WOOD MACKENZIE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-22 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£39M
-37.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£1B
+0.9% vs 2023
Employees
896
+8.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
+152.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WOOD MACKENZIE LIMITED 2001-12-24 → present
- DMWS 518 LIMITED 2001-08-17 → 2001-12-24
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Energy median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £276,192,000 | £299,163,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£12,076,000 | £3,349,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£9,188,000 | £4,832,000 | |
| Net profit | -£13,468,000 | £4,470,000 | |
| Cash | £63,122,000 | £39,474,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,046,314,000 | £1,059,446,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,043,092,000 | £1,052,423,000 | |
| Equity | £1,043,092,000 | £1,052,423,000 | |
| Average employees | 824 | 896 | |
| Wages | £71,310,000 | £73,174,000 |
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 | -4.4% | 1.1% | |
| Net margin | -4.9% | 1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.2% | 0.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.25x | 1.21x | |
| Interest cover | — | 4.22x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company is cash generative with a relatively minimal capital expenditure commitment within the short to medium term timeframe. The aforementioned ownership structure provides a significant level of additional working capital facility if there was ever a need to draw on it and fundamentally supports the directors' assessment that the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis”
Group structure
- WOOD MACKENZIE LIMITED · parent
- Wood Mackenzie CO Ltd 100%
- Wood Mackenzie Hong Kong Limited 100%
- Wood Mackenzie Australia Pty Limited 100%
- Wood Mackenzie Japan Kabushiki Kaisha 100%
- Wood Mackenzie (Nigeria) Limited 100%
- Wood Mackenzie Canada Limited 100%
- Wood Mackenzie Peru Srl 100%
- Wood Mackenzie Asia Pacific PTE Limited 100%
- Wood Mackenzie Malaysia Sdn Bhd 100%
- Wood Mackenzie Argentina Srl 90%
- Wood Mackenzie de Mexico S de R L de CV 99%
- Wood Mackenzie do Brasil Ltda 100%
- Wood Mackenzie India Private Limited 100%
- Wood Mackenzie Research & Consulting Company Ecuador 100%
- Wood Mackenzie Limited (Single Shareholder Limited Liability Company) 100%
- Wood Mackenzie Regional Headquarter Company LLC 100%
- Brook Hunt & Associates Limited 100%
- Infield Systems Limited 100%
- PCI Xylenes & Polyesters Limited 100%
- PCI Xylenes & Polyesters China Limited 100%
- PCI Xylenes & Polyesters Asia SDN BHD 100%
- PCI Research GmbH 100%
- PCI Films Consulting Limited 100%
- PCI (PET Packaging, Resin & Recycling) Limited 100%
- DMS Projects Limited 100%
- Wood Mackenzie A/S 100%
- Commodity Vectors Limited 100%
- Commodity Vectors (Ireland) Limited 100%
- Genscape Mexico S de R L de CV 99%
- Petrotranz Inc 100%
- Roskill Germany Gmbh 100%
- Genscape Japan K K 100%
- Energy Fundamentals Gmbh 100%
Significant events
- “In 2024, the company achieved an operating profit of £3.3 million, a significant improvement from the £12.1m loss recorded in 2023. This positive shift was driven by an 8.3% increase in revenue, alongside cost savings from the reduced reliance on a transaction service agreement with the previous owners, Verisk Analytics Inc, for IT, HR, and finance systems. The agreement, which was in place for 11 months in 2023, was only required for 6 months in 2024 following the implementation of a new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system in March 2024. However, the period also incurred one-off costs, including a £4.8m impairment of internally developed software projects and £21.5m in consulting fees, primarily associated with the implementation and ongoing maintenance of the new ERP system. Additionally, the acquisition of an Indian subsidiary contributed to an increase in additional paid-in capital of £3.2m in 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAMAGE, Andrew David | Secretary | 2023-02-01 | — | — |
| GRIEVE, Christopher David | Director | 2025-01-16 | Dec 1975 | British |
| LIU, Jason Chou | Director | 2024-05-07 | Apr 1970 | American |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIRD, Brian Robert | Secretary | 2001-12-12 | 2023-02-01 |
| DM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-08-17 | 2001-12-12 |
| AIRD, Brian Robert | Director | 2001-12-12 | 2023-02-01 |
| ALLISON, Thomas Eardley | Director | 2002-05-27 | 2005-06-03 |
| BOWMAN, Stuart | Director | 2001-12-12 | 2002-08-20 |
| BRININ, Mark Andrew | Director | 2023-02-01 | 2024-05-03 |
| CROWE, Simon Paul | Director | 2023-05-10 | 2025-01-16 |
| FAULDS, James Joseph Michael | Director | 2002-05-27 | 2005-06-03 |
| GREGORY, Paul Duncan | Director | 2013-01-16 | 2015-05-19 |
| GREGORY, Paul Duncan | Director | 2001-12-12 | 2007-08-15 |
| HALL, James Robert | Director | 2003-09-09 | 2004-10-28 |
| HALLIDAY, Stephen James | Director | 2001-12-12 | 2019-06-30 |
| HENSHALL, Fiona | Director | 2001-12-12 | 2004-03-05 |
| KAMEN, Nicholas | Director | 2004-07-19 | 2005-12-07 |
| MARSHALL, Philip Anthony | Director | 2014-04-28 | 2015-05-21 |
| THOMPSON, Kenneth Edward | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2021-04-08 |
| WONG, Thomas C | Director | 2021-04-08 | 2023-02-01 |
| DM DIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-08-17 | 2001-12-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wood Mackenzie Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 157 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-12 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-20 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-06 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2024-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-05-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-05-12 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2023-04-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
+8.3%
£276,192,000 £299,163,000
-
Cash
-37.5%
£63,122,000 £39,474,000
-
Net assets
+0.9%
£1,043,092,000 £1,052,423,000
-
Employees
+8.7%
824 896
-
Operating profit
+127.7%
-£12,076,000 £3,349,000
-
Profit before tax
+152.6%
-£9,188,000 £4,832,000
-
Wages
+2.6%
£71,310,000 £73,174,000
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