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Company No. 01199309 · Incorporated 6 Feb 1975

Mediacom UK Limited

Registered name: MEDIACOM UK LIMITED

Part of Wpp Plc group

Mediacom 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
Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2022

Key figures

Revenue
£187m
Growth ▲7.4%
Profit
£45.6m
Growth ▲8.6%
Profit margin
24.4%
 
Employees
1,078
Change ▲2.3%
Profit / employee
£42.3k
Revenue/employee £174k
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data
3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202031 Dec 202131 Dec 2022
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull 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)1,4141,0541,078
Ratios
Profit margin18.9%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———
SourceAccounts · bulk data Jan 2023Accounts · bulk data Jan 2023Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023
Derived from the latest filing

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.
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
—
Now —
Cash at bank
—
Now —
Headcount
▲2%
Now 1,078
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
—
Now —
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Wpp Plc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. WPP Jubilee Limited75–100%
  3. WPP UK Torre75–100%
  4. WPP US Investments Limited75–100%
  5. Grey Communications Group Limited75–100%
  6. Essencemediacom Holdings Limited75–100%
  7. Mediacom UK Limitedthis company

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

Sister companies (1)

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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