Mediacom UK Limited
Registered name: MEDIACOM UK LIMITED
Part of Wpp Plc groupMediacom UK Limited made £187m revenue and £45.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2022.
Mediacom UK Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £187m in the year to 31 Dec 2022, with £45.6m profit and 1,078 employees. The company is classified under “advertising agencies”; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Age
- 51 yrs · since 1975
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2020 | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £152m | £174m | £187m |
| Operating profit | £28.4m | £41m | £39.8m |
| Profit before tax | £28.4m | £41.4m | £45.4m |
| Profit after tax | £28.8m | £42m | £45.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £28.8m | £42m | £45.6m |
| Employees (average) | 1,414 | 1,054 | 1,078 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 18.9% | 24.1% | 24.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £108k | £165k | £174k |
| Profit per employee | £20.4k | £39.9k | £42.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.5% | ▲7.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲45.8% | ▲8.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼25.5% | ▲2.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 24.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £174k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £42.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 1,078
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Wpp Plc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- WPP Jubilee Limited75–100%
- WPP UK Torre75–100%
- WPP US Investments Limited75–100%
- Grey Communications Group Limited75–100%
- Essencemediacom Holdings Limited75–100%
- Mediacom UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Essencemediacom Scotland LimitedRev. £12.3m · Profit £9.7m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2022 (profit £45.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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