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MARKET RESEARCH SOCIETY(THE)

#00518685 · Active · Incorporated 1953-04-16 (73y 6m) · Last filing 2026-09-30 (1mo ago)
Consumer Discretionary · SIC 94110 · S Other Service Activities · Full accounts
Accounts due 2027-12-31 (in 1y) · Confirmation due 2027-06-26 (in 9 months) · 1 watchout

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Cash

£349k

-31.6% vs 2025

Net assets

£6.2m

-0.5% vs 2025

Employees

39

0% vs 2025

Profit before tax

-£66k

+18.4% vs 2025

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31

Metric Trend 2021-03-312022-03-312024-03-312025-03-312026-03-31 Δ vs prior
Total income £2,912,532£3,308,504£4,087,528£4,336,967£4,284,503 -1.2%
Operating profit -£14,450-£25,114-£46,581-£66,722-£49,204 +26.3%
Profit before tax -£83,483-£37,988-£60,530-£80,519-£65,709 +18.4%
Net profit -£66,588-£64,237-£60,530-£30,124-£65,709 -118.1%
Cash £530,536£529,215£273,090£509,734£348,742 -31.6%
Total assets less current liabilities £5,529,742£5,433,420£7,336,557£7,390,340£7,329,007 -0.8%
Net assets £4,681,273£4,608,370£6,090,287£6,208,644£6,179,787 -0.5%
Equity £4,681,273£4,608,370£6,090,287£6,208,644£6,179,787 -0.5%
Average employees —36383939 0%
Wages ————— —
Directors' remuneration ————— —

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2021-03-312022-03-312024-03-312025-03-312026-03-31
Operating margin -0.5%-0.8%-1.1%-1.5%-1.1%
Net margin -2.3%-1.9%-1.5%-0.7%-1.5%
Return on capital employed -0.3%-0.5%-0.6%-0.9%-0.7%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 19.3%21.1%34.8%35.5%35.0%
Current ratio ——0.72x0.73x0.74x
Interest cover -0.68x-1.93x-3.34x-4.84x-2.98x

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 §1A
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Gravita Audit II Limited
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“At the balance sheet date, the Society had net current liabilities totalling £529,179 (2025: £608,803). The directors believe that the Society has the continued support of the Society's bankers including a £275k overdraft facility and the accounts have therefore been prepared as a going concern.”

