Next 15 Group PLC
Registered name: NEXT 15 GROUP PLC
Next 15 Group PLC made £730m revenue and £41m profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Next 15 Group PLC’s revenue fell 1% to £730m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £41m profit and 4,216 employees. The company is classified under “public relations and communications activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 45 yrs · since 1981
- Type
- Public Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £735m | £730m |
| Operating profit | £77.1m | £56.6m |
| Profit before tax | £80.3m | £62.5m |
| Profit after tax | £53.9m | £41m |
| Profit (best available) | £53.9m | £41m |
| Employees (average) | 4,243 | 4,216 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 7.3% | 5.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £173k | £173k |
| Profit per employee | £12.7k | £9.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼24.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £173k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.7k
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now 4,216
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (19)
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- Bite Communications Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Brandwidth Marketing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Engine Acquisition LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mach49 LtdFigures not disclosed
- Marker Collective LimitedFigures not disclosed
- MHP Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Next15 Holdco1 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Next15 Holdco2 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Next15 Holdco3 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Plinc LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Portfolio T SPV2 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Pretzl Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Publitek LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Savanta Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Shopper Media Group LtdFigures not disclosed
- Transform UK Consulting LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Twogether Creative LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Velocity Partners LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £41m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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