S&p Global Limited

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s&p global limited Company Information

Company Number

04185146

Next Accounts

Sep 2025

Directors

Elizabeth Hithersay

Kate Wallace

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Shareholders

ihsm holdings uk ltd

Group Structure

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Industry

Other information service activities n.e.c.

Registered Address

4th floor ropemaker place, 25 ropemaker street, london, EC2Y 9LY

Website

http://ihs.com

s&p global limited Estimated Valuation

£8.6b

Pomanda estimates the enterprise value of S&P GLOBAL LIMITED at £8.6b based on Net Assets of £3.6b and 2.39x industry multiple (adjusted for liquidity).

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S&p Global Limited is a live company located in london, EC2Y 9LY with a Companies House number of 04185146. It operates in the other information service activities n.e.c. sector, SIC Code 63990. Founded in March 2001, it's largest shareholder is ihsm holdings uk ltd with a 100% stake. S&p Global Limited is a mature, mega sized company, Pomanda has estimated its turnover at £903m with healthy growth in recent years.

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Pomanda's financial health check has awarded S&P Global Limited a 3 rating. We use a traffic light system to show it exceeds the industry average on 3 measures and has 5 areas for improvement. Company Health Check FAQs

Health Rating3out of 5

3 Strong

3 Regular

5 Weak

Size

annual sales of £903m, make it larger than the average company (£1.2m)

Growth

3 year (CAGR) sales growth of 7%, show it is growing at a similar rate (7.6%)

EXPORT

S&P Global Limited's latest turnover from December 2023 is £903 million and the company has net assets of £3.6 billion. According to their latest financial statements, S&P Global Limited has 955 employees and maintains cash reserves of £8.7 million as reported in the balance sheet.

Data source: Companies House, Pomanda Estimates

	Dec 2023	Dec 2022	Nov 2021	Nov 2020	Nov 2019	Nov 2018	Nov 2017	Nov 2016	Dec 2015	Dec 2014	Dec 2013	Dec 2012	Dec 2011	Dec 2010	Dec 2009
Turnover	903,024,752	1,003,755,961	742,203,705	740,897,555	393,425,986	419,206,925	401,102,226	108,816,864	114,786,898	106,700,023	82,775,467	73,037,156	69,943,928	66,654,440	67,744,400
Other Income Or Grants
Cost Of Sales	282,190,698	379,439,493	232,847,652	258,538,362	167,794,909	163,670,096	134,514,968	35,853,395	45,473,181	41,454,687	33,219,729	31,724,963	24,586,618	25,634,105
Gross Profit	620,834,054	624,316,468	509,356,053	482,359,194	225,631,077	255,536,829	266,587,258	72,963,470	69,313,716	65,245,336	49,555,738	41,312,192	45,357,310	41,020,335
Admin Expenses	563,587,820	441,579,355	393,131,537	417,269,100	204,650,259	201,690,992	222,611,990	69,259,138	82,713,565	77,205,924	50,555,276	45,564,456	52,135,300	42,238,397	-23,272,354
Operating Profit	57,246,234	182,737,113	116,224,516	65,090,094	20,980,818	53,845,837	43,975,268	3,704,332	-13,399,849	-11,960,588	-999,538	-4,252,264	-6,777,990	-1,218,062	23,272,354
Interest Payable	179,951,556	114,461,434	107,605,956	154,316,894	105,606,949	131,517,725	308,360,264	118,613,381	5,298,946	6,162,728	5,317,885	5,273,892	4,312,034	4,054,516	2,744,720
Interest Receivable	92,024,070	40,497,312	19,068,606	33,706,962	23,257,328	19,955,482	650,400,659	164,119,007	139,437,500	427,218	2,735,855	3,901,041	4,138,887	4,246,142	2,485,397
Pre-Tax Profit	-23,961,093	232,379,078	895,008,037	141,273,158	-57,326,819	-163,850,783	-185,269,580	-69,332,511	120,738,705	114,119,005	94,940,912	59,602,563	105,370,633	-1,026,436	23,013,030
Tax	-2,809,023	-8,229,506	-12,238,389	12,097,115	10,288,093	38,099,753	-11,985,161	-1,066,749	-1,518,825	-2,463,244	-295,768	-128,166	120,771	328,864	-2,663,842
Profit After Tax	-26,770,116	224,149,572	882,769,647	153,370,273	-47,038,726	-125,751,030	-197,254,740	-70,399,260	119,219,880	111,655,762	94,645,144	59,474,398	105,491,404	-697,571	20,349,188
Dividends Paid	20,207,403
Retained Profit	-46,977,519	224,149,572	882,769,647	153,370,273	-47,038,726	-125,751,030	-197,254,740	-70,399,260	119,219,880	111,655,762	94,645,144	59,474,398	105,491,404	-697,571	20,349,188
Employee Costs	126,577,852	180,495,799	205,734,709	353,112,258	193,335,505	169,736,191	192,445,177	91,374,287	79,152,861	90,549,611	46,269,228	41,886,130	39,298,786	40,292,816	31,891,007
Number Of Employees	955	934	953	1,034	1,019	931	881	981	865	778	615	527	458	373	328
EBITDA*	68,579,970	197,486,185	135,041,874	82,099,653	34,399,565	63,910,140	56,497,939	17,373,978	1,763,554	3,251,481	11,305,209	6,505,637	4,112,390	7,085,124	28,096,155

* Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation

	Dec 2023	Dec 2022	Nov 2021	Nov 2020	Nov 2019	Nov 2018	Nov 2017	Nov 2016	Dec 2015	Dec 2014	Dec 2013	Dec 2012	Dec 2011	Dec 2010	Dec 2009
Tangible Assets	13,095,147	4,051,926	40,423,822	50,137,044	22,453,854	23,497,938	22,877,988	17,363,187	15,920,180	20,162,420	17,415,329	16,611,004	14,721,178	13,846,445	3,852,622
Intangible Assets	48,506,548	63,183,711	59,227,646	48,103,375	33,726,384	6,102,226	8,964,551	12,486,511	15,542,169	22,683,396	22,241,368	22,962,598	27,314,067	33,900,835	22,464,857
Investments & Other	1,573,792,294	1,563,558,398	1,374,157,855	7,801,802,724	6,628,166,486	7,544,723,825	7,403,535,862	7,100,745,337	1,133,829,819	965,820,183	763,122,070	387,914,228	102,188,675	70,718,442	71,804,994
Debtors (Due After 1 year)			14,731,410	26,969,799	18,630,474
Total Fixed Assets	1,635,393,990	1,630,794,035	1,488,540,733	7,927,012,943	6,702,977,199	7,574,323,990	7,435,378,401	7,130,595,036	1,165,292,169	1,008,666,000	802,778,768	427,487,830	144,223,920	118,465,722	98,122,473
Stock & work in progress
Trade Debtors	182,855,196	134,808,114	94,674,731	70,433,127	58,248,281	26,403,957	18,719,703	16,161,554	14,730,422	21,101,532	13,052,750	10,847,865	7,646,189	11,230,711	8,626,356
Group Debtors	6,971,473,771	7,111,785,633	7,587,408,848	751,394,129	825,437,567	1,045,847,485	1,054,561,417	83,638,816	105,522,590	46,935,570	77,662,243	81,943,434	176,906,155	146,500,758	193,017,523
Misc Debtors	31,245,174	20,208,159	29,176,042	32,642,754	20,109,301	39,614,179	33,744,435	17,881,917	14,503,765	30,536,525	18,333,003	5,394,047	4,281,841	4,158,234	2,830,733
Cash	8,701,082	113,871,774	20,490,652	6,021,487	82,519	140,148	6,682,605	8,402,960	41,294,428	36,672,312	19,785,436	24,553,577	41,825,128	32,320,390	13,097,760
misc current assets				1,906,776	1,315,237		1,716,406	1,165,408	3,268,825	6,232,007
total current assets	7,194,275,225	7,380,673,681	7,731,750,275	862,398,274	905,192,906	1,112,005,771	1,115,424,567	127,250,655	179,320,030	141,477,946	128,833,432	122,738,924	230,659,314	194,210,094	217,572,373
total assets	8,829,669,215	9,011,467,716	9,220,291,008	8,789,411,217	7,608,170,105	8,686,329,761	8,550,802,968	7,257,845,691	1,344,612,199	1,150,143,946	931,612,200	550,226,755	374,883,234	312,675,816	315,694,846
Bank overdraft
Bank loan
Trade Creditors	17,595,186	28,700,325	11,455,038	10,816,344	13,468,693	9,723,825	14,915,087	5,967,319	4,431,476	3,923,485	4,878,194	2,194,836	1,960,071	2,731,470	1,571,988
Group/Directors Accounts	4,899,943,986	5,055,824,692	5,061,059,978	6,702,888,926	6,140,698,516	7,440,652,102	7,422,380,874	6,301,241,714	346,012,801	266,155,800	297,072,027	173,280,547	99,740,588	150,402,226	155,483,022
other short term finances		10,570,736	7,347,940	182,725	62,975			34,684
hp & lease commitments	5,105,593	2,881,689	6,729,549	6,661,872									494,793	2,192,006	1,561,717
other current liabilities	295,290,288	236,400,726	246,037,560	207,022,248	209,670,647	194,558,944	193,681,780	111,801,294	111,048,192	124,396,120	74,557,338	55,360,157	43,150,532	34,423,855	35,644,136
total current liabilities	5,217,935,054	5,334,378,170	5,332,630,065	6,927,572,117	6,363,900,832	7,644,934,872	7,630,977,741	6,419,045,013	461,492,470	394,475,406	376,507,559	230,835,541	145,345,986	189,749,557	194,260,864
loans								1,425,158	14,963,102	465,707
hp & lease commitments	33,451,669	36,615,699	26,893,663	33,995,431										531,242	1,733,102
Accruals and Deferred Income
other liabilities
provisions	4,186,662	52,437,362	8,407,918	11,914,389	395,222
total long term liabilities	37,638,332	89,053,062	35,301,582	45,909,822	395,223			1,425,158	14,963,102	465,707				531,242	1,733,102
total liabilities	5,255,573,386	5,423,431,232	5,367,931,647	6,973,481,939	6,364,296,055	7,644,934,872	7,630,977,741	6,420,470,171	476,455,572	394,941,113	376,507,559	230,835,541	145,345,986	190,280,799	195,993,966
net assets	3,574,095,829	3,588,036,485	3,852,359,360	1,815,929,278	1,243,874,050	1,041,394,889	919,825,227	837,375,520	868,156,627	755,202,833	555,104,641	319,391,213	229,537,248	122,395,016	119,700,879
total shareholders funds	3,574,095,829	3,588,036,485	3,852,359,360	1,815,929,278	1,243,874,050	1,041,394,889	919,825,227	837,375,520	868,156,627	755,202,833	555,104,641	319,391,213	229,537,248	122,395,016	119,700,879

