Meta Ads management · London

Facebook & Instagram ads people stop scrolling for.

We’re a London Meta Ads agency that plans, makes and runs Facebook and Instagram campaigns for UK businesses, with new creative tested every week and Conversions API tracking, so Meta learns from real sales rather than guesswork.

  • 48 hoursFree account audit turnaround
  • WeeklyNew creative tests in market
  • Pixel + CAPIServer-side tracking as standard
  • 30 daysRolling notice, no lock-in

01Why Meta Ads

Google catches demand that already exists. Meta creates it, and the ad itself decides who it reaches.

Your next customers spend time on Facebook and Instagram most days. They aren’t looking for you. They’re catching up with friends, watching Reels and browsing. Meta Ads put a product, an idea or an offer in front of them before they’ve started searching. That’s the real difference from Google Ads: search captures intent, Meta builds it.

Since early 2026, Advantage+ has been the default set-up for new sales, leads and app campaigns. Audiences are broad, placements are automatic and Meta decides who sees what. Manual controls still exist, but in practice your creative now does most of the targeting: the hook, the format and the offer decide who stops and who scrolls past. So that’s where we put most of our effort.

Meta isn’t right for everyone. If people only look for what you sell when it’s urgent (a locksmith, an emergency dentist), search will usually win. If your audience lives on short-form video, TikTok Ads may earn a place alongside it. Your free Meta Ads audit will tell you straight where Meta fits.

How Meta Ads and Google Ads compare
At a glanceMeta AdsGoogle Ads
Best atCreating demand: reaching people before they know they need youCapturing demand: reaching people already searching for what you sell
Finds people byCreative and conversion signals: who responds to which adKeywords and search intent, refined by bids and audiences
Biggest leverFresh, varied creative and a clear offerAccount structure, bidding and landing pages
Shines forVisual products, launches, local venues and lead generation at volumeUrgent needs, high-value services and people comparing options

02Creative testing engine

On Meta, the creative is the targeting.

Broad audiences and Advantage+ do the finding; your ads decide who stops. So we run creative as a system: fresh hooks, formats and offers into test every week, winners scaled, tired ads retired before costs creep up.

Hook testing

The first second or two decides whether anyone sees the rest. We test opening lines, first frames and angles before polishing anything else. A better hook usually moves results more than a better edit.

  • Genuinely different angles in each round: problem-first, demo, social proof, founder, offer
  • Hook rate and hold rate read alongside click-through rate and cost per result
  • Winners iterated with new openings, new faces and new formats on the same idea
  • Fatigue checked weekly: rising frequency and falling click-through trigger a refresh

03What changes

Fewer tired ads. More of the right customers.

Most Meta accounts we audit tell the same story: two or three ageing ads doing all the work, tracking that misses sales, and budget spread too thinly to learn anything. Here’s what we change.

A steady supply of new ideas

New concepts go into test every week, so performance never hangs on a single ad that’s slowly wearing out.

Simpler accounts that learn faster

Fewer campaigns and ad sets, with budget concentrated where Meta can learn. Fragmented accounts rarely make it out of the learning phase.

Advantage+, with a hand on the wheel

We use Meta’s automation where it earns its keep, and switch manual controls back on (placements, locations, existing-customer limits) where it doesn’t.

Signal Meta can trust

Pixel and Conversions API set up together, deduplicated and checked, so Meta optimises towards real purchases and qualified leads, not page views.

Ads that pass review and follow the rules

Copy and claims checked against Meta’s advertising standards and the UK CAP Code, with restricted categories such as housing, jobs and credit handled properly.

Insight your whole business can use

Each month you’ll see which hooks, angles and offers won. Those learnings are just as useful for your website, emails and product pages.

04Process

How a Meta account gets better every week.

Three steps to get the foundations right, then a weekly testing rhythm and a monthly review that keep the account improving, whether you’re a single London venue or a national online brand.

  1. 01

    Free Meta Ads audit

    Within 48 hours

    A plain-English review of your account structure, creative, audiences, tracking and spend: what’s working, what’s tired and where money is leaking.

  2. 02

    Signal & tracking fixed

    Week 1

    Pixel and Conversions API with deduplication, event and domain checks, and, for lead generation, CRM lead stages sent back to Meta.

  3. 03

    First creative sprint

    Weeks 1–3

    A first batch of concepts across hooks, formats and offers (from your existing assets, our edits or UK creators), briefed on what your customers actually say.

  4. 04

    Launch, test & iterate

    Every week

    New ads go into a dedicated testing campaign; winners move into Advantage+ scaling campaigns, losers are switched off, and fatigued ads are replaced before costs climb. You get a short written note on what changed and why.

  5. 05

    Review & scale

    Monthly

    A monthly review of new-customer costs, blended returns and creative learnings, with budgets raised steadily wherever the numbers hold up.

05Measurement

Measured against your numbers, not just Meta’s.

Meta’s reporting is useful, but it marks its own homework. We give it the cleanest signal we can, then check what it claims against your shop, your CRM and GA4.

  • Meta Pixel
  • Conversions API
  • Events Manager
  • Event match quality
  • CRM lead stages
  • Shopify & WooCommerce
  • GA4 & UTMs
  • Conversion lift tests
  • Looker Studio

E-commerce

New-customer acquisition cost

Meta’s ROAS often includes people who would have bought anyway. We separate new customers from returning ones, so you can see what growth really costs.

