Intertek Group PLC
Registered name: INTERTEK GROUP PLC
Intertek Group PLC made £3.4bn revenue and £413m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Intertek Group PLC’s revenue grew 2% to £3.4bn in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £413m profit. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- Type
- Public 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.3bn | £3.4bn |
| Operating profit | £551m | £590m |
| Profit before tax | £382m | £413m |
| Profit after tax | £382m | £413m |
| Profit (best available) | £382m | £413m |
| Employees (average) | — | — |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 11.5% | 12.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲7.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
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- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
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- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
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- Now —
- Deferred income
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- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Intertek Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Intertek Testing Services Holdings Limited.Figures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £413m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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