LIGHTSPEED RESEARCH LTD.

1. LIGHTSPEED RESEARCH LTD. 2001-09-04 → present
2. LIGHTSPEEDRESEARCH.COM LIMITED 2000-08-24 → 2001-09-04
3. SUPPOSITION LIMITED 2000-03-29 → 2000-08-24

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 101 Reduced Disclosure Framework

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 the signed letter of support received from the intermediate parent company, Kantar Group Holdings Ltd. 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. LIGHTSPEED RESEARCH LTD. · parent
   1. Qmee Ltd 100% · Reading, England · Provision of market information services

Significant events

• “On 1 May 2025, Qmee Limited transferred the majority of its business and assets to Kantar UK Limited. After the business transfer Qmee Limited is a dormant entity, with a receivable of £129.1m due from Kantar UK Ltd as the consideration for the transfer of business and assets, a Revolving Credit Facility loan receivable from TNS Group Holdings Limited of £7.0M and a few smaller balances which increase the net book value of its assets to £137.1m. These amounts are all considered recoverable in full so the value of Qmee Limited is now considered to be £137.1 million.”
• “Also on May 1 2025, the loan payable to TNS Group Holdings was refinanced and the Company entered into a new bilateral RCF facility which matures on May 1 2029.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

4

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

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.

• Turnover

  -6.4%

  £99,051,000 → £92,700,000

• Cash

  -80.7%

  £14,722,000 → £2,838,000

• Net assets

  -5.1%

  £111,304,000 → £105,683,000

• Employees

  +1%

  97 → 98

• Operating profit

  -108.4%

  £14,801,000 → -£1,237,000

• Profit before tax

  -149.1%

  £13,897,000 → -£6,828,000

• Wages

  -7.7%

  £5,948,000 → £5,490,000

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