DDB Europe Limited
Registered name: DDB EUROPE LIMITED
Part of Omnicom Group Inc groupDDB Europe Limited made £13m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
DDB Europe Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £13m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £2m profit and 33 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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) | £14.4m | £12.6m | £13m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | −£103k |
| Operating profit | £3.4m | £4.9m | £3.7m |
| Profit before tax | £4.7m | £6.5m | £4.1m |
| Profit after tax | £3.8m | £4.7m | £2m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.8m | £4.7m | £2m |
| Employees (average) | 28 | 28 | 33 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 26.5% | 37.4% | 15.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £513k | £449k | £395k |
| Profit per employee | £136k | £168k | £61.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼12.4% | ▲3.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲23.7% | ▼56.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲17.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 15.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £395k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £61.5k
- 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
- ▲18%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Omnicom Group Inc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Omnicom Europe Limited75–100%
- DDB Europe Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (10)
- Credera Holdings LimitedRev. £51.1m · Profit £4.6m
- Abbott Mead Vickers Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Brightgen Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cardinia Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cardinia Real Estate UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ipg Europe LtdFigures not disclosed
- Omnicom Apima Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Omnicom Emea Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Omnicom Finance Holdings PLCFigures not disclosed
- Tequila International Holdings 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 2024 (profit £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 21 Oct 2026
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