Amv Bbdo Investments Limited
Registered name: AMV BBDO INVESTMENTS LIMITED
Part of Omnicom Group Inc groupAmv Bbdo Investments Limited made £66.3m revenue and £5.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Amv Bbdo Investments Limited’s revenue fell 12% to £66.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £5.7m profit and 327 employees. The company is classified under “non-trading company” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 43 yrs · since 1983
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £62.1m | £75.6m | £66.3m |
| Cost of sales | £497k | £6.4m | −£7.7m |
| Gross profit | £61.6m | £69.2m | — |
| Operating profit | £13.9m | £15.1m | £6.5m |
| Profit before tax | £22.5m | £15.4m | £7.3m |
| Profit after tax | £19.9m | £12.7m | £5.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £19.9m | £12.7m | £5.7m |
| Employees (average) | 359 | 344 | 327 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 32% | 16.8% | 8.7% |
| Gross margin | 99.2% | 91.6% | — |
| Revenue per employee | £173k | £220k | £203k |
| Profit per employee | £55.3k | £36.8k | £17.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲21.6% | ▼12.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼36.3% | ▼54.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.2% | ▼4.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £203k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.5k
- 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
- ▼5%
- Now 327
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Omnicom Group Inc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Omnicom Europe Limited75–100%
- Abbott Mead Vickers Group Limited75–100%
- Amv Bbdo Investments Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Redwood Publishing LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit £5.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026