	Dec 2023	Dec 2022	Nov 2021	Nov 2020	Nov 2019	Nov 2018	Nov 2017	Nov 2016	Dec 2015	Dec 2014	Dec 2013	Dec 2012	Dec 2011	Dec 2010	Dec 2009
Operating Activities
Operating Profit	57,246,234	182,737,113	116,224,516	65,090,094	20,980,818	53,845,837	43,975,268	3,704,332	-13,399,849	-11,960,588	-999,538	-4,252,264	-6,777,990	-1,218,062	23,272,354
Depreciation	2,034,668	3,423,662	5,540,140	7,752,305	6,608,035	6,779,060	5,452,597	4,909,820	5,745,482	5,914,094	4,415,396	4,069,259	3,962,659	2,637,238	1,861,480
Amortisation	9,299,068	11,325,410	13,277,218	9,257,254	6,810,712	3,285,243	7,070,074	8,759,827	9,417,921	9,297,975	7,889,351	6,688,643	6,927,721	5,665,949	2,962,321
Tax	-2,809,023	-8,229,506	-12,238,389	12,097,115	10,288,093	38,099,753	-11,985,161	-1,066,749	-1,518,825	-2,463,244	-295,768	-128,166	120,771	328,864	-2,663,842
Stock
Debtors	-81,227,765	-459,189,125	6,844,551,223	-40,985,815	-189,439,998	4,840,066	989,343,269	-17,074,490	36,183,150	-10,474,369	10,862,649	-90,648,838	26,944,481	-42,584,909	204,474,613
Creditors	-11,105,140	17,245,288	638,694	-2,652,350	3,744,868	-5,191,261	8,947,767	1,535,843	507,990	-954,708	2,683,357	234,765	-771,398	1,159,482	1,571,988
Accruals and Deferred Income	58,889,562	-9,636,834	39,015,312	-2,648,399	15,111,703	877,164	81,880,486	753,102	-13,347,928	49,838,782	19,197,181	12,209,625	8,726,677	-1,220,281	35,644,136
Deferred Taxes & Provisions	-48,250,700	44,029,444	-3,506,471	11,519,167	395,222
Cash flow from operations	146,532,434	700,083,702	-6,685,600,203	141,401,001	253,379,449	92,855,730	-854,002,238	35,670,665	-48,778,359	60,146,680	22,027,330	109,470,700	-14,756,041	49,938,099	-141,826,176
Investing Activities
capital expenditure	-5,699,794	17,666,759	-20,228,407	-59,069,740	-39,998,821	-7,821,928	-14,515,511	-12,056,996	-3,779,935	-18,401,189	-12,387,842	-8,296,258	-5,178,346	-29,732,988	-31,141,280
Change in Investments	10,233,896	189,400,543	-6,427,644,870	1,173,636,239	-916,557,339	141,187,964	302,790,525	5,966,915,518	168,009,636	202,698,113	375,207,843	285,725,553	31,470,233	-1,086,552	71,804,994
cash flow from investments	-15,933,690	-171,733,784	6,407,416,463	-1,232,705,979	876,558,518	-149,009,892	-317,306,036	-5,978,972,514	-171,789,571	-221,099,302	-387,595,685	-294,021,811	-36,648,579	-28,646,436	-102,946,274
Financing Activities
Bank loans
Group/Directors Accounts	-155,880,705	-5,235,286	-1,641,828,948	562,190,410	-1,299,953,586	18,271,228	1,121,139,160	5,955,228,913	79,857,001	-30,916,227	123,791,480	73,539,959	-50,661,638	-5,080,796	155,483,022
Other Short Term Loans	-10,570,736	3,222,796	7,165,215	119,750	62,975		-34,684	34,684
Long term loans							-1,425,158	-13,537,944	14,497,395	465,707
Hire Purchase and Lease Commitments	-940,126	5,874,176	-7,034,091	40,657,303								-494,793	-2,228,455	-571,571	3,294,819
other long term liabilities
share issue	33,036,863	-488,472,448	1,153,660,435	418,684,955	249,517,887	247,320,692	279,704,446	39,618,154	-6,266,086	88,442,430	141,068,284	30,379,567	1,650,828	3,391,708	99,351,691
interest	-87,927,486	-73,964,122	-88,537,350	-120,609,932	-82,349,621	-111,562,243	342,040,395	45,505,626	134,138,554	-5,735,510	-2,582,030	-1,372,851	-173,147	191,626	-259,323
cash flow from financing	-222,282,190	-558,574,884	-576,574,739	901,042,486	-1,132,722,345	154,029,677	1,741,424,159	6,026,849,433	222,226,864	52,256,400	262,277,734	102,051,882	-51,412,412	-2,069,033	257,870,209
cash and cash equivalents
cash	-105,170,691	93,381,121	14,469,165	5,938,968	-57,629	-6,542,457	-1,720,355	-32,891,468	4,622,116	16,886,876	-4,768,141	-17,271,551	9,504,738	19,222,630	13,097,760
overdraft
change in cash	-105,170,691	93,381,121	14,469,165	5,938,968	-57,629	-6,542,457	-1,720,355	-32,891,468	4,622,116	16,886,876	-4,768,141	-17,271,551	9,504,738	19,222,630	13,097,760

