CLARKSON RESEARCH SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-26 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
+108% vs 2023
Net assets
£7M
+566.1% vs 2023
Employees
148
+7.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£8M
+0.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- CLARKSON RESEARCH SERVICES LIMITED 2005-04-08 → present
- CLARKSON RESEARCH STUDIES LIMITED 1985-12-10 → 2005-04-08
- BESTQUO LIMITED 1985-09-05 → 1985-12-10
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 | £18,055,000 | £20,506,000 | |
| Operating profit | £6,796,000 | £7,903,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £8,140,000 | £8,202,000 | |
| Net profit | £6,493,000 | £6,176,000 | |
| Cash | £3,195,000 | £6,645,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £1,091,000 | £7,267,000 | |
| Equity | £1,091,000 | £7,267,000 | |
| Average employees | 138 | 148 | |
| Wages | £7,024,000 | £7,812,000 |
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 | 37.6% | 38.5% | |
| Net margin | 36.0% | 30.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.08x | 1.43x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors believe that the Company is well placed to manage its business risks successfully and have reasonable expectation that the Company has sufficient resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future being at least 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements and to meet its obligations as they fall due.”
Group structure
- CLARKSON RESEARCH SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- Clarkson Valuations Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLETCHER, Rachel Elizabeth | Secretary | 2025-10-01 | — | — |
| CROWE, Trevor John | Director | 2008-01-31 | Sep 1971 | British |
| GORDON, Stephen James | Director | 2005-03-30 | Jan 1978 | British |
| HOLDEN, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2025-09-04 | Aug 1990 | British |
| HOLMES, William | Director | 2010-07-27 | Nov 1969 | British |
| WHICKER, David James | Director | 2008-08-13 | Jul 1975 | British |
| WILLCOX, Stephen Ian | Director | 2008-08-13 | Jul 1976 | British |
| WOYDA, Jeffrey David | Director | 2007-01-09 | Mar 1962 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABREHART, Deborah | Secretary | 2020-12-01 | 2025-09-30 |
| BUCKSEY, Nicholas Richard | Secretary | 2013-03-31 | 2013-11-13 |
| CAHILL, Michael John Christopher | Secretary | 2017-12-21 | 2018-04-09 |
| DEASEY, Stephen Gregory | Secretary | 2005-06-01 | 2013-03-31 |
| FAIRLEY, Martin Charles | Secretary | — | 1998-05-31 |
| GILBERT, David Hugh | Secretary | 1998-06-01 | 2003-05-31 |
| MCEVOY, Terence | Secretary | 2003-06-01 | 2005-03-31 |
| SPENCER, Rachel Louise | Secretary | 2018-04-09 | 2020-11-30 |
| WARD, Robert Dennis | Secretary | 2005-03-31 | 2005-06-01 |
| WATSON, Penny | Secretary | 2013-11-13 | 2017-12-21 |
| COLLINS, Nicholas Peter | Director | — | 2005-03-30 |
| MADSEN, Anthony Joseph | Director | 2005-03-30 | 2008-01-31 |
| O NEILL, Patrick Stephen | Director | — | 2001-03-31 |
| RAYNER, Merrick James Forbes | Director | — | 2003-01-31 |
| STOPFORD, Robert Martin | Director | 2005-03-30 | 2012-05-31 |
| STOPFORD, Robert Martin | Director | — | 1997-05-08 |
| TYLER, Cliff | Director | — | 2013-05-24 |
| VANSTON, Julia Anne | Director | 2005-03-30 | 2011-04-14 |
| WAKE, Cedric Philip | Director | — | 1999-11-12 |
| WARD, Robert Dennis | Director | — | 2006-12-29 |
| WILLIAMS, Edward Alexander Foster | Director | — | 2005-03-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarkson Research Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 172 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-08 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-10-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-10-07 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2022-07-21 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-07-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-08 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-10-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-07 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2025-10-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-10-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-07-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-07-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-12-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-11-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-11-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
+13.6%
£18,055,000 £20,506,000
-
Cash
+108%
£3,195,000 £6,645,000
-
Net assets
+566.1%
£1,091,000 £7,267,000
-
Employees
+7.2%
138 148
-
Operating profit
+16.3%
£6,796,000 £7,903,000
-
Profit before tax
+0.8%
£8,140,000 £8,202,000
-
Wages
+11.2%
£7,024,000 £7,812,000
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