CICERO CONSULTING LIMITED
Company number 04071207 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Cicero Consulting holds a credible top-tier UK public affairs franchise with a differentiated London-Brussels-Dublin footprint and, through Havas ownership, access to a global client distribution network that materially exceeds its own scale. However, 29% revenue growth in FY2019 produced a £554k operating loss because administrative costs consumed 98.8% of revenue, and the balance sheet carries net current liabilities of £368k with only £145k of cash — leaving the business dependent on parent support and with minimal buffer against demand shocks. The strategic agenda is therefore unambiguous: convert network access and regulatory-divergence demand into higher-margin, recurring revenue while imposing discipline on a cost base that currently converts growth into losses rather than value.
Shareholders' funds
£947,821
Balance sheet as at 2019-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of public relations, public affairs and corporate affairs
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2000-09-14
- Employees
- 61 (2019 accounts · was 49 in 2018)
- Registered office
- Havas House Hermitage Court, Hermitage Lane, Maidstone, Kent, England, ME16 9NT
- Postcode
- ME16 9NT
- Capital
- 191,928 GBP
- Accounts category
- Small
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-10-18
- Next due by
- 2027-11-01
Nature of business (SIC)
- 70210 Public relations and communications activities
Officers 7 current · 22 resigned
Group structure 3 subsidiaries
Controlled by HAVAS UK LIMITED — since 2020-02-28
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WESTBOURNE COMMS COMPANY LIMITED Dissolved
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YATTERBOX LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z3137411 (Tier 2), registered since 2012.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| CICERO COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED | 2000-11-16 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 10 OLD BAILEY OLD BAILEY, LONDON, EC4M 7NG | 2020-03-13 |
| 1-2 LOWER JAMES STREET, LONDON, W1F 9EG | 2015-08-27 |
| LYNTON HOUSE, 7-12 TAVISTOCK SQUARE, LONDON, WC1H 9LT | 2009-04-07 |
| GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 07/04/2009 FROM, LYNTON HOUSE, 7-12 TAVISTOCK SQUARE, LONDON, WC1H 9LT | 2009-04-07 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 66 similar companies in ME
2nd largest employer among its local peers (61 staff).
2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 2000.
No.4 of the largest public relations and communications activities companies in Maidstone →
Competitors Maidstone
This company ranks 4 among public relations and communications activities in Maidstone.
The class of 2000
41%
of the 75,535 companies incorporated in 2000 are still active today; 56% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.