Nasdaq Limited
Registered name: NASDAQ LIMITED
Part of Nasdaq, Inc. groupNasdaq Limited made £39.1m revenue and £538k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Nasdaq Limited’s revenue fell 13% to £39.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £538k profit and 170 employees. The company is classified under “other information service activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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 | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £24m | £29.7m | £44.7m | £39.1m |
| Operating profit | £7.7m | £13.1m | £15.4m | £2.7m |
| Profit before tax | £7.7m | £50.7m | £26.6m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £6.5m | £49.3m | £22.8m | £538k |
| Profit (best available) | £6.5m | £49.3m | £22.8m | £538k |
| Staff costs | £14.1m | £13.4m | £25.4m | — |
| Employees (average) | 68 | 69 | 154 | 170 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 27% | 166.2% | 50.9% | 1.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £353k | £430k | £291k | £230k |
| Profit per employee | £95.5k | £715k | £148k | £3.2k |
| Cash conversion | −4% | 14.1% | −3.7% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲23.6% | ▲50.7% | ▼12.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲659.6% | ▼53.9% | ▼97.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.5% | ▲123.2% | ▲10.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £726k | £1.9m | £2m | — |
| Net assets | £9.6m | £58.9m | £38.8m | — |
| Fixed assets | £50.4k | £38.2m | £34.2m | — |
| Current assets | £14.8m | £25.6m | £14.6m | — |
| Debtors | £14.1m | £23.7m | £12.6m | — |
| Deferred income | £3.9m | £3.3m | £5.3m | — |
| Cash from operations | −£304k | £1.8m | −£574k | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £230k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.2k
- 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 170
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Nasdaq, Inc. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Nasdaq 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 2024 (profit £538k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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