LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE PLC

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

1. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE PLC 1995-12-09 → present
2. INTERNATIONAL STOCK EXCHANGE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND LIMITED(THE) 1986-11-19 → 1995-12-09

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 reviewed the Company's forecasts and projections, taking into account reasonably possible changes in trading performance, which show that the Company has sufficient financial resources. On the basis of this review, and after making due enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE PLC · parent
   1. London Stock Exchange Connectivity Solutions LP 0.964% · UK

Significant events

• “In July 2023 the company sold its Post Trade business to UnaVista Ltd, another London Stock Exchange Group plc ("LSEG") entity recognising a profit on sale of £26.9m.”
• “In June 2023, the High Court issued a ruling in respect of Virgin Media v NTL Pension Trustees II Limited (and others) calling into question the validity of rule amendments made to defined benefit pension schemes contracted-out on a Reference Scheme Test basis between April 1997 and April 2016... The High Court judgement was upheld by the Court of Appeal in July 2024, which has potential implications for schemes that were contracted-out on a salary-related basis, and made amendments between April 1997 and April 2016.”

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

Filings

7

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +1.8%

  £461,900,000 → £470,200,000

• Cash

  +29.6%

  £434,100,000 → £562,500,000

• Net assets

  -16.5%

  £627,800,000 → £524,500,000

• Employees

  -0.9%

  447 → 443

• Operating profit

  -19.3%

  £219,900,000 → £177,500,000

• Profit before tax

  -22.1%

  £278,600,000 → £217,100,000

• Wages

  +11.5%

  £71,200,000 → £79,400,000

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