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Marketing agencies in Manchester ranked by net assets

Ranked from each company's filed annual accounts. This list last changed on and was last checked against the data on . Showing the top 50 of 224 companies that qualified.

Companies qualified
224 of 2,508
Ranked first
JOIN THE DOTS (RESEARCH) LTD
Net assets of no. 1
£12,101,289
Data as of

Summary

The list is led by JOIN THE DOTS (RESEARCH) LTD (opens in a new tab) with £12,101,289 of net assets; HILLCREST & LOUIS HOMES LIMITED (opens in a new tab) and CHECKDMEDIA LIMITED (opens in a new tab) complete the top three.

The ranking uses each company's most recent filed accounts. 224 marketing agencies in Manchester qualified. 21 of the listed companies were incorporated before 2010. 18 of the listed companies report net assets above £1,000,000.

The ranking

Marketing agencies in Manchester ranked by net assets: 50 companies in rank order, with each company's number, latest and previous net assets, change, latest accounts date and age.
Rank Company Net assets Latest accounts Avg. employees Age (yrs)
Previous year Latest year Change Change %
1 JOIN THE DOTS (RESEARCH) LTD (opens in a new tab)03546594 £10,051,3562023 £12,101,2892024 +£2,049,933 +20.4% 102 27
2 HILLCREST & LOUIS HOMES LIMITED (opens in a new tab)09417467 £3,278,6852023 £4,629,7472024 +£1,351,062 +41.2% 5 10
3 CHECKDMEDIA LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08033204 £3,697,7942023 £4,003,7812024 +£305,987 +8.3% 30 13
4 REPUBLIC OF MEDIA LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07898268 £2,884,6392024 £3,869,8702025 +£985,231 +34.2% 55 13
5 NORTH BRIDGE MEDIA SERVICES LTD (opens in a new tab)12002239 £3,416,6052024 £3,548,8652025 +£132,260 +3.9% 108 6
6 LOVE CREATIVE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04207025 £3,420,2762023 £3,437,9712024 +£17,695 +0.5% 70 24
7 S M R S LTD (opens in a new tab)03365804 – £3,028,7442024 – – 111 28
8 ODORE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)10726054 £4,278,2312023 £2,954,9682024 -£1,323,263 -30.9% 14 8
9 DESIGNER MEDIA LIMITED (opens in a new tab)06879415 £2,051,2172024 £2,079,1262025 +£27,909 +1.4% – 16
10 AZONETWORK UK LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07992821 £2,208,7332024 £2,020,3312025 -£188,402 -8.5% 43 13
11 MEDIACO TOPCO LIMITED (opens in a new tab)12021914 – £1,750,2732024 – – 3 6
12 MEDIACO LIMITED (opens in a new tab)03679418 £1,748,4982023 £1,721,6082024 -£26,890 -1.5% 109 26
13 THE ORCHARD AGENCY LIMITED (opens in a new tab)03156739 £774,5002023 £1,521,9442024 +£747,444 +96.5% 79 29
14 OMNISIS LTD (opens in a new tab)04602421 £1,791,1312024 £1,418,7552025 -£372,376 -20.8% 16 22
15 JESSICA HUNT LTD (opens in a new tab)10717058 – £1,357,0632025 – – 1 8
16 TEAM GOOEY LIMITED (opens in a new tab)11509275 £1,087,2902023 £1,308,7472024 +£221,457 +20.4% 16 6
17 EMBRYO DIGITAL LTD (opens in a new tab)09361701 £933,2402023 £1,055,1482024 +£121,908 +13.1% 65 10
18 BRANDON CONSULTANTS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08038225 £946,8802024 £1,011,0552025 +£64,175 +6.8% 38 13
19 CEDARWOOD DIGITAL LTD (opens in a new tab)10068464 £768,7352024 £901,7202025 +£132,985 +17.3% 13 9
20 KWEST RESEARCH LIMITED (opens in a new tab)02400940 £805,2852023 £842,8902024 +£37,605 +4.7% 36 36
21 UN:HURD MUSIC LIMITED (opens in a new tab)12354719 £754,1622023 £840,2862024 +£86,124 +11.4% 14 5
22 NOTORIOUS COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)11794737 £512,3222023 £812,0142024 +£299,692 +58.5% 18 6
23 LUXSON LTD (opens in a new tab)06345415 – £809,2542024 – – 11 17
24 BRAZEN LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04239583 £1,809,1932023 £805,0392024 -£1,004,154 -55.5% 45 24
25 FOUNDER CREATIVE LTD (opens in a new tab)12293734 £647,0282024 £801,0812025 +£154,053 +23.8% – 5
26 MORRIS HARGREAVES MCINTYRE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)03367349 £650,3042023 £771,7152024 +£121,411 +18.7% 44 28
