,294,000 | £498,197,000 | |
| Operating profit | £33,212,000 | £29,115,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £33,079,000 | £27,620,000 | |
| Net profit | £33,095,000 | £27,418,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £107,902,000 | £136,683,000 | |
| Net assets | £107,902,000 | £136,683,000 | |
| Equity | £107,902,000 | £136,683,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,123 | 1,616 | |
| Wages | £58,084,000 | £104,508,000 |
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 | 10.5% | 5.8% | |
| Net margin | 10.4% | 5.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 30.8% | 21.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.48x | 1.32x | |
| Interest cover | 3.75x | 1.79x |
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 have assessed the ongoing business activities and the factors likely to affect the future development, performance and financial position of the Company 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 MEDIA UK LIMITED · parent
- GroupM UK Digital Limited 100%
- WPP Media FZ-LLC 100%
- WPP Media Doha LLC 100%
- GroupM Egypt LLC 100%
Significant events
- “On 28 May 2025 it was announced that WPP Media would replace GroupM as the name of WPP's global media company. Subsequently, on 8 August 2025 the Company changed its name from GroupM UK Limited to WPP Media UK Limited.”
- “On 1 January 2025 the Company acquired the trade and assets of Finecast Limited for a consideration of £1. On the same date the Company acquired the trade and assets of GroupM UK Digital Limited for a consideration of approximately £19m (subject to customary finalisation steps of the purchase price). Both companies were part of the wider Group.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPP GROUP (NOMINEES) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-09-19 | — | — |
| NICHOLS, Michael John | Director | 2024-06-12 | Mar 1985 | British |
| ROWLINSON, Kate | Director | 2025-05-12 | Nov 1971 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALOW, David Ferguson | Secretary | 2003-07-18 | 2005-09-19 |
| HAMMONDS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2003-04-16 | 2003-07-18 |
| ALLAN, Stephen David | Director | 2006-07-11 | 2008-12-01 |
| BARLOW, Colin | Director | 2005-09-09 | 2024-02-06 |
| BLACKETT, Karen | Director | 2020-09-28 | 2022-09-12 |
| BORNMAN, Niel | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2023-06-09 |
| BRYAN, David John | Director | 2008-12-01 | 2019-06-27 |
| CLARK, Scott Michael | Director | 2022-11-01 | 2024-04-23 |
| COLLINS, Mark | Director | 2006-07-11 | 2025-03-22 |
| DAY, Rupert | Director | 2004-10-27 | 2005-07-11 |
| DE CRUZ, Adrian | Director | 2005-09-09 | 2006-07-11 |
| ENGLEBRIGHT, Drew | Director | 2016-05-09 | 2018-02-28 |
| FRIJNS, Charlotte Sabine Muriel | Director | 2019-06-25 | 2021-11-25 |
| GEORGE, Tom | Director | 2018-05-14 | 2020-03-27 |
| GOODMAN, Steven Barry | Director | 2006-07-11 | 2019-09-30 |
| GRAINGER, Dominic Charles | Director | 2011-04-19 | 2020-05-29 |
| KRICHEFSKI, Josh | Director | 2023-01-30 | 2025-03-18 |
| KYFFIN, David Thomas | Director | 2006-07-11 | 2009-04-01 |
| MANGWENDE, Netsai | Director | 2021-11-25 | 2022-09-04 |
| MOWER, Paul | Director | 2020-09-28 | 2022-10-25 |
| RICHARDSON, Paul Winston George | Director | 2003-07-18 | 2006-07-21 |
| SINGER, Darren David | Director | 2008-06-01 | 2011-03-25 |
| SWEETLAND, Christopher Paul | Director | 2010-12-17 | 2010-12-23 |
| SWEETLAND, Christopher Paul, Dr | Director | 2003-07-18 | 2006-07-21 |
| THEAKSTONE, Nicholas | Director | 2006-07-11 | 2020-10-13 |
| TRAY, Simon Laurence | Director | 2006-07-11 | 2008-12-01 |
| HAMMONDS DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2003-04-16 | 2003-07-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wpp Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-06-02 | Active |
| Wpp Groupm Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-08-31 | Ceased 2023-06-02 |
| Wpp Group (Uk) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-08-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 121 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-08-11 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-11 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-05-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-03 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
-
Turnover
+57%
£317,294,000 £498,197,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+26.7%
£107,902,000 £136,683,000
-
Employees
+43.9%
1,123 1,616
-
Operating profit
-12.3%
£33,212,000 £29,115,000
-
Profit before tax
-16.5%
£33,079,000 £27,620,000
-
Wages
+79.9%
£58,084,000 £104,508,000
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