MOODY'S INVESTORS SERVICE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-04 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£118K
+71% vs 2023
Net assets
£96M
-8.2% vs 2023
Employees
387
+2.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£80M
+12.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- MOODY'S INVESTORS SERVICE LIMITED 1985-12-17 → present
- RAPIDCREDIT LIMITED 1985-09-25 → 1985-12-17
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £176,267,000 | £213,713,000 | |
| Operating profit | £68,765,000 | £75,751,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £71,386,000 | £80,145,000 | |
| Net profit | £53,428,000 | £61,022,000 | |
| Cash | £69,000 | £118,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £105,047,000 | £96,410,000 | |
| Net assets | £104,892,000 | £96,282,000 | |
| Equity | £104,892,000 | £96,282,000 | |
| Average employees | 377 | 387 | |
| Wages | £48,799,000 | £59,428,000 |
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 | 39.0% | 35.4% | |
| Net margin | 30.3% | 28.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 65.5% | 78.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 33.1% | 42.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.73x | 2.10x | |
| Interest cover | 484.26x | 9468.88x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As part of a regular assessment of the Company's performance and position, the directors have reviewed the cash flow forecast for at least 12 months from the date of the approval of these financial statements. The directors, having considered these forecasts, the risks and associated mitigating actions, believe the Company is well placed to manage its risks and have assessed that there is a reasonable expectation that adequate financial resources will continue to be available for the foreseeable future. For this reason, it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 16 January 2024, the Company's Russia branch was liquidated.”
- “On 28 May 2025, the directors recommended the payment of an interim dividend of £46m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOWE, Amanda Helen | Director | 2024-07-15 | Feb 1968 | British |
| CABANNES, Severin Jean-Marie | Director | 2022-06-01 | Jul 1958 | French |
| LOTTER, Philipp Lukas | Director | 2019-10-24 | Jul 1973 | British |
| MERLI, Monica | Director | 2016-10-03 | Nov 1964 | Italian |
| PHILLIPS, Scott | Director | 2025-03-01 | Apr 1984 | British |
| STANGE, Astrid | Director | 2023-05-13 | Dec 1965 | German |
| WEST, Michael Lawrence | Director | 2018-05-13 | Jul 1968 | British |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOX, Raymond Alan, Mr. | Secretary | — | 1994-09-26 |
| SYER, Christopher John Owen | Secretary | 1994-09-26 | 2008-12-18 |
| ACRES, Neil Craig, Mr. | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2021-05-31 |
| ARCHER, Richard James Goodwin | Director | — | 1995-07-27 |
| BEROUD, Olivier | Director | 2013-02-18 | 2016-05-20 |
| BOGNI, Rodolfo | Director | 2010-07-14 | 2014-07-14 |
| DIAZ, John Carlos | Director | — | 1994-07-12 |
| DREVON, Frederic Walter Jacques | Director | 2006-05-09 | 2013-02-18 |
| DROMER, Alain | Director | 2013-05-13 | 2018-05-12 |
| FAUBER, Robert | Director | 2016-05-17 | 2019-10-23 |
| FERSCHA, Rudolf Wolfgang | Director | 2014-07-15 | 2019-07-14 |
| FOLEY, Michael | Director | 2002-01-15 | 2006-05-09 |
| FRY, John Anthony | Director | 1995-07-27 | 2000-02-04 |
| GLOVER, Ian George | Director | 2008-11-06 | 2010-07-14 |
| HILDERMAN, Mara Wera | Director | 1994-07-12 | 1996-10-21 |
| JONES, Lesley | Director | 2019-07-15 | 2024-07-14 |
| KELLER, Thomas | Director | 2016-05-20 | 2016-10-03 |
| KONSTANTY, Jan Bronislaw | Director | — | 1996-10-21 |
| LONG, Stephen Arthur | Director | 2022-06-01 | 2025-01-31 |
| MADELAIN, Michel | Director | 2010-07-14 | 2018-12-31 |
| MADELAIN, Michel | Director | 2000-07-19 | 2008-11-06 |
| MCDANIEL, Raymond | Director | 2010-07-14 | 2013-09-18 |
| MCDANIEL, Raymond | Director | 1993-01-01 | 2002-01-15 |
| MUNSTERS, Roderick Marie Stella Maris | Director | 2018-05-13 | 2023-05-12 |
| MURRAY, Chester Van Alen | Director | 1996-09-05 | 2002-01-15 |
| PETHICK, Jan | Director | 2014-07-15 | 2019-07-14 |
| PHIPPS, Nigel David | Director | 2010-07-14 | 2019-03-31 |
| THEODORE, Jean-Francois | Director | 2010-07-14 | 2013-07-14 |
| WORRALL, Blair Lloyd | Director | 2013-09-19 | 2018-05-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moody's Shared Services Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-06-28 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 197 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-06-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
+21.2%
£176,267,000 £213,713,000
-
Cash
+71%
£69,000 £118,000
-
Net assets
-8.2%
£104,892,000 £96,282,000
-
Employees
+2.7%
377 387
-
Operating profit
+10.2%
£68,765,000 £75,751,000
-
Profit before tax
+12.3%
£71,386,000 £80,145,000
-
Wages
+21.8%
£48,799,000 £59,428,000
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