M&C Saatchi AIM:SAA
- Founded
- 1995 · London, England
- Incorporated
- United Kingdom
- Chief executive
- Zaid Al-Qassab
- Employees
- 1,968
- Reports in
- GBP
- Companies House
- 05114893
Global advertising and marketing services network spanning brand campaigns, PR, sponsorship consulting, performance media and government advisory work across the UK, US, Middle East and Asia-Pacific. Founded by the Saatchi brothers and partners after leaving Saatchi & Saatchi; restructured and simplified in recent years.
Read straight from the annual reports
119p at close on 2 Oct 2026 · 11 reported years, 2015–2025
| Line | FY201512/15 | FY201612/16 | FY201712/17 | FY201812/18 | FY201912/19 | FY202012/20 | FY202112/21 | FY202212/22 | FY202312/23 | FY202412/24 | FY202512/25 | FY2026unreported |
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| Revenue | later 417.4 | vs 420.0 | ||||||||||
| Operating profit | vs 6.6 | later (3.3) | vs 5.7 | |||||||||
| Adjusted operating profit | later 21.5 | vs 33.4 | vs 33.7 | |||||||||
| Exceptional items | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Net finance cost | later 4.2 | vs 6.6 | ||||||||||
| Profit before tax | later (5.4) | vs (0.78) | ||||||||||
| Adjusted profit before tax | later 23.5 | vs 29.3 | vs 29.2 | |||||||||
| Tax charge | later 7.6 | vs 3.1 | ||||||||||
| Profit for the year | later (13.1) | |||||||||||
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| Dividend per share | — |
GBP millions, negatives in brackets. Per-share lines in pence, share counts in millions. later is what a following report restated the figure to; vs is a second reading that disagrees. The figure shown is the one the original filing printed, and both readings are kept. Click any figure: opens the report page it was read from, highlighted; shows how it was calculated. The share price above is drawn to the same columns: each close sits over the financial year it fell in.
11 years, at a glance
Dashed: Operating margin, in % on its own scale — read its shape, not its height against the bars.
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Client marketing/campaign spend and high client retention (94% of 2024 revenue retained in 2025)
During 2025, we retained clients who accounted for 94% of 2024 revenue
page 50Diversified specialism portfolio
Advertising 33%, Issues 27%, Passions & PR 16%, Consulting 12%, Media 12% of like-for-like net revenue
page 7Portfolio shift toward higher-margin Non-Advertising Specialisms
Non-Advertising Specialisms remain at 67% of like-for-like net revenue, structurally higher margin than Advertising
page 19US Government shutdown impact on high-margin Issues Specialism
The US Government shutdown in quarter four had a material impact, leading to an overall decline in the year, particularly in the high-margin Issues Specialism
page 11For 2026, the Company targets net revenue growth, in line with market estimates, driven by positive momentum from the Issues and Media Specialisms and supported by regional growth in the US and Europe. Macroeconomic challenges remain, while the conflict in the Middle East is likely to significantly impact our sport and entertainment and consumer-facing business.
page 40On 27 February 2026, the Group disposed of its interests in each of its Malaysian subsidiaries (M&C Saatchi (M) Sdn Bhd, Design Factory Sdn Bhd and Watermelon Production Sdn Bhd), simultaneously entering a brand licence agreement to retain use of the M&C Saatchi name locally
page 97No final dividend is proposed for the year ended 31 December 2025; the Board intends to reallocate the amount that would otherwise have been proposed as a final dividend to an enhanced share buyback programme (up to £4.5 million, launched November 2025, commenced March 2026). The 2024 final dividend of 1.95p per share (£2.354m) was paid in 2025; no interim dividends were declared in 2024 or 2025.
page 93Financial statements prepared on a going concern basis. The Board assessed four severe-but-plausible downside scenarios plus a reverse stress test over a 12-month Viability Review Period and a 3-year (to Dec 2028) viability assessment, concluding sufficient headroom under the £50m RCF's two covenants (interest cover >5x EBITDA/finance charge; leverage <2.75x, rising to 3.25x post-acquisition). Auditor: BDO LLP, in its fifth year as external auditor (partner Matthew Haverson); the Audit & Risk Committee confirmed satisfaction with auditor independence and effectiveness and recommended reappointment. Key judgement areas reviewed included goodwill impairment and revenue recognition; no going-concern qualification or material uncertainty was noted.
page 93Read from C000790-AR-2025-ch.
10 annual reports read, FY2016 to FY2025
Open a year to see what its report said. Every line in it carries the page it was read from.
Sources: Companies House (10)
FY2026Next report expected 24 Apr 2027