Popla Media Ltd

What Popla Media Ltd does

Popla Media Ltd is a privately held, founder-led creative agency incorporated in England and Wales, headquartered in Oxford with a registered office in London. Founded in 2013 by Creative Directors Rob Vincent and Claire Vincent, the firm operates with a stated headcount of 1-10 and runs a lean, principal-led delivery model in which the two co-founders personally oversee every project and draw on a curated network of freelance specialists as needed. Popla is positioned as an award-winning creative agency focused on purpose-led storytelling for organisations working on social impact, healthcare, research, and public-interest themes.

The agency's product offering is a bundled suite of five service lines: Strategy, Film, Animation, Design, and Photography. Clients can engage on strategy alone, content production only, or an integrated engagement. Underlying production is entirely human-driven film, animation, design, and photography craft rather than a technology platform; the company is explicitly classified as a creative services firm with no proprietary technology or AI component. Notable project types include promotional films, documentary case studies, behaviour-change dramas, research-impact films, impact-report design, hospital murals, comic strips, and social content.

Popla generates revenue through professional services fees on a project-by-project basis, with no publicly disclosed pricing, retainer structure, or rate card. The go-to-market is sales-led and direct: engagement is initiated through the website, phone, or email, and the firm emphasises collaborative partnership working from concept through creative sign-off. Its served segments are UK-based charities and non-profits, healthcare and medical-research institutions, museums and cultural bodies, universities, government and public-sector organisations, and property developers, with a stated vertical segmentation approach. Customers named publicly include Great Ormond Street Hospital, Science Museum, Barnardo's, NWG Network, Sport England, Victim Support, University of Warwick, Clarion Housing, the ICRIR, and Centre for Ageing Better. The firm has no disclosed funding, no parent company, no subsidiaries, and no M&A activity on record.

Name

Popla Media Ltd

Legal name

Popla Media Ltd

Website

https://poplamedia.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Popla Media Ltd is an Oxford-based, founder-led creative agency producing strategy, film, animation, design, and photography for UK charities, healthcare institutions, universities, public-sector bodies, and property developers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Others, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Creative Agency Services: Popla Media generates revenue through providing strategic communications and content production services including film, animation, design, photography, and strategy. They offer services as a bundled creative agency engagement, working with clients on strategy alone, just the content, or both together. The company manages the entire production from concept right through to delivery.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Popla Media is a creative agency that helps organisations shape and tell stories that matter through strategic communications and content production. The firm offers five integrated services — strategy, film production, animation, design, and photography — that clients can engage individually or as a bundled creative package, with Popla managing the entire production from concept through to delivery. Work is produced for UK-based charities, healthcare institutions, universities, cultural bodies, and government organisations whose missions involve positive social impact.

Product overview

Popla Media Ltd is a creative agency offering a unified suite of storytelling services: Strategy, Film Production, Animation, Design, and Photography. These services work together as an integrated offering, where the company helps clients clarify their message through strategic consulting and then brings ideas to life through any combination of film, animation, design, or photography—clients can engage on strategy alone, content production only, or both together. The agency manages the entire production from concept through to delivery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Strategy Strategic service helping organisations clarify what needs to be said and the best way to communicate it, including finding their 'north star' whether a startup or an established business. Engagements can be scoped to strategy alone, content production only, or both together, with Popla managing delivery from concept through to creative sign-off.
• Film Production Production of promotional films, documentary case studies, behaviour change dramas, research impact films, and immersive experiences designed to make complex stories clear, compelling, and human. Suited to UK charities, healthcare providers, research institutes, cultural institutions, and public bodies seeking high-quality narrative film content.
• Animation Animation services delivering creative approaches that simplify complexity and make even the most challenging subjects accessible, engaging, and memorable. Used by clients for safeguarding communications, explainer animations, and social impact storytelling (e.g., Connected Families animations for Barnardo's, Listen/Believe/Act animation for NWG Network's faith sector work, Lives Transformed for University of Warwick).
• Design Graphic design and illustration services that communicate stories with clarity and simplicity, including impact reports, hospital murals, comic strips, social content, report design, and print collateral. Used by healthcare and charity clients (e.g., Great Ormond Street Hospital hospital murals, Listen Up's Pushing Forward report on adultification in child safeguarding).
• Photography Documentary and portrait photography that puts authentic moments and real people at the heart of stories. Used by clients to support research, communications, and campaign content (e.g., Arts Council England commissions and Siobhan Davis Studio collaborations).

Quantifiable outcome

• Delivered on time and within agreed budget for Clarion Housing Group projects
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers26 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• The SpacecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016The Space provided grant funding for the Winter Garden 360 film project, making the production possible. The Winter Garden project documented the transformation of derelict Victorian houses in Granby, Liverpool into a community centre and artists' residence through a collaboration between Assemble and local residents.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Havas London: UK arm of global Havas network offering creative, media, content and PR services across sectors. Comparable capability breadth but with much larger scale, broader client portfolio and integrated media buying.
• Publicis London: London presence of Publicis Groupe delivering creative, content and communications services. Comparable integrated offering to Popla but with global scale, broader sector coverage and deeper bench.
• Wieden+Kennedy London: London office of major global creative network producing integrated campaigns, film and content for global brands. Comparable in offering (integrated creative production) but operates at materially greater scale and serves more commercial clients.
• Dentsu Creative UK: Creative arm of Dentsu International operating in the UK with integrated campaign, content and experience capabilities. Comparable in offering to Popla but at holding-company scale and breadth.

Direct peers

• BMB Agency: Independent London creative agency producing campaigns and brand storytelling. Closely comparable to Popla in size, structure, and integrated creative offering for UK-based clients.
• Forster Communications: UK communications agency specialising in the charity, public sector and social-impact space. Highly comparable to Popla's focus on charities, healthcare and government clients, with overlapping purpose-led positioning.
• Lucky Generals: Independent London creative agency known for integrated campaigns, content and design work. Comparable to Popla as a boutique independent agency pursuing integrated strategy-plus-execution engagements in the UK.
• Mother London: Independent London creative agency producing campaigns, film, design and branded content for clients across categories. Most directly comparable to Popla as a similarly sized independent creative shop competing for premium briefs in the UK market.
• Amplify: Independent London creative agency producing brand experiences, campaigns and content. Comparable to Popla as a UK independent creative shop competing for integrated brand storytelling briefs.
• Good Agency: London communications agency focused exclusively on charities, social enterprises and impact-led organisations. Direct peer to Popla given shared mission-driven client base and content-led service model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/popla-media-ltd

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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