Next Fifteen reported 2015 revenues rose 18.9% to £129.8M ($185.2M) on the strength of growth in the US, particularly from Beyond and M Booth.
Overall, organic growth hit 7.8% while US organic growth surged 14.1% to £83.5M ($119.2M) for the year. Acquisitions (ODD, publitek, twogether) contributed about 11% of overall growth for the year.
CEO Richard Eyre said, "These are good times for Next 15." In the US, Beyond, Outcast, M Booth, Connections Media and Blueshirt were singled out for strong performances.
Significant wins for the year were Oculus, moneysupermarket.com and Etsy. Its largest client is Google/Alphabet.
Next Fifteen's PR operations also include Bite, Lexis, OutCast and Text 100. The company owns 17 agencies.
Debt stands at 20.6M, against 14.1M in cash and equivalents.
The company in March locked up £30M in financing with HSBC for acquisitions.
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