Havas Media Limited
Registered name: HAVAS MEDIA LIMITED
Part of Havas N.V. groupHavas Media Limited made £310m revenue and £36k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Havas Media Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £310m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £36k profit and 562 employees. The company is classified under “advertising agencies” and is based in Maidstone; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Maidstone
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £420m | £302m | £310m |
| Cost of sales | −£376m | −£259m | −£270m |
| Gross profit | £44.5m | £43m | £39.6m |
| Operating profit | £2.3m | £5.5m | £117k |
| Profit before tax | £2.6m | £5.6m | £110k |
| Profit after tax | £2.1m | £4.3m | £36k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.1m | £4.3m | £36k |
| Employees (average) | 573 | 563 | 562 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.5% | 1.4% | 0% |
| Gross margin | 10.6% | 14.2% | 12.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £734k | £537k | £551k |
| Profit per employee | £3.6k | £7.6k | £64 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼28.1% | ▲2.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲104.4% | ▼99.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.8% | ▼0.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £551k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £64
- 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
- ▼0%
- Now 562
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Havas N.V. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Havas UK Limited75–100%
- Havas Shared Services Limited75–100%
- Havas Media Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Diversified Agencies Communications LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £657k
- Conran Design Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Havas E Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Havas Helia LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lpe Organization Limited(The)Figures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £36k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026
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