FITCH RATINGS LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-01 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£587M
+51.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£642M
+23.9% vs 2023
Employees
2,480
+1.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£315M
+40.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- FITCH RATINGS LTD 2000-06-21 → present
- FITCH IBCA LTD 1997-12-10 → 2000-06-21
- IBCA LIMITED 1989-03-16 → 1997-12-10
- IBCA BANKING ANALYSIS LIMITED 1978-12-31 → 1989-03-16
- PHILIDON INVESTMENTS LIMITED 1977-06-03 → 1978-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £597,895,000 | £721,223,000 | |
| Operating profit | £203,780,000 | £288,550,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £223,894,000 | £314,944,000 | |
| Net profit | £172,456,000 | £234,490,000 | |
| Cash | £387,067,000 | £586,702,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £567,805,000 | £723,454,000 | |
| Net assets | £517,917,000 | £641,828,000 | |
| Equity | £517,917,000 | £641,828,000 | |
| Average employees | 2,436 | 2,480 | |
| Wages | £218,022,000 | £261,342,000 |
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 | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 34.1% | 40.0% | |
| Net margin | 28.8% | 32.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 35.9% | 39.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 35.7% | 36.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.58x | 3.15x | |
| Interest cover | 66.01x | 71.46x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Group has prepared these financial statements on a going concern basis, as set out in note 2.2.”
Group structure
- FITCH RATINGS LTD · parent
- Fitch Solutions Ltd 100%
- Fitch Ratings CIS Limited 100%
- Inter Arab Rating Company 100%
- Fitch North Africa SA 100%
- Fitch Solutions Deutschland GmbH 100%
- Fitch Ratings Ireland Limited 99.33%
- Fitch Australia Pty Limited 100%
- Fitch (Hong Kong) Limited 100%
- India Ratings & Research Private Limited 71.9%
- Fitch India Services Private Ltd 100%
- Korea Ratings Corporation 74.86%
- e-Credible Ltd 67.77%
- e-Credible Networks Co Ltd 100%
- Fitch Ratings Singapore Pte Limited 100%
- Fitch Ratings (Beijing) Limited 100%
- PT Fitch Ratings Indonesia 100%
- Fitch Ratings Japan Ltd 100%
- Fitch Solutions Asia Pte Ltd 100%
- Fitch Solutions India Advisory Services Pvt L 100%
- Fitch (China) Bohua Credit Ratings Ltd 100%
- Fitch Ratings Brasil Limitada 100%
- Fitch Chile Holding SA 100%
- Fitch Chile Clasificadora de Riesgo Limitada 81.68%
- Fitch Mexico SA 100%
Significant events
- “Fitch Group partnered with buildOn to build three primary schools for children in remote communities in Senegal, Guatemala, and Nepal, advancing Fitch Community's mission to transform lives through access to education.”
- “Early in 2024 an Environmental Committee ("the EC") was established with members appointed by the CEO and Group Executive Committee Sponsors.”
- “Customer Liquidity Agreement was entered into between the Company and Bank of America, N.A. for the Company and some of its subsidiaries to participate in a global cash pooling arrangement.”
