LNRS DATA SERVICES LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-06-28 (in 1mo)

Last made up 2025-06-14

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£364K

-32.5% vs 2023

Net assets

£530M

-39.5% vs 2023

Employees

1,478

-11.7% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£63M

-8.9% vs 2023

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Technology median

LNRS DATA SERVICES LIMITED·Technology median · n=967

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	£344,755,000	£343,420,000
Operating profit	£81,528,000	£81,831,000
Profit before tax	£69,384,000	£63,200,000
Net profit	£52,444,000	£47,188,000
Cash	£539,000	£364,000
Total assets less current liabilities	—	—
Net assets	£875,664,000	£529,512,000
Equity	£875,664,000	£529,512,000
Average employees	1,674	1,478
Wages	£141,326,000	£135,182,000

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	23.6%	23.8%
Net margin	15.2%	13.7%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	27.0%	35.9%
Current ratio	0.37x	0.40x
Interest cover	212.87x	437.60x

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 101
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: Ernst & Young LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“Management has assessed the relevant factors surrounding going concern, including financial projections and financing available from other companies in the RELX group if required, and considers the going concern basis of accounting preparation appropriate. As the Company has net current liabilities, the directors of LNRS Data Services Limited have received written confirmation that RELX Group plc, a direct subsidiary of the ultimate parent company, is fully prepared and able to support the Company as necessary for the foreseeable future that is for a period of 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements.”

Group structure

LNRS DATA SERVICES LIMITED · parent
1. Ascend China Holding Limited 100% · Hong Kong · Service Company
2. Globalrange South Africa Pty Limited 100% · South Africa · Trading Company
3. Agricultural Insights Ltd 100% · UK · Trading Company
4. Agricultural Insights Pty Ltd 100% · Australia · Trading Company

Significant events

“On 31 January 2025, the Company sold part of the Estates Gazette business to the Mark Allen Group for a nominal amount.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 36 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
RE SECRETARIES LIMITED	Corporate Secretary	2018-04-03	—	—
CURTIS, Dean Allen	Director	2023-05-24	Oct 1976	British
KELSEY, Mark Vickers	Director	—	Apr 1960	British

Show 36 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
GARVEY, Richard Thomas	Secretary	—	1994-12-31
GLENCROSS, Ian Michael	Secretary	1994-12-31	2018-03-31
MCBRIDE, Donald John	Secretary	—	1991-10-28
BLAZEBY, James Merlin	Director	1997-09-01	2006-04-15
BRIGHOUSE, Robert Andrew	Director	2006-06-01	2011-03-31
BURGESS, Jane Elizabeth	Director	1999-10-01	2012-05-31
CAHILL, Nathan	Director	2001-11-09	2009-09-01
ELWES, Jeremy Vernon, Sir	Director	—	1994-05-14
FELTHAM, Dominic Joseph	Director	2006-06-01	2017-05-01
GILLESPIE, Ruth Margaret	Director	—	1999-04-04
GOSNEY, Jeremy Stephen	Director	2002-05-02	2007-12-31
HALLAM, John Howard	Director	—	2001-06-30
HALPIN, Charles	Director	1998-01-01	1999-01-01
HOWE, Gavin Anthony	Director	1992-12-07	1997-09-01
JONES, Keith	Director	1995-01-03	2008-12-31
KALMAN, Jeffrey Philip	Director	—	1996-06-30
MATTHEWS, John	Director	—	1995-05-18
MCVEY, Robert Graham	Director	—	1992-01-27
MELLON, John Benedict	Director	—	1999-04-30
MELVILLE, Iain Boyd	Director	2001-11-01	2006-05-26
MINCH, John Berchmans	Director	1998-01-01	2001-01-31
MORRISON, Colin	Director	—	1991-09-12
MUTTRAM, William James	Director	2006-06-01	2013-11-15
O'SULLIVAN, Jamie Andrew	Director	2014-05-23	2024-08-30
OAKLEY, William Morrell	Director	—	1992-03-31
PHILBIN, John Nicholas	Director	—	1994-12-31
PICKERING, Carolyn Bridget	Director	1996-09-01	2009-09-30
ROY, Graeme Marshall	Director	2009-09-01	2015-06-30
SHEEN, Anthony	Director	1999-04-04	2001-11-26
STAM, David Beresford	Director	1993-09-01	1995-06-30
STILES, Neil Russell	Director	2001-04-01	2008-02-29
TIMM, Simon	Director	—	1992-06-30
VIRIK, Paul	Director	—	2001-03-31
WEYMOUTH, James Joseph	Director	—	1994-05-14
WHAYMAN, Stuart Mark	Director	2009-09-30	2014-05-23
WHETTON, Andrew	Director	1998-01-20	2001-11-09

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Relx (Uk) Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2024-10-31	Active
Lnrs Data Services Holdings Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2016-04-06	Ceased 2024-10-31

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 198 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-10-10	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-10-03	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-10-03	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-06-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-05-22	PSC02	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2025-05-22	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2024-08-30	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-08-22	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2024-08-17	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-07-01	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2024-06-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-10-11	RESOLUTIONS	resolution	Resolution
2023-07-18	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-06-25	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-06-06	AD03	address	Move registers to sail company with new address	PDF
2023-06-06	AD02	address	Change sail address company with new address	PDF
2023-05-26	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-07-27	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-06-27	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-09-21	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 6
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Turnover

-0.4%

£344,755,000 £343,420,000
Cash

-32.5%

£539,000 £364,000
Net assets

-39.5%

£875,664,000 £529,512,000
Employees

-11.7%

1,674 1,478
Operating profit

+0.4%

£81,528,000 £81,831,000
Profit before tax

-8.9%

£69,384,000 £63,200,000
Wages

-4.3%

£141,326,000 £135,182,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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