Kinetic Worldwide Limited
Registered name: KINETIC WORLDWIDE LIMITED
Part of Wpp Plc groupKinetic Worldwide Limited made £28.4m revenue and £21.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Kinetic Worldwide Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £28.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £21.8m profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “advertising agencies” and is based in Harrogate; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Harrogate, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1984
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £28.6m | £28.4m |
| Cost of sales | £10.5m | £10.8m |
| Gross profit | £18.1m | £17.6m |
| Operating profit | £13.6m | £10.6m |
| Profit before tax | £26.2m | £21.8m |
| Profit after tax | £26.2m | £21.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £26.2m | £21.8m |
| Staff costs | £4.1m | £3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 91.5% | 76.9% |
| Gross margin | 63.2% | 61.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼16.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £1.7m |
| Net assets | £195m | £216m |
| Fixed assets | £768k | £672k |
| Current assets | £323m | £353m |
| Debtors | £17m | £12m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 76.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 61.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 42.2%
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now £216m
- Cash at bank
- ▲40%
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼13%
- Now £672k
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%
- Kinetic Worldwide Group Limited75–100%
- Poster Publicity Group Limited75–100%
- Poster Publicity Holdings Ltd75–100%
- Kinetic Worldwide Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £21.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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