Lead generation

Cost per qualified lead

Lead stages from your CRM flow back to Meta through the Conversions API, so delivery learns which enquiries become clients.

Whole business

Blended return on ad spend

Total revenue against total ad spend, read alongside Meta’s figures and GA4, because each tool tells a different, partial story.

Creative

Hook rate & creative hit rate

How many people watch past the opening, how many new ads beat the current best, and how quickly winners start to fade.

06Use cases

Where Facebook & Instagram ads earn their keep.

Meta suits businesses with something worth showing: a product, a place, an offer or a story. These are the situations where we see it work hardest.

  • E-commerce

    D2C brands & online shops

    Catalogue ads, UGC and a steady creative pipeline, steered towards first orders rather than repeat buyers.

    Optimised for new-customer CAC

  • Hospitality

    Restaurants, bars & venues

    Openings, events and quiet-night offers shown to people who live or work nearby, with Reels that show off the room.

    Optimised for bookings & covers

  • Property

    Estate agents & developers

    Valuation and viewing lead ads, planned around the targeting limits Meta can apply to housing ads.

    Optimised for valuations & viewings

  • Healthcare

    Clinics, dental & aesthetics

    Consultation campaigns with copy written to Meta’s health policies and the CAP Code, including the strict rules on prescription-only treatments.

    Optimised for booked consultations

  • Education

    Courses, schools & training

    Open days, short courses and enrolments: lead ads to capture interest, and retargeting to turn browsers into applicants.

    Optimised for applications

  • B2B

    Selling to small businesses

    Founders and owner-managers scroll Instagram like everyone else. Useful guides and webinars, with leads qualified before they reach sales.

    Optimised for pipeline value

Flat lay of skincare and make-up products used in social ad creative

07Result

D2C skincare brand, UK-wide: a creative engine, not a one-off campaign.

Introduced a weekly hook-testing framework with UK creators, Conversions API, and Advantage+ campaigns fed by proven winners. Launched TikTok with Spark Ads.

  • −38%Customer acquisition cost
  • 4.1xBlended return on ad spend
  • +132%New-customer revenue

Illustrative example. Results depend on budget, market, creative and starting point.

08Meta Ads FAQ

Facebook & Instagram ads, explained.

Want a second opinion on your own Meta account? Talk to a paid social specialist.

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We charge a fixed monthly management fee based on scope: how many campaigns and markets we run, and how much creative we produce for you each month. Your ad spend is paid directly to Meta, with no mark-up from us, and any creator fees are agreed with you upfront. You’ll get a written quote after the free audit.

Meta’s technical minimums are very low, but a useful budget is one that lets campaigns learn. As a rough guide, an ad set needs around 50 optimisation events a week (purchases or leads, say) to settle. For most UK businesses that means starting from about £1,500 a month in media spend, and more if each sale is expensive to win. If the budget can’t support that, we’ll optimise towards an earlier step, such as add-to-basket, and explain why.

Usually a mix. Since early 2026, Advantage+ has been the default set-up for new sales, leads and app campaigns, and for most accounts it’s the most efficient way to scale. We tune its settings (for example, limiting how much budget goes to existing customers) and switch manual controls back on where they protect results: excluding weaker placements such as Audience Network, keeping to specific locations, or running clean creative tests. Each set-up is judged on cost per new customer, not on what Meta recommends.

You need a steady supply rather than a weekly flood. For an account spending a few thousand pounds a month, three to five genuinely new concepts a fortnight, plus variations of the winners, is a sensible starting rhythm; bigger budgets need more. Variety matters more than volume. Meta tends to treat near-identical ads as one, so a new hook, face or format beats ten colour swaps. We watch frequency, click-through rate and cost per result for signs of fatigue, and refresh before costs climb.

Yes, both. We write briefs and scripts, edit from your existing photos and footage, design static and motion ads, and work with UK creators for UGC-style video. Creator fees and usage rights are agreed upfront, and paid partnerships are clearly labelled in line with ASA guidance. If your team would rather film in-house, we’ll brief you shot by shot.

Since Apple introduced App Tracking Transparency, the Meta Pixel on its own misses a share of conversions. We set up the Conversions API alongside the Pixel, so key events are also sent server-side from your website, Shopify or WooCommerce store, or CRM. Deduplication makes sure nothing is counted twice. We improve event match quality within your cookie consent set-up, then check Meta’s figures against your own sales data and GA4.

They can be, but out of the box instant forms make enquiring almost too easy, so quality varies. We add the right amount of friction (a higher-intent form type, qualifying questions, pricing guidance where it helps) and sync leads to your CRM in real time, because a quick call-back makes a big difference. Then we send lead outcomes back to Meta so it learns which enquiries turn into customers. Where forms still disappoint, we test a landing page instead.

Campaigns can bring in sales or leads in the first week, but Meta needs time to learn. An ad set usually leaves the learning phase after roughly 50 optimisation events in a week, and it takes a few rounds of creative testing to find reliable winners. Expect four to six weeks to know which ideas work, and around 90 days to reach a stable account you can scale with confidence. Big edits mid-learning reset the clock, so we change things deliberately.

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