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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

  1. TNS RESEARCH LIMITED 2007-03-16 → present
  2. THE MBL GROUP LIMITED 2003-06-11 → 2007-03-16
  3. MBL GROUP PLC(THE) 1987-02-25 → 2003-06-11
  4. LEVELQUOTE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1986-11-26 → 1987-02-25

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
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 00
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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Return on capital employed 11.2%65.5%
Current ratio 27.65x0.18x

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

  1. TNS RESEARCH LIMITED · parent
    1. Kantar GDC India Private Limited 25.52% · India · Market Research
    2. Kantar Middle East WLL 42% · Bahrain · Market Research

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 PDF
2025-12-31 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-12-31 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-08-07 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-12-31 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
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 PDF
2023-09-15 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2023-09-15 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2023-09-14 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-09-14 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-09-14 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2023-08-01 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2023-01-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-08-18 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-06-07 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2022-06-02 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2022-03-03 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-01-13 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
4

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

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

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

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