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Company No. 04078495 · Incorporated 26 Sep 2000

Design Bridge and Partners Worldwide Limited

Registered name: DESIGN BRIDGE AND PARTNERS WORLDWIDE LIMITED

Part of Wpp Plc group

Design Bridge and Partners Worldwide Limited made £11.5m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.

Design Bridge and Partners Worldwide Limited’s revenue grew 77% to £11.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £2m profit and 27 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSIC 70100Activities of head officesSIC 74990Non-trading company
Status
Active
Location
London
Age
26 yrs · since 2000
Type
Private Limited Company
Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2023

Key figures

Revenue
£11.5m
Growth ▲76.7%
Profit
£2m
Growth ▲624.3%
Profit margin
17.5%
 
Employees
27
Change ▲28.6%
Profit / employee
£74.8k
Revenue/employee £427k
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data
3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202131 Dec 202231 Dec 2023
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£6m£6.5m£11.5m
Operating profit£384k£641k£432k
Profit before tax£225k£299k£2m
Profit after tax£220k£279k£2m
Profit (best available)£220k£279k£2m
Employees (average)152127
Ratios
Profit margin3.7%4.3%17.5%
Revenue per employee£400k£311k£427k
Profit per employee£14.7k£13.3k£74.8k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲8.7%▲76.7%
Profit growth—▲26.9%▲624.3%
Headcount growth—▲40%▲28.6%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Net assets———
SourceAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
17.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
—
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£427k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£74.8k
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.
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
—
Now —
Cash at bank
—
Now —
Headcount
▲29%
Now 27
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
—
Now —
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. Design Bridge and Partners Worldwide Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (38)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026

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