Metro Production Group Limited
Registered name: METRO PRODUCTION GROUP LIMITED
Part of Wpp Plc groupMetro Production Group Limited made £11.5m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Metro Production Group Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £11.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.1m profit and 50 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 46 yrs · since 1980
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.1m | £10.4m | £11.5m |
| Cost of sales | −£7.5m | −£8.2m | −£9.3m |
| Gross profit | £1.6m | £2.1m | £2.2m |
| Operating profit | −£62.2k | £190k | £464k |
| Profit before tax | £139k | £367k | £566k |
| Profit after tax | £105k | £290k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £105k | £290k | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 59 | 54 | 50 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.2% | 2.8% | 9.3% |
| Gross margin | 17.6% | 20.5% | 19% |
| Revenue per employee | £153k | £192k | £230k |
| Profit per employee | £1.8k | £5.4k | £21.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.5% | ▲10.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲176.8% | ▲267.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8.5% | ▼7.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £230k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £21.4k
- 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
- ▼7%
- Now 50
- 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 MR Overseas Media Holdings Limited75–100%
- WPP 2005 Limited75–100%
- WPP Group (UK) Ltd75–100%
- WPP Samson Limited75–100%
- WPP Rocky Ltd75–100%
- WPP Toronto Ltd75–100%
- Metro Production Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Metro Broadcast LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- Mindshare Media UK LimitedRev. £175m · Profit £23m
- Wavemaker LimitedRev. £169m · Profit £42.9m
- Bookmark Content LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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