MOODY`S GROUP UK LTD
The company serves as a UK subsidiary of the US-listed credit rating and financial services group Moody's Corporation, providing financial information and analytical services.
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Cash
£789m
EUR 905,128,000
-1.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£2.4bn
EUR 2,767,187,000
+4.7% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£457m
EUR 524,055,000
+32.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £175,403,457 | £399,435,136 | £455,537,241 | +14% | |
| Operating profit | £172,755,146 | £346,014,433 | £459,378,162 | +32.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £165,644,055 | £344,428,500 | £457,051,282 | +32.7% | |
| Net profit | £165,644,055 | £344,428,500 | £457,051,282 | +32.7% | |
| Cash | £798,281,074 | £804,733,743 | £789,401,709 | -1.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,444,990,880 | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | £2,444,990,880 | £2,304,380,392 | £2,413,384,790 | +4.7% | |
| Equity | £2,444,990,880 | £2,304,380,392 | £2,413,384,790 | +4.7% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
Figures converted to GBP from EUR at 0.872 per EUR (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 | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 98.5% | 86.6% | 100.8% | |
| Net margin | 94.4% | 86.2% | 100.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.1% | — | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 25.0% | 22.8% | 21.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.98x | 1.01x | 1.01x | |
| Interest cover | 5.61x | 8.71x | 17.96x |
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
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Therefore, the directors believe the Company is well placed to manage its risks and have assessed that there is a reasonable expectation that adequate financial resources will continue to be available for the foreseeable future. For this reason, it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- MOODY`S GROUP UK LTD · parent
- Moody's Holdings Limited 100%
- Moody's Group France SAS 100%
- Moody's Canada LP 99.9%
- Gilliland Gold Young Consulting Inc. 100%
- Moody's Analytics Knowledge Services (Jersey) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, the Company fully impaired its investment in Moody's Canada LP amounting to €15.8m to reflect the further reduction in the net assets.”
- “Moody's Analytics Knowledge Services (Jersey) Limited completed a buyback of its preference shares for cash consideration of €23.8m, resulting in a gain on disposal of €23.8m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HERRING, Timothy John Crawford | Director | 2016-10-12 | Jun 1969 | British |
| MARCHINI, Marco Fabrizio | Director | 2024-09-01 | Aug 1985 | Italian |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SYER, Christopher John Owen | Secretary | 2007-09-28 | 2008-12-18 |
| BEROUD, Olivier | Director | 2013-05-02 | 2016-05-20 |
| DREVON, Frederic Walter Jacques | Director | 2007-09-28 | 2013-05-02 |
| GLOVER, Ian George | Director | 2008-11-06 | 2016-10-12 |
| HOGAN, David | Director | 2016-06-01 | 2016-10-12 |
| HUGHES, Stuart Martin | Director | 2010-06-03 | 2016-05-26 |
| MADELAIN, Michel | Director | 2007-09-28 | 2008-11-06 |
| MERLI, Monica | Director | 2016-10-12 | 2018-11-21 |
| THOMAS, Laura Jacqueline | Director | 2018-11-21 | 2024-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moody's International (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 113 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-07 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-06-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-06-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-06-23 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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.