MOODY'S INTERNATIONAL (UK) LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-05-15 (in 1y)

Last made up 2026-05-01

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

—

Latest balance sheet

Net assets

£3B

+0.4% vs 2023

Employees

Average over period

Profit before tax

£532M

+86.8% vs 2023

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Technology median

MOODY'S INTERNATIONAL (UK) LIMITED·Technology median · n=967

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	£359,735,360	£593,234,248
Operating profit	£356,363,973	£602,209,044
Profit before tax	£285,027,428	£532,300,964
Net profit	£285,027,428	£532,300,964
Cash	—	—
Total assets less current liabilities	£5,749,340,993	£5,752,553,002
Net assets	£3,385,748,703	£3,397,951,816
Equity	£3,385,748,703	£3,397,951,816
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	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	99.1%	101.5%
Net margin	79.2%	89.7%
Return on capital employed	6.2%	10.5%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	41.1%	40.9%
Current ratio	0.58x	2.83x
Interest cover	4.99x	8.55x

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 Reduced Disclosure Framework
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: KPMG LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“As part of a regular assessment of the Company's performance and position, the directors have assessed the performance of its investments, risks and mitigating actions. They believe the Company is well placed to manage its risks and has a reasonable expectation that adequate financial resources will continue to be available. Thus, it adopts the going concern basis.”

Group structure

MOODY'S INTERNATIONAL (UK) LIMITED · parent
1. Moody's Holdings LLC 100% · US · Holding company
2. Moody's Group Finance Limited 100% · UK · Financing company
3. Yellow Maple Holding B.V. 100% · Netherlands · Holding company
4. Moody's Analytics Netherlands B.V 100% · Netherlands
5. Bureau van Dijk Editions Electroniques SRL 100% · Belgium
6. Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing GmbH 100% · Germany
7. Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing Limited 100% · UK
8. Moody's Analytics Italy S.p.A. 100% · Italy
9. Bureau van Dijk Editions Electroniques S.A. 100% · Switzerland
10. Moody's Analytics Sweden AB 100% · Sweden
11. Moodys Analytics Denmark ApS 100% · Denmark
12. Zephus Limited 100% · UK
13. Moody's Analytics Spain S.A. 100% · Spain
14. Moody's Analytics Austria GmbH 100% · Austria
15. Moody's Analytics Portugal, Unipessoal Lda. 100% · Portugal
16. Bureau van Dijk EP DMCC 100% · UAE
17. Moody's Analytics South Africa Proprietary Limited 100% · South Africa
18. Moody's Group Cyprus Limited 100% · Cyprus
19. Global Credit Rating Company Limited (Mauritius) 100% · Mauritius
20. Global Credit Rating Co. (Proprietry) Limited (South Africa) 80% · South Africa
21. Global Credit Rating Company Limited (Nigeria) 62% · Nigeria
22. Global Credit Rating Company Limited (Senegal) 65% · Senegal
23. Moody's Investors Service (BVI) Limited 100% · BVI
24. Moody's Holdings (BVI) Limited 100% · BVI
25. Middle East Rating and Investors Service S.A.E. 40% · Egypt
26. Moody's Financing (Cyprus) Limited 100% · Cyprus
27. Moody's South Africa (BVI) Limited 100% · BVI
28. Moody's Investors Service South Africa (Pty) Limited 100% · South Africa
29. Moody's Africa Holdings Limited (Mauritius) 100% · Mauritius
30. Moody's Analytics Czech Republic s.r.o. 90% · Czech Republic
31. Moody's Investors Service Cyprus Limited 100% · Cyprus
32. Moody's Analytics (DIFC) Limited 100% · Dubai
33. Moody's Analytics Private Limited 100% · India
34. RMS Risk Management Solutions India Private Limited 100% · India
35. Moody's Group UK Limited 100% · UK
36. Moody's Holdings Limited 100% · UK
37. Moody's Analytics UK Limited 100% · UK
38. Risk First Inc. 100% · UK
39. Acquire Media 1 UK Limited 100% · UK
40. Traidum GmbH 40% · Switzerland
41. Risk First Limited 100% · UK
42. Passfort Limited 100% · UK
43. Moody's Shared Services UK Limited 100% · UK
44. Moody's Investors Service (Nordics) AB 100% · Sweden
45. Moody's Group Deutschland GmbH 100% · Germany
46. Moody's Deutschland GmbH 100% · Germany
47. RealXData GmbH 100% · Germany
48. Moody's Italia S.r.l. 100% · Italy
49. Moody's EMEA Holdings Limited 100% · UK
50. Moody's Investors Service Middle East Limited 100% · Dubai
51. Moody's Investors Service Limited 100% · UK
52. Moody's Risk Assessments Limited 100% · UK
53. Moody's ESG Solutions France SAS 100% · France
54. Moody's ESG Solutions UK Ltd 100% · UK
55. Moody's Group France SAS 100% · France
56. Moody's Lithuania UAB 100% · Lithuania
57. Moody's Canada LP 100% · Canada · Partnership
58. Gilliland Gold Young Consulting Inc. 100% · Canada
59. Moody's Analytics Knowledge Services Limited 100% · Jersey
60. Moody's Analytics Knowledge Services Holdings Limited 100% · Mauritius
61. Moody's Analytics Knowledge Services Research Limited 100% · Mauritius

Significant events

“During 2025, dividends totalling $443.2m were paid to Moody's Group (Holdings) Unlimited.”
“On 19 June 2025, Moody's Group Finance Limited distributed its loan receivable, of $587m and unpaid interest as a dividend in specie, to the Company. The Company has also started the process to wind down this subsidiary. As a result of that, the Company has almost fully impaired it's $501m investment in this subsidiary.”
“On 9 July 2025, the Company used the above mentioned loan receivable of $587m to partially repay a loan payable with a fellow Moody's group company. This reduced the loan payable from $892.2m to $304.7m.”

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

People

2 active · 2 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
HERRING, Timothy John Crawford	Director	2012-03-20	Jun 1969	British
MARCHINI, Marco Fabrizio	Director	2024-09-01	Aug 1985	Italian

Show 2 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
GLOVER, Ian George	Director	2012-03-20	2016-10-12
THOMAS, Laura Jacqueline	Director	2017-10-27	2024-08-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Moody's Group (Holdings) Unlimited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 40 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-05-01	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-09-15	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-05-01	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-09-19	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-09-03	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-09-02	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-05-02	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-04-19	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-10-06	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-04-19	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-10-03	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-06-16	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-09-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2021-04-19	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-03-22	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-09-21	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2020-06-10	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-10-08	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2019-03-26	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2018-10-04	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 3
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

+64.9%

£359,735,360 £593,234,248
Cash

—

Not reported
Net assets

+0.4%

£3,385,748,703 £3,397,951,816
Employees

—

Not reported
Operating profit

+69%

£356,363,973 £602,209,044
Profit before tax

+86.8%

£285,027,428 £532,300,964

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

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