WPP Media UK Limited
Registered name: WPP MEDIA UK LIMITED
Part of Wpp Plc groupWPP Media UK Limited made £784m revenue and £48.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
WPP Media UK Limited’s revenue grew 57% to £784m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £48.7m profit and 2,285 employees. The company is classified under “advertising agencies” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £498m | £784m |
| Cost of sales | £448m | £660m |
| Gross profit | £50m | £123m |
| Operating profit | £29.1m | £52.3m |
| Profit before tax | £27.6m | £49.4m |
| Profit after tax | £27.4m | £48.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £27.4m | £48.7m |
| Staff costs | £131m | £203m |
| Employees (average) | 1,616 | 2,285 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 5.5% | 6.2% |
| Gross margin | 10% | 15.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £308k | £343k |
| Profit per employee | £17k | £21.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲57.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲77.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲41.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £0 | £7k |
| Net assets | £137m | £187m |
| Fixed assets | £5.6m | £3.7m |
| Current assets | £546m | £795m |
| Debtors | £30.3m | £73.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £343k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £21.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.3%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲37%
- Now £187m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £7k
- Headcount
- ▲41%
- Now 2,285
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼34%
- Now £3.7m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Wpp Plc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- WPP Jubilee Limited75–100%
- WPP MR Overseas Media Holdings Limited75–100%
- WPP 2005 Limited75–100%
- WPP Group (UK) Ltd75–100%
- WPP Samson Limited75–100%
- WPP Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- WPP Media UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Groupm UK Digital LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (4)
- Ambassador SquareFigures not disclosed
- Beaumont SquareFigures not disclosed
- Belgrave SquareFigures not disclosed
- New Commercial Arts Group LimitedRev. — · Profit £0
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £48.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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