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

People

14 active · 114 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
FROST, Angela Jane Secretary 2012-05-09 — —
COLE, Rebecca Marie Director 2020-04-01 Aug 1981 British
FRANCIS, Elaine Director 2026-04-01 Sep 1968 British
FROST, Angela Jane Director 2012-09-27 Jul 1957 British
GOSLING, Geoffrey Peter Director 2004-04-01 Aug 1972 British
HAWORTH, John Roger Director 2018-11-13 Aug 1961 British
HOPE, Seema Director 2025-04-01 May 1978 British
NORMAN, Elizabeth Mary Director 2025-04-01 Mar 1961 British
ROGERS, Hannah Elizabeth Director 2026-04-01 Sep 1985 British
SALAMA, Samuel Director 2026-04-01 Jul 1997 British
SALLOWS, James Edward Director 2025-04-01 Feb 1978 British
SANGER, Adrian Nicholas Director 2025-04-01 Jan 1968 British
SINGHAM, Daniel Director 2026-04-01 Mar 1985 British
WHITE, Georgina Helen Director 2024-04-01 Jul 1979 British
Show 114 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BARR, David Secretary 1997-07-01 2011-10-01
CONWAY, Steffen Joachim Secretary — 1997-03-31
ELLIS, Stephen James Secretary — 1993-06-20
KHAN, Raz Secretary 2011-10-01 2012-05-09
SANTRY, Eamonn Secretary 1993-06-20 1994-03-31
ALI, Shazia Director 2023-04-01 2026-03-31
ALTERMAN, David Michael Director 2014-04-01 2020-03-31
ANDERTON, Rupert James Director 2008-04-01 2010-09-22
ARBON, Fay Beverley Director 2011-04-01 2014-03-31
BAIRFELT, Stephen Jeffrey Director 2012-04-01 2018-03-31
BAKER, Nicholas Philip, Dr Director 2014-04-01 2022-03-31
BARBER, Timothy Paul Director 2017-04-01 2020-03-31
BARRETT, Judith Kathleen Director 2003-04-01 2006-03-31
BARTRAM, Peter Alan Director — 1993-06-20
BEALE, Crispin John Director 2006-04-01 2023-03-31
BECK, Jennifer Anne Elizabeth Director 1997-04-01 2005-03-31
BELL, Nicola Jane Director 2004-04-01 2013-03-31
BEVERLY, Donald Director 1998-04-27 2003-03-31
BIRN, Robin Director — 1998-03-23
BLACKALL, Susan Elizabeth, Dr Director 2006-04-01 2012-03-31
BLYTHE, Ian Director — 1992-03-31
BODDY, Clive Roland Peter Director 1998-04-27 2000-03-31
BRACE, Ian Spencer Director 2002-04-01 2008-03-31
BROOKER, Susan Elizabeth Director 2008-04-01 2011-03-31
BURROWS, Simon John Director 1995-04-01 2002-03-31
BYATT, Roger Duncan Director 1998-04-27 2002-05-14
CARY, Martin David Director 2016-04-01 2018-11-13
CLAYTON, Diana Mercy Director — 1998-03-23
CONWAY, Steffen Joachim Director 1992-04-01 1995-06-20
COOKE, Michael Director — 1993-03-31
DAWN, Kathryn Modestina Director 1994-05-01 1995-03-31
DRURY, Richard William Director 2015-04-01 2018-03-31
EARLE, Babita Director 2020-04-01 2023-03-31
EDWARDS, Louise Joanne Director 2004-04-01 2007-03-31
ELLIS, Stephen James Director — 1993-03-31
ELLWOOD, Richard James Director 2014-04-01 2020-03-31
ENDERSBY, James William Rowse Director 2023-04-01 2026-03-31
FORD HUTCHINSON, Sally Mary Ann Director 1996-04-01 2003-03-31
FRANCE, Ruth Christine Director 2011-04-01 2020-03-31
FULLER, Christina Cochrane Director 2012-04-01 2018-03-31
GARCIA, Sara Carol Director 1997-04-01 1997-07-01
GERVAIS, Marie-Claude Valerie, Dr Director 2022-04-01 2025-03-31
GILBERT-HANSOM, Josephine Clair Director 2023-04-01 2026-03-31
GOOSEY, Richard William Director 1994-04-01 1997-03-31
GORDON, Wendy Judith Director 1992-04-01 1993-03-31
GOUDGE, Peter Harry Director 1993-04-01 1996-03-29
GOUDGE, Peter Harry Director 1993-04-01 1994-03-31
GUTMANN, Justin Nicholas Director 1996-04-01 2001-03-31
HALL, Charles Jonathan Director 2022-07-26 2025-03-31
HANBY, Terence Christopher Director 2001-04-30 2004-03-31
HAYTER, Caroline Joanna Director 2018-04-01 2021-03-31
HENSHALL, Linda Rosemary Director 1996-04-01 2005-03-31
HORTON, Mark Edward Philip Milner Director 2003-05-12 2005-08-31
JACK, Fiona Mary Director 2011-04-01 2014-03-31
JACKLING, Peter Director 1992-04-01 1998-03-23
JACKSON, Vanella Jane Director 2008-04-01 2012-03-31
JEFFERIES, Sinead Maire Director 2020-04-01 2024-03-31
KEEN, Anthony Frederick Director 2001-04-30 2007-03-31
KHAN, Parves Koli, Dr Director 2022-04-01 2022-07-19
KHAN, Raz Director 2004-04-01 2016-03-31
LANGER, Barbara Marion Director 2011-04-01 2014-03-31
LAYBOURNE, Peter Harding Director 1999-04-26 2002-03-31
LEATHWOOD, Alistair Robert Director 2011-04-01 2011-09-02
LEHMAN, Carole Anne Director 2005-04-01 2008-03-31
