VERTICURL MARKETING UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-24 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+7.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£1M
+35% vs 2023
Employees
22
-12% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£423K
-30.1% 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 | £4,204,523 | £3,855,987 | |
| Operating profit | £606,051 | £450,384 | |
| Profit before tax | £606,051 | £423,468 | |
| Net profit | £455,957 | £284,366 | |
| Cash | £1,495,765 | £1,609,325 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £814,134 | £1,095,937 | |
| Net assets | £811,571 | £1,095,937 | |
| Equity | £811,571 | £1,095,937 | |
| Average employees | 25 | 22 | |
| Wages | £2,700,914 | £2,273,979 |
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 | 14.4% | 11.7% | |
| Net margin | 10.8% | 7.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 74.4% | 41.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 60.5% | 54.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.04x | 1.83x | |
| Interest cover | — | 16.73x |
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. Additionally, the Company is a subsidiary of WPP plc and participates in the overall WPP plc financing arrangements. The Directors therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
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
6 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPP GROUP (NOMINEES) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2016-01-05 | — | — |
| GAUTIER, Julian Philip | Director | 2026-02-19 | Jul 1980 | British |
| LAWSON, Clare | Director | 2018-04-27 | Jan 1979 | British |
| SINGH GAUR, Abhishek | Director | 2016-01-05 | Mar 1976 | Australian |
| SMITH, Karla | Director | 2023-01-26 | Jan 1976 | British |
| WRIGLEY, Michael Thomas | Director | 2016-01-05 | Feb 1970 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOMBS, Jo | Director | 2016-07-15 | 2018-04-18 |
| DADRA, Raj Kumar | Director | 2016-07-15 | 2017-05-31 |
| GILSON, Suzanne | Director | 2016-04-06 | 2017-05-17 |
| PRATS, Oscar | Director | 2018-01-11 | 2023-01-26 |
| PRATT, Iain Alexander Angus | Director | 2016-01-05 | 2016-03-11 |
| SEARY, David | Director | 2018-01-11 | 2025-11-05 |
| WILLIAMS-THOMAS, James Sam | Director | 2016-01-05 | 2016-07-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wpp 2323 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2022-09-01 | Ceased 2022-09-01 |
| Wpp Uk Germany Holdings | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2022-09-01 | Active |
| Wpp Jubilee Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-09-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 43 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-23 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-13 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-12-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-01-10 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2021-11-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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
-8.3%
£4,204,523 £3,855,987
-
Cash
+7.6%
£1,495,765 £1,609,325
-
Net assets
+35%
£811,571 £1,095,937
-
Employees
-12%
25 22
-
Operating profit
-25.7%
£606,051 £450,384
-
Profit before tax
-30.1%
£606,051 £423,468
-
Wages
-15.8%
£2,700,914 £2,273,979
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