IHS MARKIT KYC SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£1.3m
USD 1,734,000
+455.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£13m
USD 17,758,000
+149.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£2.3m
USD 3,098,000
+38.7% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £2,489,038 | £1,947,975 | £2,494,240 | +28% | |
| Operating profit | £2,060,944 | £1,663,322 | £2,303,233 | +38.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,059,457 | £1,659,606 | £2,302,490 | +38.7% | |
| Net profit | £2,054,998 | £1,654,404 | £2,917,874 | +76.4% | |
| Cash | £417,689 | £231,884 | £1,288,740 | +455.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | -£28,535,117 | -£26,880,713 | £13,198,068 | +149.1% | |
| Equity | -£28,535,117 | — | £13,198,068 | — | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 82.8% | 85.4% | 92.3% | |
| Net margin | 82.6% | 84.9% | 117.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 731.8% | 22.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.17x | 0.13x | 4.35x |
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
- IHS MARKIT KYC SERVICES LIMITED 2017-07-04 → present
- MARKIT GENPACT KYC SERVICES LIMITED 2014-05-02 → 2017-07-04
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 and of the enquiries made of and letter of support received from S&P Global Inc., the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will be able to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 1 October 2024, the Company was transferred from S&P Global Limited to IHS Markit UK Investments Limited, as part of a wider legal entity rationalization project, and is deemed its immediate parent company.”
- “During the year, the Company issued 2 ordinary shares of USD 1.00 each for a total consideration of USD 50,000,000, with the excess over nominal value recorded as share premium. The Company also completed a capital reduction, cancelling USD 111,109,000 of share premium and transferring this amount to retained earnings.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 16 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 | 2022-07-29 | Oct 1978 | British |
| WEELSON, Ryan | Director | 2023-08-17 | Oct 1980 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOOCH, Jeffrey Andrew | Director | 2014-05-02 | 2016-07-15 |
| GUAGLIANONE, Victor Francis | Director | 2014-05-02 | 2017-06-30 |
| HYATT, Todd Stones, Mr. | Director | 2016-07-26 | 2018-11-21 |
| JOSEPH, Adam | Director | 2015-06-30 | 2017-08-08 |
| KALLATTU, Santosh Pushpangadan | Director | 2015-06-30 | 2017-06-30 |
| KANDADAI, Ramprasard Agaram | Director | 2015-06-30 | 2016-01-01 |
| MAY, Jonathan Edward | Director | 2015-06-30 | 2016-12-07 |
| MAZHARI, Ahmed Jamil, Mr. | Director | 2015-06-30 | 2017-06-30 |
| MCLOUGHLIN, Christopher Guy, Mr. | Director | 2016-07-26 | 2022-03-15 |
| MURTY, Brinda | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2017-06-30 |
| OWEN, Kathryn Ann | Director | 2018-11-21 | 2023-08-16 |
| SINGH, Arvinder | Director | 2015-06-30 | 2017-06-30 |
| STEWART, John Ashley | Director | 2016-12-07 | 2018-11-21 |
| TROGNI, Michele | Director | 2015-06-30 | 2017-05-01 |
| WISE, Kevin | Director | 2022-03-15 | 2022-07-29 |
| WOLFF, Stephen Paul | Director | 2015-06-30 | 2016-07-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ihs Markit Uk Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-10-01 | Active |
| S&P Global Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Shares 25–50% (as trust), Shares 25–50% (as firm), Voting 25–50%, Voting 25–50% (as trust), Voting 25–50% (as firm), Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-10-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 94 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-11-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-11 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-11-11 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-11-11 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-11-11 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-11-11 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-11-11 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-11-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-22 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-22 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 5
- 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.