HILL & KNOWLTON LIMITED

Active
Company number 00953243Private limited companyIncorporated 1969

No accounts in digital format (iXBRL) since 2019. Paper or PDF accounts are available at Companies House.

Sector comparison

SIC 82990

Where the company stands among the 160,475 active companies whose first SIC code is 82990 (Other business support service activities n.e.c.).

Company age57.5 years
Older than 99% · median 10.2 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
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  9. NATIONAL GRID (US) HOLDINGS LIMITED£10.1bn
  10. VIRGIN MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED£5.3bn

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: HILL & KNOWLTON LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

HILL & KNOWLTON LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00953243. It was incorporated on 1 May 1969. Its status is active. The registered office is in London (SE1). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is other business support service activities n.e.c. (82990).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 160,475 active companies whose first SIC code is 82990: It is older than 99% of them (median age 10.2 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 4 public contract award notices from 2 public sector buyers since 2016. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £452.3k. Its most frequent buyer is UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED (3 contracts).

What do public registers and reports show?

In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 28 days to pay suppliers, and 28% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2024/25 shows median hourly pay for women 7.7% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 6 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 31 Dec 2026. The next confirmation statement is due by 3 Mar 2027.

Public contracts

4 contracts

HILL & KNOWLTON LIMITED is named as a supplier in 4 public contract award notices from 2 public sector buyers since 2016. Their combined published value is £452.3k.

Contracts per year
Main buyers2
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
3 contracts · £282.3k
National Employment Savings Trust (NEST)
1 contract · £170k
Contracts
  1. Provision of Corporate Reputational Support ServicesNational Employment Savings Trust (NEST) · £170,000
  2. UK SBS PS18106 Diversity and Inclusion Campaigns FY18/19UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £159,511
  3. Innovate UK PR Support of Innovate UK Entrepreneur Missions 2018/19UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £80,001
  4. UK SBS PS16150 Women in Innovation winner’s announcement and promotion of finalists‡UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £42,775

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Jan 2024 – 30 Jun 2024
Average time taken to pay invoices
28 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
28%
Standard payment terms
14–60 days
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 55%
  • 31 to 60 days 41%
  • After 60 days 4%
Earlier periods (3)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Dec 2023
29
61%
27%
30 Jun 2019
23
77%
19%
31 Dec 2018
25
76%
17%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2024/25
Median hourly pay
women 7.7% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 9.3% lower
Median bonus pay
women 18.8% lower
Employer size
250 to 499 employees
Lower pay quarter60.8% womenLower middle73.4% womenUpper middle65.8% womenUpper pay quarter58.2% women
Earlier years (7)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2023/24
women 6.3% lower
women 3.5% lower
2022/23
women 6% lower
women 10.5% lower
2021/22
women 8.5% lower
women 8.9% lower
2020/21
women 2.6% lower
women 10.8% lower
2019/20
women 8.9% lower
women 15.3% lower
2018/19
women 2.4% higher
women 15.4% lower
2017/18
women 3.9% higher
women 18.4% lower

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service

Modern slavery statements6
2026
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (WPP 2005 LIMITED)
2025
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (WPP 2005 LIMITED)
2024
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (WPP 2005 LIMITED)
Earlier years (3)
2023
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (WPP 2005 LIMITED)
2022
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (WPP 2005 LIMITED)
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (WPP 2005 LIMITED)

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

History

5 events
  1. Burson Group Limited registered as a person with significant control
  2. Wpp Samson Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
  3. Financial year endedAccounts filed at Companies House
  4. Wpp Samson Limited registered as a person with significant control
  5. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.