The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025.
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of provision of strategic communications and public relations services.
The company's profitability was adversely affected in 2024 and 2025 due to the loss of a main customer during 2024. The company is addressing the adverse profitability through rebuilding its client portfolio and managing costs.
The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:
Moore Kingston Smith LLP were appointed as auditor to the company and in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006, a resolution proposing that they be re-appointed will be put at a General Meeting.
Waggener Edstrom Worldwide Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is One New Change, London, England, EC4M 9AF.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
The nature, timing of satisfaction of performance obligations and significant payment terms of the company's major sources of revenue are as follows:
The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.
Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.
The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the profit and loss account, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.
In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.
The estimates and assumptions which have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities are as follows.
The main factor considered in determining the percentage of completion, is the time incurred as a proportion of the total expected time spent on a project.
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
The amount included within the ‘adjustment’ line represents corrections made during the year to align the fixed asset note disclosures with the underlying fixed asset register.
Included within other debtors are rent deposits totalling £225,126 (2024: £255,000) that are due over one year.
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund.
There were accrued pension contributions at the year end of £0 (2024: £4,225).
As the income statement has been omitted from the filing copy of the financial statements, the following information in relation to the audit report on the statutory financial statements is provided in accordance with s444(5B) of the Companies Act 2006.
The auditor's report is unqualified and includes the following:
At the reporting end date the company had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, as follows:
The company derived £1,793,034 (2024: £871,736) in commission income and made purchases of £227,812 (2024: £230,776) from Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, Inc. a company incorporated in the USA, the parent undertaking. At the year end, the company owed £607,103 to Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, Inc. In 2024, the company owed £211,664 to Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, Inc.
During the year, the company made sales of £41,174 (2024: £8,598) and purchases of £119,244 (2024: £12,244) with Waggener Edstrom Worldwide GmbH, a company incorporated in Germany, and a subsidiary of Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, Inc. At the year end, the company owed £116,437 to Waggener Edstrom Worldwide GmbH. In 2024 the company was owed £229,907 by Waggener Edstrom Worldwide GmbH.
During the year, the company had made sales of £nil (2024: £nil) and purchases of £30,368 (2024:£nil) with Waggener Edstrom Worldwide (Proprietary) Limited, a company incorporated in South Africa, and a subsidiary of Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, Inc. At the year end, the company owed £122,067 (2024: £98,073) to Waggener Edstrom Worldwide (Proprietary) Limited.
During the year, the company had made sales of £5,880 (2024: £7,816) with Buchan Consulting Pty Ltd, a company incorporated in Australia and a subsidiary of Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, Inc.
At the year end, the company was owed £234 (2024: £1,000) by Red Bridge Communications (Shanghai) Ltd, a company incorporated in China and a subsidiary of Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, Inc.
During the year, the company made sales of £nil (2024: £25,256) with Waggener Edstrom Worldwide Singapore Pte. Ltd., a company incorporated in Singapore and a subsidiary of Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, Inc.
During the year, the company made sales of £nil (2024: £7,000) and purchases of £10,905 (2024: £nil) with Avian Media Private Limited, a company incorporated in India and a subsidiary of Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, Inc. At the year end, the company owed £4,113 to Avian Media Private Limited. In 2024 the company was owed £7,973 by Avian Media Private Limited.
During the year, the company made sales of £3,094 (2024: £nil) and purchases of £304 (2024: £nil) with Waggener Edstrom Worldwide Communications (Beijing) Co., Ltd, a company incorporated in Beijing and a subsidiary of Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, Inc. At the year end, the company was owed £2,764 (2024: £2,625) by Waggener Edstrom Worldwide Communications (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
During the year, the company made sales of £1,540 (2024: £21,488) and purchases of £9,111 (2024: £nil) from Hopscotch Consulting Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales and a subsidiary of Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, Inc. At the year end, the company owed £9,111 to Hopscotch Consulting Limited. In 2024 the company was owed £39,209 by Hopscotch Consulting Limited.
All transactions were carried out under normal market conditions.
No guarantees have been given or received.