- “The agreement of lease with respect to the office premises at 30 North Colonnade in London was renewed until 2035.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 44 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PROSSER, Jonathan Haydon, Mr. | Secretary | 2019-04-30 | — | — |
| FORD, Robert Peter, Mr. | Director | 2025-04-01 | Mar 1965 | British |
| LINNELL, Ian Charles | Director | 2012-07-12 | Feb 1967 | British |
| SKINNER, Karen Margaret, Ms. | Director | 2021-04-07 | Jan 1971 | British |
| WINTERS, Marie Catherine, Ms. | Director | 2024-11-01 | Nov 1952 | American |
Show 44 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAUNI, Susan Jane | Secretary | 2004-02-19 | 2017-11-23 |
| LEGORBURU, Bruce Alexander | Secretary | 2017-11-23 | 2019-04-30 |
| SAMUEL, David Lawrence, Mr. | Secretary | 2001-07-02 | 2004-02-18 |
| SHOOBRIDGE, Sarah Lesley Mary | Secretary | 1992-12-10 | 2001-07-02 |
| TRAVIS, Rupert Alan | Secretary | — | 1992-12-10 |
| ADAMSON, Simon John | Director | 1994-01-25 | 1996-10-21 |
| ALEXANDER, Jennifer Anne | Director | 1997-01-14 | 1998-06-22 |
| ANDREWS, David Norman Martindale | Director | — | 1998-06-29 |
| BAGNALL, Gloria | Director | — | 2001-03-01 |
| BOURGOIS, Jean - Manuel Luvis | Director | 1992-12-10 | 1996-01-17 |
| BURGESS, David | Director | — | 1993-03-29 |
| CASTRES SAINT MARTIN, Pascal, Mr. | Director | 2010-08-06 | 2011-10-31 |
| CHILDS, Sophie Ellen Casuso | Director | 1996-01-17 | 1998-06-26 |
| CHURCH, Christopher John | Director | 1995-09-12 | 1998-06-30 |
| DANIEL, Dominique Yvonne Jacqueline, Mme | Director | 1992-12-10 | 1996-01-17 |
| DOW JUNDI, Susan Janine | Director | 1997-01-14 | 1998-06-25 |
| FOX, Paul Jonathan | Director | 1997-06-10 | 1998-08-06 |
| HAAG, Lisa Wilhelm, Ms. | Director | 2020-05-01 | 2025-04-30 |
| HANDA, Sanjeev, Mr. | Director | 2015-07-09 | 2020-07-08 |
| HINTON, Mark De Beer | Director | 1997-03-11 | 1998-06-30 |
| HUHNE, Christopher Murray Paul | Director | 1994-06-01 | 1998-09-24 |
| JOYNT, Stephen William | Director | 1998-02-25 | 2006-04-17 |
| KELTON, Robin Charles | Director | — | 1992-11-23 |
| LE BLAS, Alison Jane | Director | — | 1998-06-28 |
| LOCKERBIE, Marie Jose | Director | 1996-01-17 | 1998-06-30 |
| MARSHALL, David Christopher | Director | 1994-01-25 | 1998-09-27 |
| MILLER, George Patrick | Director | 2011-10-12 | 2016-10-11 |
| MONRO-DAVIS, Anthony Robin Dominic | Director | — | 2003-09-30 |
| MOROLLI, Maurizio | Director | 1996-01-17 | 1997-01-14 |
| MOULONGUET, Thierry Bernard, Mr. | Director | 2010-08-06 | 2015-08-04 |
| NETTER, Dominique, Ms. | Director | 2016-05-01 | 2019-12-31 |
| PITMAN, Trevor Alan | Director | 1993-11-17 | 1998-06-29 |
| PRESCOTT, Charles Stanley William | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| PRESCOTT, Charles Stanley William | Director | 2001-07-02 | 2013-08-30 |
| PRESCOTT, Charles Stanley William | Director | — | 1998-06-30 |
| PRICE, Lionel Dennis Dixon | Director | 1997-08-27 | 1998-06-25 |
| PROUT, David Edmund | Director | 1992-12-10 | 1998-06-30 |
| RAYMOND, John Leslie | Director | 1994-01-25 | 1994-10-07 |
| RICHARD, Michel X Paul Ura | Director | 1992-12-10 | 1993-10-20 |
| SAMUEL, David Lawrence, Mr. | Director | 2001-07-02 | 2021-04-07 |
| SHOOBRIDGE, Sarah Lesley Mary | Director | 1996-01-17 | 2001-12-21 |
| TAYLOR, Paul Graham | Director | 2001-07-02 | 2012-07-12 |
| TRAVIS, Rupert Alan | Director | 1992-12-10 | 1996-01-17 |
| WEGENER, Gunter | Director | 1995-09-12 | 1998-06-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 241 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-11-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-08-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
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
+20.6%
£597,895,000 £721,223,000
-
Cash
+51.6%
£387,067,000 £586,702,000
-
Net assets
+23.9%
£517,917,000 £641,828,000
-
Employees
+1.8%
2,436 2,480
-
Operating profit
+41.6%
£203,780,000 £288,550,000
-
Profit before tax
+40.7%
£223,894,000 £314,944,000
-
Wages
+19.9%
£218,022,000 £261,342,000
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