MORNINGSTAR UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-05 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£59M
+98.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£32M
+20.3% vs 2023
Employees
98
-10.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£8M
+331.9% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £56,358,344 | £66,148,283 | |
| Operating profit | £6,919,802 | £5,045,570 | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,363,064 | £7,798,606 | |
| Net profit | -£5,535,900 | £5,341,553 | |
| Cash | £29,791,097 | £59,158,641 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £27,175,458 | £32,654,139 | |
| Net assets | £26,353,244 | £31,694,797 | |
| Equity | £26,353,244 | £31,694,797 | |
| Average employees | 109 | 98 | |
| Wages | £11,766,058 | £10,714,546 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £19,521 | £0 |
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
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+17.4%
£56,358,344 £66,148,283
-
Cash
+98.6%
£29,791,097 £59,158,641
-
Net assets
+20.3%
£26,353,244 £31,694,797
-
Employees
-10.1%
109 98
-
Operating profit
-27.1%
£6,919,802 £5,045,570
-
Profit before tax
+331.9%
-£3,363,064 £7,798,606
-
Wages
-8.9%
£11,766,058 £10,714,546
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 12.3% | 7.6% | |
| Net margin | -9.8% | 8.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.5% | 15.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.24x | 1.27x | |
| Interest cover | 1055.97x | 761.60x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Morningstar UK Limited has received written confirmation from its ultimate parent Company, Morningstar Inc., that it will continue to provide financial support to the Company, if and when needed, so that the Company can pay its debts as and when they fall due and continue to fund its normal business operations. The support shall be unconditional and irrevocable for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing the 2024 Annual Report of Morningstar UK Limited for the year ended 31 December 2024. For this reason, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- MORNINGSTAR UK LIMITED · parent
- Morningstar Real-Time Data Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the reporting date, the Company declared and paid a cash dividend of £26 million to its parent company, Morningstar Holland BV, on 26 August 2025. This dividend was approved by the board of directors. The transaction does not affect the financial position as at year-end but is disclosed as a non-adjusting subsequent event.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDC NOMINEE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2021-02-01 | — | — |
| MALONE, Paul Thomas | Director | 2019-03-04 | Jul 1972 | British |
| SLOMAN, Connor | Director | 2016-01-26 | Mar 1973 | British |
| MORNINGSTAR INC | Corporate Director | 2005-07-01 | — | — |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVERSECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2012-08-06 | 2021-02-01 |
| GOODWILLE LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-07-06 | 2012-05-04 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-07-06 | 2000-07-06 |
| BALZANO, Geoffrey Michael | Director | 2007-07-27 | 2016-01-26 |
| BERGLUND, Maria Ulrika Kristina | Director | 2001-02-26 | 2001-08-31 |
| BJARNO KAAE, Svend Erik | Director | 2001-02-26 | 2003-12-31 |
| DESMOND, Bevin | Director | 2005-03-15 | 2018-04-02 |
| FJAREM, Tormod Hans Petter | Director | 2000-07-06 | 2006-03-15 |
| ORMES, Mark | Director | 2018-04-18 | 2020-10-02 |
| PERSSON, Philip Martin | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2005-03-15 |
| ROOMANS, Mark John | Director | 2013-06-12 | 2022-11-19 |
| WEBB, Tobias Charles Jeffrey | Director | 2001-02-26 | 2005-03-07 |
| GCS CORPORATE NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2000-07-06 | 2000-07-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morningstar, Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-06-30 | Active |
| Morningstar Global Llc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-06-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 140 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-20 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-06 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2023-12-21 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-10-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-14 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2022-06-13 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2022-06-13 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2022-06-13 | SH20 | capital | Legacy |
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.