MARKIT SECURITIES FINANCE ANALYTICS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-29 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-15
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£193M
+7% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£13M
-47.1% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- MARKIT SECURITIES FINANCE ANALYTICS LIMITED 2012-05-16 → present
- DATAEXPLORERS LIMITED 2004-04-26 → 2012-05-16
- SECURITIES FINANCE SYSTEMS LIMITED 1998-04-17 → 2004-04-26
- LAW 933 LIMITED 1998-01-14 → 1998-04-17
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 | £52,761,000 | £58,221,000 | |
| Operating profit | £20,002,000 | £7,019,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £23,988,000 | £12,694,000 | |
| Net profit | £23,957,000 | £12,695,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £180,593,000 | £193,288,000 | |
| Net assets | £180,593,000 | £193,288,000 | |
| Equity | £180,593,000 | £193,288,000 | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 37.9% | 12.1% | |
| Net margin | 45.4% | 21.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.1% | 3.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 9.6% | 6.4% | |
| Current ratio | 4.78x | 7.56x | |
| Interest cover | 217.41x | 98.86x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company has net current assets and positive shareholder's funds as at 31 December 2024, and generated a profit for the year. The Company has sufficient cash and liquidity to meet ongoing working capital and capital expenditure needs for a period to 31 August 2026. The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will be able to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- MARKIT SECURITIES FINANCE ANALYTICS LIMITED · parent
- Markit Securities Finance Analytics Inc. 100%
Significant events
- “On 1 October 2024, the Company was transferred from S&P Global Limited to IHS Markit UK Investments Limited, as part of a wider legal entity rationalization project, and will be deemed its immediate parent company.”
- “On 11 April 2025, the Company passed a resolution to reduce the share premium. This resulted in a total £147,619,806.71 being realised as distributable in retained earnings.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HITHERSAY, Elizabeth | Secretary | 2022-03-15 | — | — |
| HITHERSAY, Elizabeth Mary | Director | 2022-03-15 | Jan 1980 | British |
| WALLACE, Kate Isabel | Director | 2022-07-29 | Oct 1978 | British |
| WEELSON, Ryan | Director | 2023-08-17 | Oct 1980 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERRY, Lee George | Secretary | 2008-09-30 | 2012-04-02 |
| BLOOMFIELD, Timothy John | Secretary | 2004-03-12 | 2007-09-21 |
| PHILLIPS, Michael Scott | Secretary | 2007-09-21 | 2008-09-30 |
| STOPFORD SACKVILLE, Charles Lionel | Secretary | 1998-04-02 | 2004-03-12 |
| HUNTSMOOR NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-01-14 | 1998-04-03 |
| BARRIE, Andrew | Director | 1998-04-04 | 2006-04-07 |
| BERRY, Lee George | Director | 2008-09-30 | 2012-04-02 |
| CUTHBERT, Bill Kennedy, Dr | Director | 2002-03-11 | 2008-09-30 |
| FAULKNER, Mark Cliffane | Director | 1998-04-02 | 2008-09-30 |
| GOOCH, Jeffrey Andrew | Director | 2013-12-10 | 2016-07-15 |
| GRUSHKA, Rony | Director | 2012-04-02 | 2013-12-10 |
| HIBBERT, Andrew John | Director | 1998-04-04 | 2002-06-17 |
| LEWIS, David Andrew | Director | 2002-09-09 | 2005-10-31 |
| LYON, Simon | Director | 1998-06-19 | 2000-11-16 |
| MCLOUGHLIN, Christopher Guy, Mr. | Director | 2016-07-15 | 2022-03-15 |
| OWEN, Kathryn Ann | Director | 2017-08-09 | 2023-08-16 |
| SMITH, Donal Thomas | Director | 2008-03-04 | 2012-04-02 |
| UGGLA, Lance Darrell Gordon | Director | 2012-04-02 | 2017-08-09 |
| WISE, Kevin | Director | 2022-03-15 | 2022-07-29 |
| HUNTSMOOR LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-01-14 | 1998-04-03 |
| HUNTSMOOR NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-01-14 | 1998-04-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ihs Markit Uk Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2024-10-01 | Active |
| Ihs Markit Lending 1 | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-02-28 | Active |
| Markit Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-10-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 198 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-04 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-06-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-04-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-04 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-06-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-14 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-04-14 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-04-14 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-04-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-22 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-17 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-08-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
+10.3%
£52,761,000 £58,221,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+7%
£180,593,000 £193,288,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-64.9%
£20,002,000 £7,019,000
-
Profit before tax
-47.1%
£23,988,000 £12,694,000
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