THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT LIMITED

1. THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT LIMITED 1992-10-12 → present
2. BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1990-10-02 → 1992-10-12
3. THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT LIMITED 1987-09-01 → 1990-10-02
4. ECONOMIST PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED(THE) 1984-03-29 → 1987-09-01
5. CALLANHEATH LIMITED 1983-10-19 → 1984-03-29

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Deloitte LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The directors have prepared these financial statements on the going concern basis, and in doing so have considered the matters set out in the paragraphs below. ...the Group will continue to have sufficient liquidity headroom in its existing facilities and measurement headroom against the revolving credit facility financial covenants and will be able to operate within the level of its bank facilities for the foreseeable future. For these reasons, the going-concern basis has been adopted in preparing these financial statements.”

Group structure

1. THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT LIMITED · parent
   1. Ryder Street Properties Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Dormant
   2. data information intelligence GmbH 100% · Germany · Information services
   3. The Economist Overseas (Holdings) Limited 40.2% · United Kingdom · Investment holding company

Significant events

• “In June 2025, an FY26 interim dividend of £8,970,000 (received in US dollars, the US dollar equivalent being $12,048,000), or £44,000 ($59,000) per share for the year ending March 31st, 2026 from its subsidiary, The Economist Overseas (Holdings) Limited, was approved.”
• “The past year was marked by significant and often long-running events: The continued conflict in Gaza and the region more broadly, Russia's war on Ukraine, and increasing political instability around the world... Rapid and disruptive advances in AI... Macroeconomic and monetary unpredictability... The disruption to the global economy caused by the US administration's policies.”

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

Filings

3

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  -4.4%

  £56,763,000 → £54,278,000

• Cash

  0%

  £15,000 → £15,000

• Net assets

  +6.6%

  £41,022,000 → £43,727,000

• Employees

  -2.1%

  189 → 185

• Operating profit

  -51.8%

  £8,565,000 → £4,125,000

• Profit before tax

  -52.2%

  £8,475,000 → £4,050,000

• Wages

  +13.2%

  £15,443,000 → £17,480,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers