Mintel Group Ltd
Registered name: MINTEL GROUP LTD
Part of M I Investment Holding Limited groupMintel Group Ltd made £157m revenue and £14.2m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Mintel Group Ltd’s revenue was £157m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £14.2m profit and 1,306 employees. The company is classified under “market research and public opinion polling” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 46 yrs · since 1980
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £160m | £157m | £157m |
| Cost of sales | −£51.2m | −£47.4m | −£46.8m |
| Gross profit | £108m | £110m | £110m |
| Operating profit | £17.6m | £26.7m | £20.1m |
| Profit before tax | £17.2m | £27.4m | £19.8m |
| Profit after tax | £13m | £20.5m | £14.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £13m | £20.5m | £14.2m |
| Employees (average) | 1,318 | 1,184 | 1,306 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 8.2% | 13% | 9.1% |
| Gross margin | 67.9% | 69.9% | 70.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £121k | £133k | £120k |
| Profit per employee | £9.9k | £17.3k | £10.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.4% | ▼0.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲57.3% | ▼30.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼10.2% | ▲10.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 70.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £120k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 1,306
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- M I Investment Holding Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Bride Lane Holdings Ltd75–100%
- Mintel Group Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (5)
- Black Swan Data LtdRev. £8.2m · Profit −£4.4m
- Key Note LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mintel LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mintel Worldwide LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Snapshots Publications LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £14.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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