OSTTRA LIMITED
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Executive summary
OSTTRA LIMITED operates not as a generic IT services provider, but as a systemic utility in the global OTC derivatives post-trade infrastructure space, leveraging deep network effects established through its SwapsWire and MarkitServ legacy. While the corporate structure reflects a complex joint venture between S&P Global and CME Group, its market position is highly defensible, benefiting from regulatory mandates for trade reporting and automation. The company's future trajectory depends on successfully migrating its legacy user base to next-generation architectures while maintaining its dominant market share against encroaching fintech and established post-trade competitors.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2000-07-05
- Registered office
- 2nd Floor, London Fruit & Wool Exchange, 1 Duval Square, London, United Kingdom, E1 6PW
- Postcode
- E1 6PW
- Capital
- 480 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-01-05
- Next due by
- 2027-01-19
Nature of business (SIC)
- 62090 Other information technology service activities
Officers 4 current · 80 resigned
Group structure 2 subsidiaries
Controlled by SUSSEX PET STORES LIMITED — since 2025-10-10
Controlled by S&P GLOBAL LIMITED — since 2019-06-12
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TRADESTP LTD Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB054392 (Tier 2), registered since 2021.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| MARKITSERV LIMITED | 2025-11-03 |
| SWAPSWIRE LIMITED | 2009-09-04 |
| SWAPSWIRE UK LIMITED | 2000-07-11 |
| TRUSHELFCO (NO.2683) LIMITED | 2000-07-06 |
Previous registered addresses 8
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 5TH FLOOR ROPEMAKER PLACE, 25 ROPEMAKER STREET, LONDON, EC2Y 9LY | 2013-06-10 |
| 5TH FLOOR, ROPEMAKER PLACE, 25 ROPEMAKER STREET, LONDON, EC2Y 9LY | 2011-02-11 |
| THIRD FLOOR, COTTONS CENTRE COTTONS LANE, LONDON, SE1 2QG | 2011-02-07 |
| LEVEL 5 2 MORE LONDON RIVERSIDE, LONDON, SE1 2AP | 2010-04-16 |
| LEVEL 5 2 MORE LONDON RIVERSIDE, LONDON, SE1 2AP | 2008-05-20 |
| ONE SILK STREET, LONDON, EC2Y 8HQ | 2008-05-02 |
| 2 LAMBS PASSAGE, LONDON, EC1Y 8BB | 2006-05-03 |
| 35 BASINGHALL STREET, LONDON, EC2V 5DB | 2002-03-12 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 1,715 similar companies in E, trading since 2000
The class of 2000
30%
of the 2,081 companies in this sector incorporated in 2000 are still active today; 68% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.