Maxus Communications (UK) Limited
Registered name: MAXUS COMMUNICATIONS (UK) LIMITED
Part of Wpp Plc groupMaxus Communications (UK) Limited made £273k revenue and £292k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2020.
Maxus Communications (UK) Limited’s revenue was £273k in the year to 31 Dec 2020, with £292k profit. The company is classified under “advertising agencies” and is based in London.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1991
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Unusual figures. Profit is higher than revenue in this filing. That usually means investment income, dividends from subsidiaries or one-off gains — or a mis-tagged figure. Check the original filing before drawing conclusions.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2020 |
|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |
| Revenue (turnover) | £273k |
| Operating profit | £15k |
| Profit before tax | £292k |
| Profit after tax | £292k |
| Profit (best available) | £292k |
| Employees (average) | — |
| Ratios | |
| Profit margin | 107% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |
| Net assets | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2022 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 107%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- 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
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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 —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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%
- WPP Samson Limited75–100%
- Maxus Communications (UK) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (9)
- WPP Media Motion Entertainment LimitedRev. £192m · Profit £11.8m
- Essence Global LimitedRev. £141m · Profit £9.1m
- WPP Data & Technology Solutions LtdRev. £112m · Profit −£4.6m
- Essencemediacom North LimitedRev. £48.1m · Profit £1m
- Wavemaker Global LimitedRev. £36.5m · Profit −£659k
- Burson Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- WPP Group Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- WPP Rocky LtdFigures not disclosed
- WPP Samson Two LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2020 (profit £292k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2022. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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