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Company No. 05467689 · Incorporated 31 May 2005

Essence Global Limited

Registered name: ESSENCE GLOBAL LIMITED

Part of Wpp Plc group

Essence Global Limited made £141m revenue and £9.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Essence Global Limited’s revenue fell 24% to £141m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £9.1m profit and 122 employees. The company is classified under “advertising agencies” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection M · Professional, scientific and technical activitiesSIC 73110Advertising agencies
Status
Active
Location
London, London
Age
21 yrs · since 2005
Type
Private Limited Company

Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Revenue
£141m
Growth ▼24%
Profit
£9.1m
Growth ▼48.5%
Profit margin
6.5%
Gross 28.5%
Employees
122
Change ▼75.3%
Profit / employee
£74.6k
Revenue/employee £1.2m
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£186m£141m
Cost of sales£124m£101m
Gross profit£62.3m£40.3m
Operating profit£11.8m£1.1m
Profit before tax£18.3m£9.1m
Profit after tax£17.7m£9.1m
Profit (best available)£17.7m£9.1m
Staff costs£60.3m£44.8m
Employees (average)493122
Ratios
Profit margin9.5%6.5%
Gross margin33.5%28.5%
Revenue per employee£377k£1.2m
Profit per employee£35.9k£74.6k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼24%
Profit growth—▼48.5%
Headcount growth—▼75.3%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Net assets£158m£167m
Current assets£655m£548m
Debtors£90.9m£54.1m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
6.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
28.5%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£1.2m
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£74.6k
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
38.3%
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
▲6%
Now £167m
Cash at bank
—
Now —
Headcount
▼75%
Now 122
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. WPP Samson Limited75–100%
  7. Essence Global Limitedthis company

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

Sister companies (9)

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

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £9.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026

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