NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-20 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£14M
-8.4% vs 2023
Employees
157
-24.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£1M
+89.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH LIMITED 2002-06-06 → present
- ACNIELSEN MMS LTD 2000-07-12 → 2002-06-06
- MEDIA MONITORING SERVICES LIMITED 1983-10-31 → 2000-07-12
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £29,071,000 | £24,893,000 | |
| Operating profit | £208,000 | £848,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£9,882,000 | -£1,057,000 | |
| Net profit | -£9,938,000 | -£1,059,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£11,669,000 | -£9,050,000 | |
| Net assets | -£12,655,000 | -£13,714,000 | |
| Equity | -£12,655,000 | -£13,714,000 | |
| Average employees | 209 | 157 | |
| Wages | £15,699,000 | £12,929,000 |
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 | 0.7% | 3.4% | |
| Net margin | -34.2% | -4.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.8% | -9.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 144.7% | 157.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.36x | 0.25x | |
| Interest cover | 0.13x | 0.45x |
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
- Lovewell Blake LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the directors concluded that the company has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future. For this reason, the company continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. A signed letter of support confirms that AGB Nielsen Media Research B.V. will continue to provide financial support to the company for at least one year from the signing of the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.”
Group structure
- NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH LIMITED · parent
- Advertising Intelligence Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The trade and assets of Advertising Intelligence were hived up to Nielsen Media Research Limited on 1 January 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COSEC SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2002-03-04 | — | — |
| ABBOTT, Alexander Charles | Director | 2023-09-22 | Oct 1974 | British |
| PAGE, Adam David | Director | 2021-02-26 | Sep 1990 | British |
| SAUSMAN, Christopher Newell | Director | 2025-11-03 | Aug 1988 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOETZEL, Phillip | Secretary | 1999-11-30 | 2000-01-31 |
| FULTON, Leila Mary | Secretary | — | 1996-03-21 |
| FULTON, Ronald Michael | Secretary | 1996-03-21 | 1999-11-30 |
| SYER, Christopher John Owen | Secretary | 2000-01-31 | 2002-03-04 |
| BRENNAN, Theresa | Director | 2021-02-26 | 2023-01-31 |
| DE VATTEVILLE, Alban | Director | 2012-04-30 | 2014-03-10 |
| DELSERIEYS, Emma | Director | 2023-09-22 | 2025-11-03 |
| EKE, Vanessa | Director | 2003-12-01 | 2006-09-29 |
| FULTON, Alison Jane | Director | — | 1999-11-30 |
| FULTON, Leila Mary | Director | — | 1996-03-21 |
| FULTON, Michael Charles Noel | Director | — | 2011-07-29 |
| FULTON, Ronald Michael | Director | — | 1994-06-16 |
| FULTON, Timothy Clive William | Director | 1991-07-10 | 2003-12-01 |
| GOODHEW, Jeremy William | Director | 1991-07-10 | 1993-07-09 |
| LEESER, Mario Rafael | Director | 1999-11-30 | 2002-04-19 |
| MCCANN, Robert | Director | 2002-04-19 | 2012-04-30 |
| MORLEY, John Christopher | Director | 2012-04-30 | 2015-01-12 |
| OATES, James Martin | Director | 2012-10-01 | 2021-02-26 |
| SACCHETTI, Luigi | Director | 2014-03-10 | 2021-02-26 |
| SMITH, Steve | Director | 2015-01-12 | 2018-04-01 |
| WALKER, Paul | Director | 2018-07-16 | 2020-07-03 |
| WILLIAMS, Nicola Jane | Director | 2011-07-29 | 2012-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nielsen Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-08-17 | Active |
| A.C. Nielsen Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-04-17 | Ceased 2020-08-17 |
| Ac Nielsen Holdings Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-04-17 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 197 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-19 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-03-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
-14.4%
£29,071,000 £24,893,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-8.4%
-£12,655,000 -£13,714,000
-
Employees
-24.9%
209 157
-
Operating profit
+307.7%
£208,000 £848,000
-
Profit before tax
+89.3%
-£9,882,000 -£1,057,000
-
Wages
-17.6%
£15,699,000 £12,929,000
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