# WPP plc: Form 20-F for the period ended Dec 31, 2021

- Company: [WPP plc](/companies/wpp.md) (CIK 806968)
- Form: 20-F
- Filed: 2022-04-06
- Accepted by EDGAR: Apr 6, 2022, 13:01 ET
- Period: 2021-12-31
- Accession: 0001628280-22-008534
- Inline XBRL: yes
- Main document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/806968/000162828022008534/wpp-20211231.htm
- All documents and exhibits: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/806968/000162828022008534/

## Figures reported in this filing

Standardized XBRL line items for the period ended 2021-12-31.

| Line item | Period | Value | XBRL concept |
| --- | --- | ---: | --- |
| Revenue | 12 months, 2021-01-01 to 2021-12-31 | GBP 12.80bn | ifrs-full:Revenue |
| Cost of revenue | 12 months, 2021-01-01 to 2021-12-31 | GBP 10.60bn | ifrs-full:CostOfSales |
| Gross profit | 12 months, 2021-01-01 to 2021-12-31 | GBP 2.20bn | ifrs-full:GrossProfit |
| Operating income | 12 months, 2021-01-01 to 2021-12-31 | GBP 1.23bn | ifrs-full:ProfitLossFromOperatingActivities |
| Income tax | 12 months, 2021-01-01 to 2021-12-31 | GBP 230.1m | ifrs-full:IncomeTaxExpenseContinuingOperations |
| Net income | 12 months, 2021-01-01 to 2021-12-31 | GBP 637.7m | ifrs-full:ProfitLossAttributableToOwnersOfParent |
| Diluted EPS | 12 months, 2021-01-01 to 2021-12-31 | GBP 0.53 | ifrs-full:DilutedEarningsLossPerShare |
| Basic EPS | 12 months, 2021-01-01 to 2021-12-31 | GBP 0.53 | ifrs-full:BasicEarningsLossPerShare |
| Operating cash flow | 12 months, 2021-01-01 to 2021-12-31 | GBP 2.03bn | ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInOperatingActivities |
| Capital expenditure | 12 months, 2021-01-01 to 2021-12-31 | GBP 263.2m | ifrs-full:PurchaseOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentClassifiedAsInvestingActivities |
| Cash and equivalents | at 2021-12-31 | GBP 3.88bn | ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalents |
| Current assets | at 2021-12-31 | GBP 15.34bn | ifrs-full:CurrentAssets |
| Current liabilities | at 2021-12-31 | GBP 16.49bn | ifrs-full:CurrentLiabilities |
| Shareholders' equity | at 2021-12-31 | GBP 3.62bn | ifrs-full:EquityAttributableToOwnersOfParent |
| Shares outstanding | at 2021-12-31 | 1,153,969,597 shares | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding |

## Sections

Sections are extracted only from 10-K and 10-Q reports. Read this filing’s documents on sec.gov. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/806968/000162828022008534/wpp-20211231.htm

Filed Apr 6, 2022.
Source: SEC EDGAR, the filing index for accession 0001628280-22-008534. Last ingested by Listed: Oct 29, 2026, 07:04 ET. No prices; not investment advice.