WOOD MACKENZIE LIMITED
Operating as WoodMac, the company is a private equity-backed global research and consultancy group owned by Veritas Capital, providing data and analysis for the energy, chemicals, and natural resources sectors.
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Cash
£24m
-39% vs 2024
Net assets
£1.1bn
+1.9% vs 2024
Employees
833
-7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£22m
+348.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Energy median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £299,163,000 | £298,796,000 | -0.1% | |
| Operating profit | £3,349,000 | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £4,832,000 | £21,658,000 | +348.2% | |
| Net profit | £4,470,000 | £18,673,000 | +317.7% | |
| Cash | £39,474,000 | £24,087,000 | -39% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,059,446,000 | £1,077,895,000 | +1.7% | |
| Net assets | £1,052,423,000 | £1,072,430,000 | +1.9% | |
| Equity | £1,052,423,000 | £1,072,430,000 | +1.9% | |
| Average employees | 896 | 833 | -7% | |
| Wages | £76,393,000 | £71,843,000 | -6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,107,000 | £811,000 | -26.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £60,000 | £54,000 | -10% | |
| Highest paid director | £543,000 | £357,000 | -34.3% |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.1% | — | |
| Net margin | 1.5% | 6.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.3% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 47.5% | 47.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.22x | 1.24x | |
| Interest cover | 3.25x | — |
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 1 time since incorporation
- WOOD MACKENZIE LIMITED 2001-12-24 → present
- DMWS 518 LIMITED 2001-08-17 → 2001-12-24
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 directors believe it continues to be appropriate to prepare the accounts on the basis of going concern as set out in the going concern accounting policy in note 1 to the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “During the year, the Company changed the presentation of its profit and loss account from Format 1 to Format 2.”
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 159 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.