MMS UK HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-23 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£81M
-37.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£905M
+18.9% vs 2023
Employees
9,547
+2.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£127M
-28.2% vs 2023
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 | £1,370,000,000 | £1,384,000,000 | |
| Operating profit | £201,000,000 | £164,000,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £177,000,000 | £127,000,000 | |
| Net profit | £136,000,000 | £95,000,000 | |
| Cash | £130,000,000 | £81,000,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,380,000,000 | £1,103,000,000 | |
| Net assets | £761,000,000 | £905,000,000 | |
| Equity | £806,000,000 | £909,000,000 | |
| Average employees | 9,281 | 9,547 | |
| Wages | £603,000,000 | £626,000,000 |
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 | 14.7% | 11.8% | |
| Net margin | 9.9% | 6.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.6% | 14.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 77.9% | 74.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.18x | 1.06x | |
| Interest cover | 3.59x | 2.38x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons.”
Group structure
- MMS UK HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- BBH China Limited 100%
- Leo Burnett Beijing Communications Co. Ltd 100%
- Magnolia Selvege & Lee Public Relations Consultancy Beijing Co. Ltd 100%
- Profietero Shanghai Co Ltd 100%
- Publicis Life Brands Dreams Communication Co., Ltd 100%
- Publicis Worldwide (Shanghai) Information Trans. Co., Ltd 100%
- Razzorfish (Guangzhou) Advertising Co., Ltd 100%
- S&S Greatwall Advertising Co. Ltd 100%
- Shanghai Ideas Palace Advertising Co., Ltd 100%
- Zenith (Shanghai) Digital Co. Ltd 100%
- BBH Communications (Asia Pacific) Pte Ltd 100%
- CNC Communications & Network Consulting FZ LLC 100%
- Corra Technology Limited 100%
- D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles (Trustee) Limited 100%
- Digitas UK 100%
- Epsilon International UK Limited 100%
- Fallon London Limited 100%
- Leo Burnett Limited 100%
- Leo Re-Sources UK Limited 100%
- MMS UK Holdings Limited 100%
- Octopus Communications Consultancy Limited (Publicis Pro UK) 100%
- PM Dragonfly Limited 20%
- PZAG Limited 20%
Significant events
- “On 1 January 2025, the Group acquired 100% of the shareholding in Mars Advertising Europe Limited for consideration of USD 10,700,000 from Mars Acquisition Holdings Corp, a fellow subsidiary of the Group's ultimate parent undertaking, Publicis Groupe. S.A.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MUWANGA, Philippa | Secretary | 2020-06-16 | — | — |
| CROWTHER, Christopher Mark | Director | 2019-12-06 | May 1971 | British |
| NOLD, Loris Philippe, Mr. | Director | 2024-02-08 | Nov 1970 | French |
| TEPPAZ, Bruno, Mr. | Director | 2024-11-29 | Sep 1969 | French |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAILEY, Sarah Anne | Secretary | 2014-01-13 | 2015-04-02 |
| BASRAN, Raj | Secretary | 2012-02-10 | 2017-01-18 |
| DAVIS, Robert | Secretary | 2010-11-03 | 2011-04-13 |
| EWING, Susanna | Secretary | 2007-11-30 | 2009-11-16 |
| GONZALEZ-GOMEZ, Minna Katariina | Secretary | 2007-03-26 | 2010-11-02 |
| KIERNAN EARL, Elizabeth Louise | Secretary | 2004-10-15 | 2007-11-30 |
| KURTZ, Catherine Elizabeth Strathmore | Secretary | 2003-12-02 | 2005-06-13 |
| MUNIS, Joanne | Secretary | 2015-04-07 | 2020-06-16 |
| RAJ, Nicola | Secretary | 2017-06-07 | 2019-02-15 |
| WALLS ECKLEY, Gillian | Secretary | 2012-05-17 | 2013-10-11 |
| WALLS ECKLEY, Gillian | Secretary | 2011-04-13 | 2012-02-10 |
| WYLLIE, Alison | Secretary | 2005-12-19 | 2006-10-06 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-12-02 | 2003-12-02 |
| BENDEL, Richard Nigel | Director | 2003-12-20 | 2006-10-04 |
| ETIENNE, Jean-Michel Michel | Director | 2003-12-20 | 2021-02-08 |
| HEILBRONNER, Anne-Gabrielle | Director | 2015-03-26 | 2016-05-04 |
| KARAM, Michel | Director | 2003-12-02 | 2015-03-27 |
| NAOURI, Jean-Yves | Director | 2011-04-25 | 2015-03-24 |
| O'BYRNE, Teresa Anne | Director | 2015-03-24 | 2016-04-11 |
| PINDER, Richard Charles | Director | 2006-10-05 | 2011-04-25 |
| PROCH, Michel-Alain, Mr. | Director | 2021-02-08 | 2024-02-08 |
| WIDDOWSON, Keith Edward | Director | 2016-04-25 | 2019-10-25 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2003-12-02 | 2003-12-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publicis Groupe S.A | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 118 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-29 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2023-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-28 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2023-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-16 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2021-04-15 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole release with charge number | |
| 2021-04-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-04-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
-
Turnover
+1%
£1,370,000,000 £1,384,000,000
-
Cash
-37.7%
£130,000,000 £81,000,000
-
Net assets
+18.9%
£761,000,000 £905,000,000
-
Employees
+2.9%
9,281 9,547
-
Operating profit
-18.4%
£201,000,000 £164,000,000
-
Profit before tax
-28.2%
£177,000,000 £127,000,000
-
Wages
+3.8%
£603,000,000 £626,000,000
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