Institutional Shareholder Services UK Limited
Registered name: INSTITUTIONAL SHAREHOLDER SERVICES UK LIMITED
Part of Deutsche Borse Ag groupInstitutional Shareholder Services UK Limited made £4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024 (revenue not disclosed).
Institutional Shareholder Services UK Limited reported £4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024, up 85% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 209 employees. The company is classified under “other publishing activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
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 | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £25.4m | £34.3m | — |
| Operating profit | — | £4.4m | £2.8m | — |
| Profit before tax | — | £4.4m | £2.8m | £5.1m |
| Profit after tax | — | £3.4m | £2.2m | £4m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £3.4m | £2.2m | £4m |
| Staff costs | — | £12.6m | £19.9m | £21.3m |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 152 | 211 | 209 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 13.3% | 6.3% | — |
| Revenue per employee | — | £167k | £163k | — |
| Profit per employee | — | £22.1k | £10.3k | £19.3k |
| Cash conversion | — | 141.6% | 34.3% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲35% | — |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼35.3% | ▲84.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4967% | ▲38.8% | ▼0.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £314k | £1.3m | £428k | £714k |
| Net assets | −£3.5m | −£162k | £2m | £3.9m |
| Fixed assets | — | £3.9m | £4m | £4m |
| Current assets | £2.5m | £28.1m | £19.5m | £10.2m |
| Debtors | £137k | £7.2m | £5.8m | £5.4m |
| Deferred income | £483k | £15m | £13.8m | £14.5m |
| Cash from operations | — | £6.2m | £971k | £4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19.3k
- 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
- ▲94%
- Now £3.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲67%
- Now £714k
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 209
- Deferred income
- ▲5%
- Now £14.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Deutsche Borse Ag (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- AI Financial Information UK Limited75–100%
- Institutional Shareholder Services UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Autus Data Services LtdRev. £1.1m · Profit £501k
- Pridham & Pridham LimitedRev. £104k · Profit £62.3k
Sister companies (1)
- Iss Europe LimitedRev. — · Profit £22.1k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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