TNS RESEARCH LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£0
-100% vs 2023
Net assets
£6M
-61.3% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£4M
+43.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- TNS RESEARCH LIMITED 2007-03-16 → present
- THE MBL GROUP LIMITED 2003-06-11 → 2007-03-16
- MBL GROUP PLC(THE) 1987-02-25 → 2003-06-11
- LEVELQUOTE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1986-11-26 → 1987-02-25
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £1,691,000 | £3,820,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,940,000 | £4,210,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,546,000 | £3,741,000 | |
| Cash | £495,000 | £0 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,095,000 | £5,836,000 | |
| Net assets | £15,095,000 | £5,836,000 | |
| Equity | £15,095,000 | £5,836,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 11.2% | 65.5% | |
| Current ratio | 27.65x | 0.18x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors consider that the going concern assumption upon which these financials have been prepared continues to be appropriate, due to continuing support from the intermediate parent company, Kantar Group Holdings Limited. Forecasts and cash flow projections have been produced by the Group, covering the period of 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements. These demonstrate the Group has sufficient funding to enable the Company to meet its obligations as they fall due. Following correspondence with Group management, the directors of the Company are satisfied that the Group will continue to invest in this entity as it is considered strategically beneficial to the Group.”
Group structure
- TNS RESEARCH LIMITED · parent
- Kantar GDC India Private Limited 25.52%
- Kantar Middle East WLL 42%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONBOY, Jennie | Secretary | 2026-03-18 | — | — |
| UZIELLI, Michael | Director | 2022-06-01 | Apr 1970 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCLAURIN, Robert Douglas | Secretary | 2001-11-30 | 2003-07-22 |
| PORTAL, Ian John | Secretary | 2003-07-22 | 2006-10-11 |
| ROSS, Eileen Anne | Secretary | — | 1992-01-01 |
| WINSLOW, Ronald Basil | Secretary | — | 2001-11-30 |
| WRIGHT, Paul Simon Kent | Secretary | 2006-10-11 | 2009-01-27 |
| WPP GROUP (NOMINEES) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-01-27 | 2019-12-05 |
| ABRAHAM, John | Director | 1998-05-01 | 2002-07-01 |
| BOWTELL, Robert James | Director | 2008-12-11 | 2020-04-24 |
| BURGESS, Duncan Robert | Director | 2012-07-16 | 2016-04-29 |
| CAMPBELL MORRIS, Stuart | Director | 1998-05-01 | 2002-07-01 |
| CHAPPIN, Andrew James | Director | 2011-11-07 | 2012-07-16 |
| DE COTIS, Allen R | Director | 1998-05-01 | 1999-12-31 |
| DELANEY, Paul | Director | 2010-11-25 | 2013-08-29 |
| FACTOR, Stephen Michael | Director | 2002-07-01 | 2006-11-21 |
| GOODYEAR, John Robert | Director | — | 1998-03-06 |
| GOODYEAR, Mary Janet | Director | — | 1998-03-06 |
| GRIFFITHS, Ian Ward | Director | 2020-03-23 | 2022-06-01 |
| HEALY, Patrick Gerard | Director | 1997-07-11 | 2002-07-01 |
| HOEFLING, Edward Frederick | Director | 2003-07-22 | 2005-07-02 |
| LIPNER, William Edwin | Director | 1997-07-11 | 2002-07-01 |
| MATHAVAN, Ravi | Director | 2016-04-29 | 2017-10-20 |
| PORTAL, Ian John | Director | 2003-07-22 | 2003-07-22 |
| ROBINSON, Christopher Noel | Director | 1998-05-01 | 2000-08-31 |
| SINDEN, David Alan | Director | 1998-05-01 | 2001-10-01 |
| SMITH, Jameson Robert Mark | Director | 2008-01-02 | 2008-12-11 |
| SMITH, Kelly Rebecca | Director | 2019-11-25 | 2025-12-31 |
| SPACKMAN, Nigel Anthony Garth | Director | 1998-03-05 | 2008-06-09 |
| VAN DER WELLE, Charles Ward | Director | 2016-05-13 | 2019-12-05 |
| WINSLOW, Ronald Basil | Director | 1998-03-05 | 2001-11-30 |
| WRIGHT, Paul Simon Kent | Director | 2003-07-22 | 2009-01-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kantar Group Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-12-05 | Active |
| Wpp Jubilee Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-12-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 192 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-18 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-12-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-15 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-15 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-14 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-100%
£495,000 £0
-
Net assets
-61.3%
£15,095,000 £5,836,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+125.9%
£1,691,000 £3,820,000
-
Profit before tax
+43.2%
£2,940,000 £4,210,000
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