MARKERSTUDY GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£140m
-10.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£572m
-16.4% first positive since 2023
Employees
5,999
-9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£137m
+10.4% highest in 3 filed years
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Our short-form breakdown of MARKERSTUDY GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED's latest filing
Markerstudy Group grew revenue to £724m, but a shrinking headcount somehow generated a massive jump in staff costs. Here are the numbers. 📊
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £538,600,000 | £586,800,000 | £724,800,000 | +23.5% | |
| Operating profit | -£33,100,000 | -£67,100,000 | -£54,100,000 | +19.4% | |
| Profit before tax | -£151,600,000 | -£153,000,000 | -£137,100,000 | +10.4% | |
| Net profit | -£154,700,000 | -£106,500,000 | — | — | |
| Cash | £106,400,000 | £156,800,000 | £140,000,000 | -10.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £779,200,000 | £1,986,000,000 | £1,909,400,000 | -3.9% | |
| Net assets | -£40,900,000 | £683,600,000 | £571,500,000 | -16.4% | |
| Equity | -£40,900,000 | £683,600,000 | £571,500,000 | -16.4% | |
| Average employees | 4,647 | 6,589 | 5,999 | -9% | |
| Wages | £153,100,000 | £176,400,000 | £226,400,000 | +28.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £5,100,000 | £5,500,000 | £5,400,000 | -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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -6.1% | -11.4% | -7.5% | |
| Net margin | -28.7% | -18.1% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | -4.2% | -3.4% | -2.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 102.4% | 77.7% | 80.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.81x | 0.73x | 0.72x | |
| Interest cover | -0.44x | -0.51x | -0.35x |
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
- MARKERSTUDY GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED 2021-09-13 → present
- VENUS MIDCO LIMITED 2020-12-09 → 2021-09-13
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors are confident that the Group and Company will have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and for a period of at least 12 months from the signing of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- MARKERSTUDY GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Markerstudy Group Limited 100%
- ACM ULR Limited 100%
- Auto Windscreens Services Limited 100%
- VisionTrack Limited 100%
- Carole Nash Legal Services LLP 50%
Significant events
- “On 20 December 2025, the Group executed a share purchase agreement to dispose of 100% of the share capital of Markerstudy Insurance Services Limited ("MISL") to Saturn Holdings Limited. The transaction was subject to FCA approval, which was received on 19 May, and the sale is expected to complete by 30 September 2026.”
- “On 13 March 2026, the Senior Facilities Agreement was restated and amended. The amendments reduced the applicable margins on the Term Loans and increased total committed facilities by £295.0m. The increase comprised a new £100.0m Capex Facility term loan, a new £145.0m Term Loan Facility, and a £50.0m increase in the Revolving Facility capacity.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAYNE, Christopher James | Secretary | 2021-07-14 | — | — |
| AGNEW, Theodore Thomas More, Lord | Director | 2023-06-26 | Jan 1961 | British |
| BARBER, Keith John | Director | 2021-07-14 | May 1974 | British |
| CASTAGNO, Giovanni (John) | Director | 2024-02-14 | Dec 1958 | Italian |
| ENGLAND, Michael James Peter | Director | 2020-12-09 | Feb 1981 | British |
| HIGGINS, Bernard Franklin | Director | 2021-07-14 | Dec 1960 | British |
| SCARR, Craig Anthony | Director | 2024-02-14 | Jun 1962 | British |
| SPENCER, Kevin Ronald | Director | 2021-07-14 | Jul 1965 | British |
| TINER, John Ivan | Director | 2024-06-26 | Feb 1957 | British |
| WARD, Glen Neville | Director | 2026-03-25 | Jan 1970 | Australian |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DONALDSON, Matthew Oliver | Director | 2021-09-06 | 2023-03-29 |
| DONALDSON, Matthew Oliver | Director | 2021-07-14 | 2021-07-14 |
| DYSON, Fernley Keith | Director | 2025-02-18 | 2025-07-04 |
| HUMPHREYS, Gary | Director | 2021-07-14 | 2024-06-26 |
| MCMURRAY, Lindsey Villon | Director | 2021-07-14 | 2024-01-04 |
| TABBAKH, Ahmed El | Director | 2021-07-14 | 2024-06-26 |
| UTLEY, Neil Alan | Director | 2021-07-14 | 2022-10-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 51 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-03-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-11 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-18 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-03-27 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-02-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.