PLATTS (U.K.) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-27 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-56.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£262M
+96.1% vs 2023
Employees
430
+8.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£227M
+28.7% vs 2023
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 | £264,009,000 | £306,787,000 | |
| Operating profit | £172,626,000 | £216,746,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £176,537,000 | £227,269,000 | |
| Net profit | £140,772,000 | £183,666,000 | |
| Cash | £4,628,000 | £2,030,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £133,650,000 | £262,146,000 | |
| Net assets | £133,650,000 | £262,146,000 | |
| Equity | £133,650,000 | £262,146,000 | |
| Average employees | 396 | 430 | |
| Wages | £49,922,000 | £58,206,000 |
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 | 65.4% | 70.7% | |
| Net margin | 53.3% | 59.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 129.2% | 82.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 34.9% | 30.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.81x | 3.31x |
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
- 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 30 June 2026. The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will be able to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the Directors have adopted the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- PLATTS (U.K.) LIMITED · parent
- Commodity Flow Limited 100%
- Platts Benchmark UK Limited 100%
- S&P Global Switzerland SA 100%
- Tradenet Commercial Networking Limited 100%
Significant events
- “No political donations were made by the Company during the year (2023: £Nil).”
- “The company has a branch in the Dubai International Finance Centre.”
- “In June 2023, the High Court handed down a decision in the case of Virgin Media Limited v NTL Pension Trustees II Limited and others relating to the validity of certain historical pension changes due to the lack of actuarial confirmation required by law (Section 37 confirmations). The S&P Global group has engaged with the sole trustee of the plan to determine the potential impact of this ruling on the pension plan. It has been identified that the plan was contracted out and therefore there is a possibility that the plan could be impacted by this ruling.”
- “A court case commenced in February 2025 concerning section 37 confirmations is ongoing and pensions industry groups and there may be intervention by the Department of Work and Pensions to enable section 37 confirmations to be given retrospectively.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HITHERSAY, Elizabeth | Secretary | 2016-07-18 | — | — |
| WESTLEY, Catherine | Secretary | 2012-02-17 | — | — |
| WALLACE, Kate Isabel | Director | 2022-07-18 | Oct 1978 | British |
| WEELSON, Ryan | Director | 2023-08-17 | Oct 1980 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MONTAGUE, Antony | Secretary | 2012-02-17 | 2016-07-18 |
| ALDECO MARTINEZ, Silvina Araceli | Director | 2019-01-14 | 2021-11-24 |
| DOUSE, James Alexander | Director | 2016-10-31 | 2022-07-18 |
| KNIGHT, Christopher Phillip | Director | 2012-02-17 | 2013-09-17 |
| OWEN, Kathryn Ann | Director | 2022-07-18 | 2023-08-16 |
| PEARCE, David Robert | Director | 2012-02-17 | 2015-05-01 |
| RHIND, Elaine | Director | 2021-11-24 | 2022-07-18 |
| RHIND, Elaine | Director | 2021-05-11 | 2021-11-24 |
| SANSOM, Paul James | Director | 2012-02-17 | 2016-10-31 |
| THOMAS, Hywel Rees | Director | 2015-05-01 | 2018-11-01 |
| WISE, Kevin | Director | 2013-09-18 | 2022-07-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S&P Global Commodities Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 59 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-08-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- 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
+16.2%
£264,009,000 £306,787,000
-
Cash
-56.1%
£4,628,000 £2,030,000
-
Net assets
+96.1%
£133,650,000 £262,146,000
-
Employees
+8.6%
396 430
-
Operating profit
+25.6%
£172,626,000 £216,746,000
-
Profit before tax
+28.7%
£176,537,000 £227,269,000
-
Wages
+16.6%
£49,922,000 £58,206,000
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