S&P GLOBAL LIMITED

Formerly known as Markit Group Limited, the company operates as a UK subsidiary of the US-listed financial intelligence group S&P Global Inc., providing market data, credit ratings, and analytics to institutional investors.

#04185146 · Active · Incorporated 2001-03-22 (25y 5m) · Last filing 2026-07-25 (1mo ago)

Technology · SIC 63990 · J Information & Communication · Full accounts

Accounts due 2027-09-30 (in 1y) · Confirmation due 2027-03-18 (in 7 months) · 1 watchout

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Cash

£343m

USD 461,588,000

+5,794.4% highest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£2.2bn

USD 3,025,394,000

+17.8% vs 2024

Employees

1,349

+17.8% highest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

£410m

USD 552,157,000

+830.6% highest in 3 filed years

Watchouts

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

3 PSCs ceased in last 24 months

Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

Net assets

3-year trend · vs Technology median

S&P GLOBAL LIMITED·Technology median · n=2074

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31	Δ vs prior
Turnover	£886,648,829	£1,011,695,281	£1,386,981,048	+37.1%
Operating profit	£56,208,101	-£100,264,586	£268,648,086	+367.9%
Profit before tax	-£23,526,570	-£56,167,224	£410,373,096	+830.6%
Net profit	-£26,284,653	-£69,507,990	£410,635,452	+690.8%
Cash	£8,543,292	£5,820,141	£343,060,572	+5,794.4%
Total assets less current liabilities	£3,546,237,087	£1,942,706,057	£2,281,325,901	+17.4%
Net assets	£3,509,281,308	£1,909,449,275	£2,248,527,685	+17.8%
Equity	£3,509,281,308	£1,909,449,275	£2,248,527,685	+17.8%
Average employees	955	1,145	1,349	+17.8%
Wages	£104,738,759	£126,686,734	£152,695,652	+20.5%
Directors' remuneration	—	£23,040	£150,873	+554.8%

Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.743 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31
Operating margin	6.3%	-9.9%	19.4%
Net margin	-3.0%	-6.9%	29.6%
Return on capital employed	1.6%	-5.2%	11.8%
Current ratio	1.38x	0.65x	0.77x
Interest cover	0.32x	-0.56x	2.18x

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.

Name history

Renamed 3 times since incorporation

S&P GLOBAL LIMITED 2023-06-20 → present
MARKIT GROUP LIMITED 2004-12-09 → 2023-06-20
MARK-IT PARTNERS LIMITED 2001-04-24 → 2004-12-09
HACKREMCO (NO.1804) LIMITED 2001-03-22 → 2001-04-24

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 101
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: Ernst & Young LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“On the basis of their assessment of the Company's financial position, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will be able to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and at least for twelve months since approval of the financial statements. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements.”

Group structure

S&P GLOBAL LIMITED · parent
1. S&P Global Holdings Europe Limited 100% · England & Wales · Holding Company
2. Agra CEAS Consulting Limited 81.8% · England & Wales · Providing consulting and advisory services in the field of economics research for the food and agriculture industries.
3. Agra Ceas Consulting - Bureau European de Recherches SA 100% · Belgium · Providing Business Information to the customers.
4. CSM Worldwide Korea Yuhan Hoesa 100% · South Korea · Trading company
5. IHSM Holdings Germany Limited 100% · England & Wales · Financing company
6. IHS Information & Insight (Proprietary) Ltd 100% · South Africa · Provision of information analytics, and solutions
7. IHS Global FZ LLC 100% · UAE · Provision of information analytics, and solutions
8. IHS Global Limited (LLC) 100% · Qatar · Providing information technology, technical and consultancy services
9. IHS Markit Holdings Limited 100% · England & Wales · Holding Company
10. IHS Markit Canada ULC 100% · Canada · Provision of information analytics, and solutions
11. IHS Global B.V 100% · Netherlands · Provision of information analytics, and solutions
12. Carfax Canada ULC 100% · Canada · Trading company
13. ThinkFolio (Pty) Ltd 100% · South Africa · Sold to STG on 12 January 2026
14. IHS Markit Group (Hong Kong) Limited 100% · Hong Kong · Provision of information analytics, and solutions
15. IHS Markit Group (Australia) Pty Ltd 100% · Australia · Trading company
16. IHS Markit Japan GK 100% · Japan · Trading company
17. IHS Markit Global SARL 100% · Switzerland · Trading company
18. IHS Markit Korea Ltd 100% · South Korea · Trading company
19. IHS Markit Investments Limited 100% · England and Wales · Financing company
20. Ipreo Ltd 100% · England & Wales · Providing software services for the capital raising process within debt & equity markets in UK and Europe
21. IHS Global AS 100% · Norway · Provision of information analytics, and solutions
22. Rushmore Associates Limited 100% · England & Wales · Providing a premium, subscription-based service for drilling and completions benchmarking solutions.
23. IHS Global APS 100% · Denmark · Providing technical information, data, database, information technology services, technical and consultancy services, as well as related activities.
24. Ipreo Hong Kong Ltd. 100% · Hong Kong · Provision of information analytics, and solutions
25. IHS Global Pte Limited 100% · Singapore · Provision of information analytics, and solutions
26. IHS Australia Proprietary Limited 100% · Australia · Provision of information analytics, and solutions
27. IHS Hong Kong Limited 100% · Hong Kong · Provision of information analytics, and solutions
28. PT IHS Markit Indonesia 100% · Indonesia · Provision of information analytics, and solutions
29. Terahelix Limited 100% · England & Wales · Solves complex, enterprise-scale data challenges frameworks that structure data models for smooth interoperability across platforms, systems & storage architectures.
30. R.L. Polk Limited 100% · England & Wales · Holding Company

