WPP Production Limited
Registered name: WPP PRODUCTION LIMITED
Part of Wpp Plc groupWPP Production Limited made £223k revenue and a £5.2k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
WPP Production Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £223k in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £5.2k and 1,205 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £220k | £223k |
| Cost of sales | £211k | £224k |
| Gross profit | £8.7k | −£809 |
| Operating profit | £6.3k | −£3.9k |
| Profit before tax | £6.3k | −£5.3k |
| Profit after tax | £6.1k | −£5.2k |
| Profit (best available) | £6.1k | −£5.2k |
| Employees (average) | 1,232 | 1,205 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 2.8% | −2.3% |
| Gross margin | 4% | −0.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £178 | £185 |
| Profit per employee | £5 | −£4 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼184.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £7.2k | £772 |
| Net assets | £22.6k | £17.6k |
| Fixed assets | £28k | £24.6k |
| Current assets | £72.6k | £73.1k |
| Debtors | £63.6k | £69.9k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −0.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £185
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 31.3%
- 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
- ▼22%
- Now £17.6k
- Cash at bank
- ▼89%
- Now £772
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 1,205
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £24.6k
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 Production Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£5.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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