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S&P GLOBAL LIMITED group structure

S&P Global Limited has 5 subsidiary companies.

Ultimate parent company

S&P GLOBAL INC

#0098945

IHS MARKIT UK INVESTMENTS LIMITED

13611437

2 parents

S&P GLOBAL LIMITED

04185146

5 subsidiaries

IHS MARKIT KYC SERVICES LIMITED

09023591

THINKFOLIO LTD

04190478

MARKIT SECURITIES FINANCE ANALYTICS LIMITED

03492630

IHS MARKIT HEALTHCARE TRUSTEE LIMITED

11442268

S&P GLOBAL LAMBDA LIMITED

15927444

S&P GLOBAL LIMITED Shareholders

ihsm holdings uk ltd

100%

S&P Global Limited currently has 3 directors. The longest serving directors include Ms Elizabeth Hithersay (Mar 2022) and Mrs Kate Wallace (May 2022).

officer	country	age	start	end	role
Ms Elizabeth Hithersay	United Kingdom	45 years	Mar 2022	-	Director
Mrs Kate Wallace	United Kingdom	46 years	May 2022	-	Director
Mr Ryan Weelson	United Kingdom	44 years	Aug 2023	-	Director

P&L

December 2023

turnover

903m

-10%

operating profit

57.2m

-69%

gross margin

68.8%

+10.53%

turnover

Turnover, or revenue, is the amount of sales generated by a company within the financial year.

Balance Sheet

December 2023

net assets

3.6b

total assets

8.8b

-0.02%

cash

8.7m

-0.92%

net assets

Total assets minus all liabilities

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company number

04185146

Type

Private limited with Share Capital

industry

63990 - Other information service activities n.e.c.

incorporation date

March 2001

ultimate parent company

S&P GLOBAL INC

previous names

markit group limited (June 2023)

mark-it partners limited (December 2004)

address

4th floor ropemaker place, 25 ropemaker street, london, EC2Y 9LY

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