Havas Helia Limited
Registered name: HAVAS HELIA LIMITED
Part of Havas N.V. groupHavas Helia Limited made £11.9m revenue and a £328k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Havas Helia Limited’s revenue fell 14% to £11.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £328k and 83 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
- 36 yrs · since 1990
- 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) | £18.5m | £13.8m | £11.9m |
| Cost of sales | −£6.8m | −£5.3m | −£5.2m |
| Gross profit | £11.7m | £8.5m | £6.7m |
| Operating profit | −£433k | −£1.9m | −£2m |
| Profit before tax | −£407k | −£1.8m | −£835k |
| Profit after tax | −£368k | −£1.4m | −£328k |
| Profit (best available) | −£368k | −£1.4m | −£328k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | 83 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −2% | −10.3% | −2.8% |
| Gross margin | 63.2% | 61.7% | 56.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £143k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | −£4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼25.3% | ▼14.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 56.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £143k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4k
- 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
- —
- Now 83
- 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 Helia Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- All Response Media LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (5)
- Diversified Agencies Communications LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £657k
- Conran Design Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Havas E Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Havas Media 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 −£328k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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