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Company No. 06243081 · Incorporated 10 May 2007

Man VS Machine Limited

Registered name: MAN VS MACHINE LIMITED

Part of Wpp Plc group

Man VS Machine Limited made £15.3m revenue and £3.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Man VS Machine Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £15.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.5m profit and 33 employees. The company is classified under “advertising agencies” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection M · Professional, scientific and technical activitiesSIC 73110Advertising agencies
Status
Active
Location
London, London
Age
19 yrs · since 2007
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£15.3m
Growth ▲11.5%
Profit
£3.5m
Growth ▼23.4%
Profit margin
22.8%
Gross 35.9%
Employees
33
Change ▲6.5%
Profit / employee
£106k
Revenue/employee £464k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£13.7m£15.3m
Cost of sales£8.9m£9.8m
Gross profit£4.8m£5.5m
Operating profit£4.4m£4.4m
Profit before tax£5.6m£4.7m
Profit after tax£4.6m£3.5m
Profit (best available)£4.6m£3.5m
Staff costs£3.2m£3.3m
Employees (average)3133
Ratios
Profit margin33.2%22.8%
Gross margin35.1%35.9%
Revenue per employee£443k£464k
Profit per employee£147k£106k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲11.5%
Profit growth—▼23.4%
Headcount growth—▲6.5%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£6k£6k
Net assets£3.7m£7.2m
Fixed assets£320k£182k
Current assets£9.7m£11.9m
Debtors£1.6m£834k
Deferred income£1.6m£1.7m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
22.8%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
35.9%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£464k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£106k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
1.2%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
11.1%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
5.5%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲95%
Now £7.2m
Cash at bank
0%
Now £6k
Headcount
▲6%
Now 33
Deferred income
▲7%
Now £1.7m
Fixed assets
▼43%
Now £182k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Wpp Plc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. WPP Jubilee Limited75–100%
  3. WPP MR Overseas Media Holdings Limited75–100%
  4. WPP 2005 Limited75–100%
  5. WPP Group (UK) Ltd75–100%
  6. Man VS Machine Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (38)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £3.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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