LIDINGTON, Simon Lance Director 2004-04-01 2008-03-31
LLOYD, Rowland Director 2001-04-30 2010-03-31
LYONS, Tara Mary Director 2007-04-01 2010-03-31
MACFARLANE, Phyllis Joan Director 2016-04-01 2020-04-01
MACFARLANE, Phyllis Joan Director 2012-04-01 2014-03-31
MARTIN, Derek Charles Director 1997-04-01 1999-03-31
MILLER, Sharon Gail Director 1992-04-01 1994-02-21
MOLLOY, Christopher Patrick Director 2011-04-01 2014-03-31
MOUNCEY, Peter Director — 1993-06-20
NELSON, Elizabeth Hawkins, Dr Director 2012-04-01 2018-03-31
NORTH, Nicholas Machin Director 2018-10-04 2024-03-31
NORTH, Nicholas Machin Director 2015-04-01 2018-03-31
PARKER, Stephen John Director 1993-04-01 1995-06-20
PATTERSON, Cecilia Director 2021-04-01 2021-12-14
PERRY, Jennifer Louise Director 2020-04-01 2023-03-31
PHILLIPS, Adam Ivor Cargill Director — 1993-05-01
POTTER, Jack Director — 1993-03-31
PRESTON, Deborah Claire Director 2013-04-01 2015-01-01
REYNOLDS, Joy Rosemary Director 2000-04-01 2002-03-31
REYNOLDS, Joy Rosemary Director — 1996-03-29
RICHARDS, Martyn Director 1995-04-01 2001-03-31
RIGG, Ian Malcolm Director 1995-04-01 1998-03-23
ROGERS, Susan Director 2006-04-01 2007-04-18
RUFFELS, Zoe Eleanor Mary Director 2018-04-01 2024-03-31
RUSSELL, Daniel Joseph Scott Director 2015-04-01 2020-03-31
SANTRY, Eamonn Director 2005-04-01 2006-03-31
SANTRY, Eamonn Director — 1995-03-31
SEAMAN, Lashanda Director 2023-04-01 2026-03-31
SHELDON, Rob John Director 2008-04-01 2011-03-31
SHELDRAKE, Charles Richard John Director 2014-04-01 2017-03-31
SHELDRAKE, Charles Richard John Director 2007-04-01 2013-03-31
SILMAN, Richard Spencer Paul Director 2013-04-01 2018-03-31
SMITH, David, Doctor Director 1995-04-01 1997-03-31
SOPP, Leslie Edwin Director 2006-04-01 2012-03-31
SPACKMAN, Nigel Anthony Garth Director 1992-04-01 1995-03-31
STEADMAN, Jake William Director 2016-04-01 2019-03-31
STOCKER, Ivor Charles Director 2002-04-01 2002-11-30
STOCKER, Ivor Director — 1992-03-31
TURNER, Helen Lindsay Director 1993-04-01 1996-03-29
VALENTINE, Virginia Rachel Director 2002-04-01 2004-12-31
WALTERS, Alan Henry Director 1997-04-01 2001-03-31
WEITZ, Janet Ruth Director — 1993-06-20
WIGZELL, John Kevin Director 1994-06-01 1997-03-31
WIGZELL, John Kevin Director — 1992-03-31
WILSON, Alan Morgan, Professor Director 2002-09-01 2009-03-31
WINSTANLEY, Lorna Elizabeth Macintyre Director 1997-10-03 2001-03-31
WINTER, Frank Henry Director — 1997-03-31
WOODCOCK, David James Director 1999-04-26 2002-03-31
WRIGHT, Alex Director 2008-04-01 2011-03-31
YELLAND, Frances Murray Director 1997-04-01 2004-03-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

No persons with significant control on record.

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 363 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2026-01-07 MA Memorandum articles
  • 2025-12-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2026-09-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2026-06-19 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2026-06-10 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2026-04-07 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-04-07 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-04-07 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-04-07 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-04-07 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-04-07 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-04-07 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-04-07 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-01-07 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2025-12-27 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2025-10-01 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2025-06-20 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-04-02 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-04-02 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-04-02 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-04-02 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-04-02 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
14

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
4

last 12 months

Officers resigned
4

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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