CAPITAL ECONOMICS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-20 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£425K
-28.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£37M
+11% vs 2023
Employees
106
+1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4M
-38.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CAPITAL ECONOMICS LIMITED 1999-01-13 → present
- BASICMIX LIMITED 1990-03-26 → 1999-01-13
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 | £23,625,051 | £21,972,609 | |
| Operating profit | £4,363,353 | £4,340,824 | |
| Profit before tax | £7,019,284 | £4,317,147 | |
| Net profit | £6,765,447 | £3,689,142 | |
| Cash | £593,805 | £425,005 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £34,302,570 | £38,101,175 | |
| Net assets | £33,326,766 | £37,007,616 | |
| Equity | £33,326,766 | £37,007,616 | |
| Average employees | 105 | 106 | |
| Wages | £8,697,677 | £8,869,204 |
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 | 18.5% | 19.8% | |
| Net margin | 28.6% | 16.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.7% | 11.4% | |
| Current ratio | 3.60x | 2.97x | |
| Interest cover | 15.47x | 37.30x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“For Going Concern, Capital Economics Group "the Group" of which the company is wholly owned by, is considered as a whole. The Group has a stable, substantial client base and has net cash resources. The Group is funded by its bank debt, loan notes and preference shares, which are not due for repayment within the going concern period, which is 12 months from date of signing. The directors therefore do not expect the need for additional external funding.”
Group structure
- CAPITAL ECONOMICS LIMITED · parent
- Capital Economics (N.A) Limited 100%
- Capital Economics (Asia) Pte Limited 100%
- Capital Economics Australia Pty. Limited 100%
- Capital Economics (HK) Limited 100%
- Capital Economics (USA) Inc 100%
Significant events
- “In Q4 2024 the Group launched a new mid-market market subscription product, termed Essential, to complement the existing Gateway and Advance products.”
- “Advance is a premium product encompasses all forms of value offered by the Group in a single service product, including the full breadth of analysis and insight across a fully interactive digital platform, access to Economists and all forms of live interaction, plus user-empowering data access and charting functions.”
- “The Gateway product allows existing and new customers to access specific areas of research coverage and analysis without additional features.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOOTLE, Roger Paul | Director | — | Jun 1952 | British |
| DAVIES, Heath John | Director | 2025-06-22 | Mar 1966 | British |
| LEGGE, Craig John | Director | 2025-04-29 | Mar 1977 | British |
| SHEARING, Neil Christopher | Director | 2020-07-21 | Dec 1980 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOOTLE, David John | Secretary | — | 2003-04-14 |
| BOOTLE, Sally Anne | Secretary | 2003-04-14 | 2005-10-01 |
| HARRIS, Mark | Secretary | 2015-01-31 | 2019-06-27 |
| SMITH, Joaly Claire | Secretary | 2005-10-01 | 2015-01-31 |
| BOOTLE, Sally Anne | Director | 2000-07-06 | 2003-04-14 |
| BUTTER, Sebastian | Director | 2021-05-04 | 2024-08-02 |
| COOPER, Jonathan Paul | Director | 2024-09-23 | 2026-03-20 |
| DOWSON, Robert Arthur | Director | 2016-11-24 | 2020-10-30 |
| ELY, Dominic Robert Nile | Director | 2019-06-27 | 2020-07-31 |
| GAULT, Marcus John Hamilton | Director | 2020-07-21 | 2021-05-07 |
| HARRIS, Mark Smeeth | Director | 2016-11-24 | 2019-06-27 |
| JESSOP, Julian Hudson | Director | 2005-10-01 | 2016-11-24 |
| LOYNES, Jonathan Adam David | Director | 2003-04-14 | 2018-07-20 |
| STEELE, Joseph Anthony | Director | 2021-03-16 | 2025-06-22 |
| STILLWELL, Kevin Edward | Director | 2021-05-10 | 2025-03-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ce Topco Limited | Legal person | Shares 75–100% | 2018-03-26 | Active |
| Capital Economics Research Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-03-26 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 151 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- 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
-7%
£23,625,051 £21,972,609
-
Cash
-28.4%
£593,805 £425,005
-
Net assets
+11%
£33,326,766 £37,007,616
-
Employees
+1%
105 106
-
Operating profit
-0.5%
£4,363,353 £4,340,824
-
Profit before tax
-38.5%
£7,019,284 £4,317,147
-
Wages
+2%
£8,697,677 £8,869,204
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