WPP PLC financials
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WPP PLC
Country: GB Reporting currency: GBP Latest annual report: 2025-12-31
LEI:
549300LSGBXPYHXGDT93 Financial statements
(GBP, as reported — unscaled; 103 line items across 3 annual periods)
| Line item | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | |||
| Revenue | £13.55B | £14.74B | £14.85B |
| Cost of sales | £11.40B | £12.29B | £12.33B |
| Gross profit | £2.15B | £2.45B | £2.52B |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | £382.0M | £1.32B | £531.0M |
| Finance costs | £352.0M | £417.0M | £389.0M |
| Profit before tax | £131.0M | £1.03B | £346.0M |
| Income tax expense | £303.0M | £402.0M | £149.0M |
| Profit for the year | -£172.0M | £629.0M | £197.0M |
| — attributable to owners | -£215.0M | £542.0M | £110.0M |
| — attributable to NCI | £43.0M | £87.0M | £87.0M |
| Total comprehensive income | -£392.0M | £567.0M | -£132.0M |
| Per share | |||
| Basic EPS | £-0.20 | £0.50 | £0.10 |
| Diluted EPS | £-0.20 | £0.49 | £0.10 |
| Free cash flow / share | £0.74 | £0.96 | £0.54 |
| Cash flow statement | |||
| Net cash from operating activities | £724.0M | £1.41B | £1.24B |
| Net cash from investing activities | -£347.0M | £278.0M | -£380.0M |
| Purchase of PP&E (capex) | £91.0M | £189.0M | £177.0M |
| Purchase of intangibles | £95.0M | £47.0M | £40.0M |
| Net cash from financing activities | -£319.0M | -£989.0M | -£904.0M |
| Dividends paid | £393.0M | £492.0M | £524.0M |
| Proceeds from borrowings | £874.0M | £1.06B | £1.05B |
| Repayments of borrowings | £418.0M | £1.09B | £1.10B |
| Lease liability payments | £242.0M | £282.0M | £259.0M |
| Net change in cash | £58.0M | £697.0M | -£46.0M |
| Balance sheet | |||
| Non-current assets | £10.90B | £11.85B | — |
| Property, plant & equipment | £724.0M | £909.0M | — |
| Right-of-use assets | £1.32B | £1.39B | — |
| Intangible assets & goodwill | £6.95B | £7.61B | — |
| Current assets | £13.17B | £13.66B | — |
| Trade & other receivables | £7.28B | £7.72B | — |
| Cash & equivalents | £2.69B | £2.64B | — |
| Total equity | £2.77B | £3.73B | £3.83B |
| — attributable to owners | £2.54B | £3.48B | — |
| Non-controlling interests | £232.0M | £259.0M | — |
| Non-current liabilities | £6.47B | £6.26B | — |
| Long-term borrowings | £4.11B | £3.74B | — |
| Lease liabilities (non-current) | £1.67B | £1.78B | — |
| Current liabilities | £14.84B | £15.52B | — |
| Short-term borrowings | £822.0M | £584.0M | — |
| Lease liabilities (current) | £223.0M | £240.0M | — |
| Trade & other payables | £13.41B | £14.22B | — |
| Deferred tax liabilities | £146.0M | £142.0M | — |
| Derived metrics | |||
| Free cash flow | £633.0M | £1.22B | £1.06B |
| Operating margin | 2.8% | 9.0% | 3.6% |
| Net margin | -1.3% | 4.3% | 1.3% |
| Return on equity | -6.2% | 16.8% | 5.1% |
| Cash conversion ratio | -4.21× | 2.24× | 6.28× |
| Capex coverage | 7.96× | 7.45× | 6.99× |
| Other reported items | |||
| Cancellation of Treasury Shares | — | £0 | — |
| Cash and Cash Equivalents If Different From Statement of Financial Position | £2.53B | £2.47B | £1.86B |
| Changes In Equity | -£570.0M | -£666.0M | -£195.0M |
| Comprehensive Income Attributable To Noncontrolling Interests | £39.0M | £85.0M | £64.0M |
| Comprehensive Income Attributable To Owners of Parent | -£431.0M | £482.0M | -£196.0M |
| Current Accrued Income Including Current Contract Assets | £3.07B | £3.19B | — |
| Current Assets Liabilities | -£1.67B | -£1.85B | — |
| Current Tax Assets Current | £124.0M | £113.0M | — |
| Current Tax Assets Noncurrent | £55.0M | £59.0M | — |
| Current Tax Liabilities Current | £221.0M | £333.0M | — |
| Decrease Increase Through Tax On Sharebased Payment Transactions | £2.0M | -£1.0M | -£2.0M |
| Deferred Tax Assets | £292.0M | £323.0M | — |
| Dividends Paid To Equity Holders of Parent Classified As Financing Activities | £343.0M | £425.0M | £423.0M |
| Dividends Paid To Noncontrolling Interests Classified As Financing Activities | £50.0M | £67.0M | £101.0M |
| Dividends Proposed Or Declared Before Financial Statements Authorised For Issue But Not Recognised As Distribution To Owners Per Share | £0.07 | £0.15 | — |
| Dividends Recognised As Distributions To Owners Per Share | £0.24 | £0.24 | — |