Significant events

“On 11 April 2025, the Company passed a resolution to reduce the share premium. This resulted in a total of $3,781,324,963 being realised as distributable in retained earnings.”
“On 29 April 2025, S&P Global Inc. announced its intention to separate the S&P Global Mobility division into a standalone publicly traded company.”
“On 6 June 2025, the Company acquired 100% of Ordinary Shares in Terahelix Limited, a company registered in the United Kingdom for a total consideration of $6,386,893.”
“On 24 April 2025, the Company sold its equity investment in TradingHub to Summit Partners THB SARL for $15,000,000.”
“On 19 May 2026, the Company settled in cash the outstanding principal and accrued interest on an intercompany loan note payable to IHS Markit Global Limited, a fellow subsidiary registered in England and Wales, for a total cash payment of $174,329,976.”
“On 3 June 2026, the Company settled in cash the outstanding principal on an intercompany loan payable to S&P Global Inc., for a total cash payment of $100,000,000.”

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

People

4 active · 52 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
HITHERSAY, Elizabeth	Secretary	2022-03-15	—	—
HITHERSAY, Elizabeth Mary	Director	2022-03-15	Jan 1980	British
WALLACE, Kate Isabel	Director	2022-05-27	Oct 1978	British
WEELSON, Ryan	Director	2023-08-17	Oct 1980	British

