MINTEL GROUP LTD
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Cash
£23M
-8.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£9.5M
+1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,306
+10.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£20M
-27.5% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £159,535,000 | £157,291,000 | £156,932,000 | -0.2% | |
| Operating profit | £17,623,000 | £26,702,000 | £20,139,000 | -24.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £17,194,000 | £27,359,000 | £19,838,000 | -27.5% | |
| Net profit | £13,022,000 | £20,489,000 | £14,232,000 | -30.5% | |
| Cash | £33,550,000 | £25,018,000 | £22,939,000 | -8.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,127,000 | £9,599,000 | £11,017,000 | +14.8% | |
| Net assets | £9,034,000 | £9,432,000 | £9,528,000 | +1% | |
| Equity | £9,034,000 | £9,432,000 | £9,528,000 | +1% | |
| Average employees | 1,318 | 1,184 | 1,306 | +10.3% | |
| Wages | £84,112,000 | £76,224,000 | £80,052,000 | +5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,184,000 | £1,160,000 | £1,181,000 | +1.8% |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.0% | 17.0% | 12.8% | |
| Net margin | 8.2% | 13.0% | 9.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 193.1% | 278.2% | 182.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 89.1% | 88.2% | 88.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.91x | 0.92x | 0.87x | |
| Interest cover | 9.06x | 20.83x | 16.82x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- MINTEL GROUP LTD 2011-05-09 → present
- MINTEL INTERNATIONAL GROUP LIMITED 1989-07-10 → 2011-05-09
- K.A.E. GROUP LIMITED 1980-01-29 → 1989-07-10
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PKF Littlejohn LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company and the Group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts. In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's or parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- MINTEL GROUP LTD · parent
- Mintel Group LTD
- Snapshots Limited
- Key Note Limited
- Mintel Worldwide Limited
- Black Swan Data Ltd
- Black Swan Data Inc.
- Black Swan Technologies (Pty) LTD.
- Black Swan Hungary Kft.
- Comperemedia Inc
- Report Services Inc.
- Mintel (Consulting) Singapore PTE. Limited
- Mintel Information Consulting (Shanghai) Co., Ltd
- Mintel Market Survey (Shanghai) Co., Ltd
- Mintel Japan Inc.
- Report Services Canada Inc.
- Mintel Consulting (Malaysia) SDN BHD
- Mintel (Consulting) India Private Limited
- Mintel Pesquis De Mercado Brasil LIMITEDA
- Mintel Consulting Korea Co.Ltd
- Mintel Advisory Korea Co Ltd
- Mintel Germany GMBH
- Mintel Consulting Hong Kong Limited
- Mintel (Thailand) Company Limited
- Mintel Poland Spółka
- Mintel (Consulting) New Zealand Private Limited
Significant events
- “On 29 April 2025, the Group acquired Black Swan Data Ltd, a company engaged in an Al-native company specialising in analysing and predicting trends from social media. The acquisition is part of the Group's long-term growth and innovation goals.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SATOW, Claire Elspeth | Secretary | 2005-12-12 | — | British |
| BERRY, Alexander Sebastian | Director | 2017-01-06 | Aug 1981 | British |
| BERRY, William Alexander | Director | 2008-01-10 | Mar 1978 | British,French |
| BUTCHER, Jon Christopher | Director | 2003-11-30 | Sep 1967 | British |
| CARR, Richard David | Director | 2003-07-01 | Feb 1962 | British |
| DE BONO, Caspar | Director | 2005-10-03 | Sep 1971 | British |
| HAIGH, Peter | Director | 2003-05-15 | Jul 1970 | British |
| NELSON, Matthew | Director | 2021-10-01 | Dec 1980 | Australian |
| SATOW, Claire Elspeth | Director | 2021-02-09 | Feb 1958 | British |
| WEEKS, John Kenneth | Director | 1996-12-02 | Apr 1962 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABEL, Edward Guy | Secretary | 1993-03-05 | 2005-12-12 |
| SCURRY, George Martin | Secretary | — | 1993-02-01 |
| WEEKS, John Kenneth | Secretary | 1993-02-01 | 1993-03-05 |
| BERRY, Nicholas William | Director | — | 2016-12-25 |
| COOKE, Jeremy Howard Kingston | Director | 1998-11-21 | 2002-01-07 |
| CUNNINGHAM, John Aidan | Director | — | 1993-04-13 |
| KELLY, Laurence Kevin | Director | — | 2003-03-31 |
| KLAUSNER, Isidor, Drs | Director | — | 2003-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bride Lane Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-06-23 | Active |
| M I Investment Holding Ltd | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-06-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 245 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-07-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-20 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-29 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2024-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-23 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-08-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-07-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-06-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-04-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-11-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-10-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-04-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
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.