BUREAU VAN DIJK ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-14 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£72M
-3.7% vs 2023
Employees
59
-14.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£38M
+8.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BUREAU VAN DIJK ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING LIMITED 1995-07-19 → present
- CD-ROM PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED 1988-12-01 → 1995-07-19
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 | £44,801,000 | £48,871,000 | |
| Operating profit | £32,553,000 | £35,194,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £34,708,000 | £37,701,000 | |
| Net profit | £26,771,000 | £28,188,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £75,625,000 | £72,764,000 | |
| Net assets | £75,134,000 | £72,365,000 | |
| Equity | £75,134,000 | £72,365,000 | |
| Average employees | 69 | 59 | |
| Wages | £7,515,000 | £7,775,000 |
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 | 72.7% | 72.0% | |
| Net margin | 59.8% | 57.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 43.0% | 48.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 17.6% | 20.8% | |
| Current ratio | 5.15x | 4.34x | |
| Interest cover | 1808.50x | 48.34x |
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
“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.”
Group structure
- BUREAU VAN DIJK ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING LIMITED · parent
- Moody's Analytics Netherlands B.V.
Significant events
- “On 22 August 2025 an interim dividend of £18.3m was paid to Moody's Analytics Netherlands B.V.”
- “Moody's recognises that modern slavery and human trafficking is a global problem and, in June 2023, the directors reviewed and approved the Company's annual Modern Slavery Statement.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROUGHTON SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-10-03 | — | — |
| O'BRIEN, Rebecca | Director | 2025-05-01 | Mar 1977 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURTON, Albert Ernest | Secretary | 1995-12-15 | 1996-06-17 |
| DAVIDSON, Angus Murray | Secretary | 1996-06-17 | 1998-04-09 |
| DAWSON, Arnold Matthew | Secretary | — | 1995-12-15 |
| PEARSON, James Philip | Secretary | 1998-04-08 | 2001-02-05 |
| PRINGLE, Charles Anthony | Secretary | 2001-02-05 | 2021-03-31 |
| CARNOY, Dominique | Director | 2007-03-27 | 2018-03-19 |
| DUNCAN, Fergus Adair | Director | 2021-03-18 | 2023-11-09 |
| GEERS, Johny | Director | — | 2012-04-23 |
| GIRY, Alexis | Director | 2012-04-23 | 2018-03-19 |
| INGRAM, James Christopher | Director | 2023-12-18 | 2025-05-01 |
| LIEDTS, Alain Jean | Director | — | 2004-11-30 |
| PRINGLE, Charles Anthony | Director | 2018-03-19 | 2021-03-31 |
| RIDER, Helen Marie | Director | 2021-03-18 | 2025-05-01 |
| RUSSELL, Daniel Arthur | Director | 2018-03-19 | 2020-11-30 |
| VAN OMMESLAGHE, Bernard | Director | — | 2007-10-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moody's Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-08-10 | Active |
| Bureau Van Dijk Electronic Publishing B.V. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-05-16 | Ceased 2017-05-16 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 152 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-05-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-03-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+9.1%
£44,801,000 £48,871,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-3.7%
£75,134,000 £72,365,000
-
Employees
-14.5%
69 59
-
Operating profit
+8.1%
£32,553,000 £35,194,000
-
Profit before tax
+8.6%
£34,708,000 £37,701,000
-
Wages
+3.5%
£7,515,000 £7,775,000
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