Merkle UK One Limited
Registered name: MERKLE UK ONE LIMITED
Part of Dentsu Group Inc. groupMerkle UK One Limited made £27m revenue and a £2.4m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Merkle UK One Limited’s revenue fell 61% to £27m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £2.4m and 82 employees. The company is classified under “information technology consultancy activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £58.8m | £68.3m | £27m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £9.1m | −£4.1m |
| Profit before tax | £3.4m | £11.2m | −£3.2m |
| Profit after tax | £2.7m | £7.9m | −£2.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.7m | £7.9m | −£2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 448 | 392 | 82 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.5% | 11.6% | −8.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £131k | £174k | £329k |
| Profit per employee | £5.9k | £20.2k | −£29k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.2% | ▼60.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲198.3% | ▼130% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼12.5% | ▼79.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −8.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £329k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£29k
- 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
- ▼79%
- Now 82
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Dentsu Group Inc.ultimate parent75–100%
- Dentsu International Limited75–100%
- Merkle Marketing Limited50–75%
- Merkle UK One 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).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£2.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026
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