27 MANCHESTER BETH DIN LTD (opens in a new tab)07477967 £496,8562023 £750,0992024 +£253,243 +51.0% 7 14
28 GKBARRY LTD (opens in a new tab)13898025 £678,9762024 £678,9762025 +£0 +0.0% 2 3
29 JAGGEY MEDIA LIMITED (opens in a new tab)14322457 £215,8582023 £657,8312024 +£441,973 +204.8% – 2
30 ONE AGENCY MEDIA LIMITED (opens in a new tab)09557283 – £618,5712025 – – 51 10
31 WILSON AND COOKE MARKETING LIMITED (opens in a new tab)05698907 £609,4862024 £531,9582025 -£77,528 -12.7% 12 19
32 EMBLAZE WORKLIFE EXPERIENCE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08951064 £570,3272023 £488,1182024 -£82,209 -14.4% 9 11
33 ROLAND DRANSFIELD PUBLIC RELATIONS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)00729556 £513,3532023 £481,5222024 -£31,831 -6.2% 5 63
34 SLASHDATA LIMITED (opens in a new tab)05614666 £743,4342023 £479,2102024 -£264,224 -35.5% 8 19
35 JAM PR LTD (opens in a new tab)05997331 £600,4672023 £475,7012024 -£124,766 -20.8% 11 18
36 TBWA\MCR LIMITED (opens in a new tab)02160991 £298,5182023 £470,1552024 +£171,637 +57.5% 55 37
37 POTENTIAL INSIGHT LIMITED (opens in a new tab)09301342 £233,6862024 £429,8112025 +£196,125 +83.9% 2 10
38 MC2 MANCHESTER LIMITED (opens in a new tab)03847022 £462,9842023 £421,7002024 -£41,284 -8.9% 31 25
39 MUSTARD MARKET RESEARCH LTD (opens in a new tab)06706816 £359,7932023 £392,6112024 +£32,818 +9.1% 25 16
40 ACTIVE PROFILE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)05192225 £388,7682023 £389,4042024 +£636 +0.2% 20 21
41 CREATIVE CONCERN LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04582786 £409,8902023 £380,3472024 -£29,543 -7.2% 23 22
42 NA.UX CONSULTING LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08516029 £470,6652023 £352,9102024 -£117,755 -25.0% – 12
43 TRUE NORTH COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04240580 £277,8482024 £337,8492025 +£60,001 +21.6% 8 24
44 RCH ONLINE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)12660320 £234,1062023 £321,4392024 +£87,333 +37.3% – 5
45 PADS FOR STUDENTS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07932757 £275,6432024 £319,1362025 +£43,493 +15.8% 1 13
46 MAKING YOU CONTENT LIMITED (opens in a new tab)09984468 £305,3852024 £316,6862025 +£11,301 +3.7% 7 9
47 D.S. WHITNEY LTD (opens in a new tab)14384619 £151,5142023 £307,8762024 +£156,362 +103.2% 2 2
48 LINKUP SOCIAL LTD (opens in a new tab)13498608 £361,0572023 £283,9002024 -£77,157 -21.4% 1 4
49 PEOPLE PEOPLE COMMUNICATIONS LTD (opens in a new tab)07441262 £259,1752023 £278,3892024 +£19,214 +7.4% 3 14
50 AFA GROUP LTD (opens in a new tab)09371669 £378,6912023 £278,3492024 -£100,342 -26.5% 8 10
Download CSV of this ranking 50 rows, the same as the table. “–” means the figure was not filed.

How this list was made

Industry
Companies with any of these SIC codes on their Companies House record:
  • 73110 – Advertising agencies
  • 73120 – Media representation services
  • 73200 – Market research and public opinion polling
  • 70210 – Public relations and communications activities
Location
The post town of the registered office address is Manchester.
Periods compared
Each company's latest annual accounts. The previous year's figure is shown for context and does not affect the ranking.
Ranking
Ranked by net assets in the latest filed accounts. Companies with net assets below £10,000 are left out.
Exclusions
Companies that are dissolved, in liquidation, in administration or proposed to be struck off; dormant companies; and companies whose latest accounts end more than 21 months before the newest accounts in the data (or are dated after it). Figures that cannot be right, which are most likely filing errors, are also left out:
  • net assets above £100,000,000 in micro-entity accounts, or above £1,000,000,000 in small company accounts
Companies checked
Companies with a matching SIC code in Manchester2,508
Not active−544
Dormant−127
Latest accounts too old or wrongly dated−1,214
Net assets not filed in the latest accounts−128
Net assets below £10,000−271
Figure too large or inconsistent to be reliable−0
Qualified for this list224