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Company No. 01827251 · Incorporated 25 Jun 1984

Kinetic Worldwide Limited

Registered name: KINETIC WORLDWIDE LIMITED

Part of Wpp Plc group

Kinetic 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.

Full P&L filedSection M · Professional, scientific and technical activitiesSIC 73110Advertising agencies
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Small teamCapital-light
Revenue
£28.4m
Growth ▼0.9%
Profit
£21.8m
Growth ▼16.8%
Profit margin
76.9%
Gross 61.9%
Employees
0
Change —
Profit / employee
—
 
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull 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)00
Ratios
Profit margin91.5%76.9%
Gross margin63.2%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
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

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.
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
▲11%
Now £216m
Cash at bank
▲40%
Now £1.7m
Headcount
—
Now 0
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
▼13%
Now £672k
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Wpp Plc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. WPP Jubilee Limited75–100%
  3. WPP MR Overseas Media Holdings Limited75–100%
  4. WPP 2005 Limited75–100%
  5. WPP Group (UK) Ltd75–100%
  6. Kinetic Worldwide Group Limited75–100%
  7. Poster Publicity Group Limited75–100%
  8. Poster Publicity Holdings Ltd75–100%
  9. 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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