Show 52 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
GRUSHKA, Rony	Secretary	2002-12-31	2013-12-10
WHITE, John Richard Cottam, Lt Colonel	Secretary	2001-04-26	2002-09-20
HACKWOOD SECRETARIES LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Secretary	2001-03-22	2001-04-26
AHMED, Riaz	Director	2002-12-31	2003-08-26
ALDER, Geoffrey Thomas	Director	2006-11-01	2007-10-30
BALLENTINE, James	Director	2004-01-21	2006-05-15
BEDFORD, Michael Leslie	Director	2001-04-26	2002-12-31
BEESTON, Mark Ian	Director	2003-08-26	2005-08-01
BENISON, Thomas J	Director	2005-02-22	2005-10-28
CHRISTENSEN, Paul Gerard	Director	2005-08-01	2005-09-28
COHEN, Richard Samuel	Director	2005-07-28	2007-10-30
COHEN, Richard Samuel	Director	2004-01-21	2004-11-08
DAVIDSON, Simon	Director	2004-10-09	2007-10-30
DAVIE, Michael Edward	Director	2006-02-22	2007-10-30
DOWNES, Andrew	Director	2006-10-19	2007-10-30
FERRON, Mark	Director	2007-05-11	2007-10-30
FROST, Timothy James Albert	Director	2003-08-26	2004-07-01
GOOCH, Jeffrey Andrew	Director	2013-12-10	2016-07-15
GOOCH, Jeffrey Andrew	Director	2004-01-21	2005-10-14
GOULD, Kevin Andrew	Director	2004-01-21	2016-07-15
GOULD, Kevin	Director	2001-04-25	2002-12-31
GRUSHKA, Rony, Director	Director	2007-10-30	2013-12-10
GRUSHKA, Rony	Director	2001-04-25	2002-12-31
GUNEWARDENA, Arun	Director	2003-08-26	2005-04-07
HARFORD, Suni	Director	2006-12-01	2007-10-30
HYATT, Todd Stones, Mr.	Director	2016-07-15	2017-08-09
KYRIAKOS SAAD, Fawzi Sami	Director	2005-10-28	2006-02-22
LEVY, Bradford Scott	Director	2005-04-07	2007-10-30
LONGDEN, Charles Edward	Director	2004-01-21	2007-10-30
LOVETT, Grant	Director	2006-03-23	2006-09-17
MACBAIN, Michael Wallace	Director	2004-01-05	2006-10-31
MACINTYRE, John Brent	Director	2002-12-31	2003-12-04
MCLOUGHLIN, Christopher Guy, Mr.	Director	2016-07-15	2022-03-15
MCNERNEY, Thomas Michael Gerard	Director	2001-04-25	2002-12-31
MISRA, Rajeev	Director	2005-09-28	2006-10-18
MISTRETTA, Vincent	Director	2005-03-22	2006-03-23
NARO, Salvatore	Director	2004-01-21	2005-03-22
OWEN, Kathryn Ann	Director	2017-08-09	2023-08-16
PALMER, Andrew Newton	Director	2004-01-21	2005-02-22
PARK, Sean Maclise	Director	2004-01-21	2006-09-20
PASCUCCI, Hope	Director	2006-10-18	2007-05-11
PLINER, Jon David	Director	2006-07-11	2007-10-30
RICHARDSON, Peter Mark	Director	2007-04-19	2007-10-30
ROTH, Frank Reiner	Director	2006-10-30	2007-04-19
RUSIS, Armins	Director	2005-10-14	2007-10-30
SENFT, Dexter	Director	2006-05-15	2007-10-30
SHAFFRAN, Alan Mitchell	Director	2004-01-21	2006-12-01
THAKOR, Sudip	Director	2004-01-21	2004-10-09
UGGLA, Lance Darrell Gordon	Director	2001-04-25	2018-03-31
WALKER, Neil Samuel	Director	2004-02-01	2006-07-11
WISE, Kevin	Director	2022-03-15	2022-07-29
HACKWOOD DIRECTORS LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Director	2001-03-22	2001-04-25

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Ihs Markit Lending 1	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2024-10-01	Ceased 2024-10-01
Ihs Global Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2024-10-01	Ceased 2024-10-01
Ihsm Holdings Uk Ltd	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2024-10-01	Active
Ihs Markit Uk Investments Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2021-11-25	Ceased 2024-10-01
Ihs Markit Global Investments Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2021-11-24	Ceased 2021-11-25
Ihs Markit Group Holdings	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Shares 75–100% (as trust), Shares 75–100% (as firm), Voting 75–100%, Voting 75–100% (as trust), Voting 75–100% (as firm), Appoints directors (as trust), Significant influence (as trust)	2016-04-06	Ceased 2021-11-24

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 394 total filings

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

2025-04-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-07-25	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2026-07-17	RP01SH01	miscellaneous	Legacy	PDF
2026-07-07	SH01	capital	Capital allotment shares
2026-03-18	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2025-11-17	SH01	capital	Capital allotment shares	PDF
2025-10-09	SH01	capital	Capital allotment shares
2025-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-05-06	RP04CS01	confirmation-statement	Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date	PDF
2025-04-25	SH01	capital	Capital allotment shares
2025-04-15	SH20	capital	Legacy
2025-04-15	SH19	capital	Capital statement capital company with date currency figure
2025-04-15	CAP-SS	insolvency	Legacy
2025-04-15	RESOLUTIONS	resolution	Resolution
2025-03-10	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates
2024-10-29	SH01	capital	Capital allotment shares	PDF
2024-10-25	SH01	capital	Capital allotment shares
2024-10-25	SH01	capital	Capital allotment shares
2024-10-22	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2024-10-22	PSC02	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2024-10-22	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 7
Capital events: 9
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

Official Companies House page