Set Live Limited
Registered name: SET LIVE LIMITED
Part of Wpp Plc groupSet Live Limited made £10.3m revenue and £671k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Set Live Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £10.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £671k profit. The company is classified under “management consultancy activities other than financial management” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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) | £14.2m | £11m | £10.3m |
| Cost of sales | −£11m | −£7.7m | −£8.2m |
| Gross profit | £3.2m | £3.3m | £2.1m |
| Profit before tax | £796k | £891k | £849k |
| Profit after tax | £478k | £723k | £671k |
| Profit (best available) | £478k | £723k | £671k |
| Employees (average) | 22 | 22 | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.4% | 6.6% | 6.5% |
| Gross margin | 22.4% | 30.1% | 20.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £644k | £500k | — |
| Profit per employee | £21.7k | £32.9k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼22.3% | ▼6.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲51.1% | ▼7.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.4%
- 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
- —
- 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
- —
- 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%
- Set Live Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £671k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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