MARKET DATA LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-11 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-28
Watchouts
Cash
£658K
-98.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£1B
+11.9% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£308M
+6.5% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12,274,000 | £12,754,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£14,889,000 | -£7,470,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £288,953,000 | £307,848,000 | |
| Net profit | £288,953,000 | £307,848,000 | |
| Cash | £52,229,000 | £658,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,432,614,000 | £1,535,704,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,283,059,000 | £1,435,407,000 | |
| Equity | £1,283,059,000 | £1,435,407,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| 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 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -121.3% | -58.6% | |
| Net margin | 2354.2% | 2413.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.0% | -0.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 11.5% | 6.9% | |
| Current ratio | 4.85x | 6.83x | |
| Interest cover | -2.13x | -1.59x |
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
- UK-adopted international accounting standards
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have prepared the Financial Statements on a going concern basis which requires the Directors to have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the Financial Statements.”
Group structure
- MARKET DATA LIMITED · parent
- IG Index Limited 100%
- IG Markets Limited 100%
- IG Markets South Africa Limited 100%
- Daily FX Limited 100%
- Financial Domain Registry Holdings Limited 100%
- Deal City Limited 100%
- IG Trading and Investments Limited 100%
- IG Client Nominee Limited 100%
- IG Digital Assets Limited 100%
- IG Australia Pty Limited 100%
- IG Asia Pte Limited 100%
- IG Europe GmbH 100%
- Spectrum Operator GmbH 100%
- Raydius GmbH 100%
- IG Bank S.A. 100%
- IG Infotech (India) Private Limited 100%
- Fox Japan Holdings 100%
- IG Limited 100%
- Brightpool Limited 100%
- IG International Limited 100%
- IG US Holdings Inc. 100%
- Small Exchange, Inc. 100%
- IGG Services Ireland Limited 100%
- Freetrade Limited 100%
- tastyfx LLC 100%
- tastylive, Inc 100%
- tastytrade, Inc 100%
- tasty Software Solutions LLC 100%
- Bad Trader LLC 100%
- tastytrade Australia, Pty Limited 100%
- tastytrade Canada, Inc. 100%
- Fox Sub 2 Limited 100%
- IG Securities Limited 100%
- IG Finance 9 Limited 100%
- Freetrade Nominees Limited 100%
- Freetrade Core Limited 100%
- Freetrade Europe AB 100%
- IG Digital Assets Australia Pty Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 29 September 2025, the loan agreement between the Company and IG Markets Limited was extended to increase the maturity period by an additional 5 years with the revision of the interest rate to 6.9% per annum for the extended period. The loan now matures in June 2031.”
- “On 15 October 2025, the Company sold its entire shareholding in Small Exchange, Inc., for a total consideration of $101.5 million (£77.2 million). The consideration comprises $34.0 million (£25.9 million) in cash, $67.5 million (£51.3 million) in buyer's equity instruments, and contingent arrangement entitling the Group to a share of future revenues for a two-year period.”
- “Subsequent to the reporting date, Market Data Limited received dividends totalling £214.9 million. Following the receipt of these distributions, the Directors of Market Data Limited approved and paid a dividend of £160.0 million to its parent company, IG Group Limited.”
- “On 30 January 2026, the Group acquired a 70% controlling interest in Independent Reserve, a digital asset exchange operating in Australia and Singapore, for total consideration comprising an initial cash payment of A$115.5 million (£58.8 million) and contingent consideration of up to A$15.0 million (£7.6 million), subject to Independent Reserve's financial performance in FY26. The agreement also includes a put-call option arrangement under which the Group may acquire, or be required to acquire, the remaining 30% interest, with the exercise price determined by reference to Independent Reserve's performance in FY27 and FY28.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IG GROUP COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2025-08-12 | — | — |
| ABRAHAMS, Clifford James | Director | 2025-08-19 | Feb 1967 | British |
| DIPPLE, Sarah Jayne | Director | 2024-03-29 | Dec 1988 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABBI, Guy Rahul | Secretary | 2007-01-11 | 2011-03-24 |
| CHOW, Charmaine | Secretary | 2019-11-21 | 2020-11-12 |
| FENWICK, Graham Peter | Secretary | 2022-07-14 | 2024-10-30 |
| GIBBS, Aurelia Azalea | Secretary | 2021-04-09 | 2022-07-14 |
| LEE, Tony | Secretary | 2016-01-05 | 2019-11-21 |
| MACKAY, Andrew Robert, Mr. | Secretary | 2004-01-21 | 2007-01-11 |
| MESSER, Bridget | Secretary | 2011-03-24 | 2016-01-05 |
| PERRY, Elliott Michael | Secretary | 2024-11-14 | 2025-03-20 |
| RASHID, Kashif | Secretary | 2025-03-20 | 2025-08-12 |
| RIVERS, Alice | Secretary | 2020-11-12 | 2021-04-09 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-01-21 | 2004-01-21 |
| CLUTTON, Steven | Director | 2006-10-06 | 2010-08-02 |
| DUNN, Jody | Director | 2024-09-25 | 2026-02-20 |
| FELIX, June Yee | Director | 2019-11-21 | 2022-11-18 |
| HEADING, Richard Anthony | Director | 2022-11-18 | 2024-03-29 |
| HETHERINGTON, Peter Geoffrey | Director | 2004-01-21 | 2018-09-26 |
| HILL, Christopher Frederick | Director | 2011-04-26 | 2015-10-30 |
| HOWKINS, Timothy Alexander | Director | 2004-01-21 | 2015-10-15 |
| MACKAY, Andrew Robert, Mr. | Director | 2004-01-21 | 2012-07-31 |
| MAINWARING, Paul Richard | Director | 2016-07-26 | 2020-06-01 |
| MESSER, Bridget Elizabeth | Director | 2015-10-15 | 2021-09-22 |
| NAYLER, Joanna Sian | Director | 2022-11-18 | 2023-07-17 |
| NOBLE, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2015-10-15 | 2022-11-18 |
| PACHITI PALLIKAROPOULOU, Nasia | Director | 2023-11-28 | 2025-10-31 |
| ROZES, Charles Arthur | Director | 2020-06-01 | 2024-07-31 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2004-01-21 | 2004-01-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ig Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 140 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-09 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-09-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-11-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
-
Turnover
+3.9%
£12,274,000 £12,754,000
-
Cash
-98.7%
£52,229,000 £658,000
-
Net assets
+11.9%
£1,283,059,000 £1,435,407,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+49.8%
-£14,889,000 -£7,470,000
-
Profit before tax
+6.5%
£288,953,000 £307,848,000
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