| Effect of Exchange Rate Changes On Cash and Cash Equivalents | £1.0M | -£90.0M | -£80.0M |
| Finance Income | £78.0M | £137.0M | £127.0M |
| Gains Losses On Cash Flow Hedges Net of Tax | £25.0M | -£35.0M | -£43.0M |
| Gains Losses On Exchange Differences On Translation Net of Tax | -£205.0M | -£72.0M | -£427.0M |
| Gains Losses On Hedges of Net Investments In Foreign Operations Net of Tax | £68.0M | -£3.0M | £108.0M |
| General and Administrative Expense | £1.76B | £1.13B | £1.99B |
| Income Tax Relating To Remeasurements of Defined Benefit Plans of Other Comprehensive Income | £0 | -£2.0M | -£2.0M |
| Increase Decrease Through Sharebased Payment Transactions | £73.0M | £81.0M | £140.0M |
| Increase Decrease Through Treasury Share Transactions | — | £0 | £0 |
| Intangible Assets Other Than Goodwill | £734.0M | £737.0M | — |
| Investment Accounted For Using Equity Method | £231.0M | £253.0M | — |
| Investments Other Than Investments Accounted For Using Equity Method | £334.0M | £398.0M | — |
| Issue of Equity | — | £2.0M | £1.0M |
| Issued Capital | £109.0M | £109.0M | — |
| Net Assets Liabilities | £2.77B | £3.73B | — |
| Noncurrent Payables | £208.0M | £229.0M | — |
| Noncurrent Receivables | £272.0M | £174.0M | — |
| Noncurrent Recognised Liabilities Defined Benefit Plan | £128.0M | £132.0M | — |
| Other Comprehensive Income | -£220.0M | -£62.0M | -£329.0M |
| Other Comprehensive Income Before Tax Gains Losses On Remeasurements of Defined Benefit Plans | -£1.0M | £3.0M | -£9.0M |
| Other Comprehensive Income Net of Tax Cash Flow Hedges | £5.0M | -£8.0M | £0 |
| Other Comprehensive Income Net of Tax Gains Losses From Investments In Equity Instruments | -£54.0M | -£7.0M | -£3.0M |
| Other Comprehensive Income That Will Be Reclassified To Profit Or Loss Net of Tax | -£165.0M | -£60.0M | -£319.0M |
| Other Comprehensive Income That Will Not Be Reclassified To Profit Or Loss Net of Tax | -£55.0M | -£2.0M | -£10.0M |
| Other Reserves | -£12.0M | £151.0M | — |
| Payments From Changes In Ownership Interests In Subsidiaries | £8.0M | £87.0M | £16.0M |
| Payments To Acquire Or Redeem Entitys Shares | £97.0M | £82.0M | £54.0M |
| Portion of Consideration Paid Received Consisting of Cash and Cash Equivalents | — | -£520.0M | — |
| Proceeds From Changes In Ownership Interests In Subsidiaries | £0 | £0 | £46.0M |
| Proceeds From Exercise of Options | £0 | £2.0M | £1.0M |
| Proceeds From Sales of Property Plant and Equipment Classified As Investing Activities | £8.0M | £21.0M | £5.0M |
| Profit Loss From Continuing Operations | -£172.0M | £629.0M | £197.0M |
| Reclassification Adjustments On Cash Flow Hedges Net of Tax | £58.0M | -£58.0M | -£44.0M |
| Reserve of Gains and Losses On Hedging Instruments That Hedge Investments In Equity Instruments | £408.0M | £354.0M | £347.0M |
| Retained Earnings | £2.05B | £2.83B | — |
| Share of Other Comprehensive Income of Associates and Joint Ventures Accounted For Using Equity Method That Will Be Reclassified To Profit Or Loss Net of Tax | £0 | £0 | -£1.0M |
| Share of Profit Loss of Associates Accounted For Using Equity Method | £39.0M | £36.0M | £70.0M |
| Share Premium | £579.0M | £579.0M | — |
| Treasury Shares | £188.0M | £191.0M | — |
Methodology
Every line item above is a fact tagged in WPP PLC's annual report
filed in the European Single Electronic Format (ESEF) under the IFRS
taxonomy (ifrs-full) — the income statement, balance sheet
and cash-flow statement as the filer reported them. Values are shown
as-is, in the reporting currency (GBP), without
rescaling; the row labels map to the underlying concept name (e.g.
Revenue → ifrs-full:Revenue, Operating profit →
ifrs-full:ProfitLossFromOperatingActivities, Diluted EPS →
ifrs-full:DilutedEarningsLossPerShare), and any concept
without a curated label is shown under “Other reported items” with its
de-camel-cased tag name. Only consolidated, default-member facts are
shown (segment / dimensional breakdowns are excluded).
“Derived metrics” (free cash flow, margins, ROE, …) are computed from those facts by the same model the U.S. financials pages use — not tagged by the filer.
Source: machine-readable OIM xBRL-JSON aggregated by filings.xbrl.org (XBRL International). Entity identity is resolved by LEI via the public-domain GLEIF register. This is reference data, not investment advice.