Research Research Limited
Registered name: RESEARCH RESEARCH LIMITED
Part of Clarivate Plc groupResearch Research Limited made £4m revenue and £2.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Research Research Limited’s revenue fell 11% to £4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.9m profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals” and is based in Cambridge; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cambridge, East of England
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5m | £4.5m | £4m |
| Cost of sales | −£2.1m | −£1.5m | −£1.3m |
| Gross profit | £2.9m | £3m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | £2.6m | £2.7m | £2.6m |
| Profit before tax | £2.6m | £2.9m | £2.9m |
| Profit after tax | £2.5m | £2.9m | £2.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.5m | £2.9m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 35 | 22 | 0 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 50.9% | 64.6% | 73.1% |
| Gross margin | 58.5% | 66.9% | 68.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £142k | £203k | — |
| Profit per employee | £72.4k | £131k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼10.3% | ▼10.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲13.9% | ▲1.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼37.1% | ▼100% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 73.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 68.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- ▼100%
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Clarivate Plc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Camelot UK Top Holdco Limited75–100%
- Camelot UK Holdco Limited75–100%
- Camelot UK Bidco Limited75–100%
- Ex Libris (UK) Limited75–100%
- Research Research Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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