S&P GLOBAL LIMITED
Company number 04185146 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
S&P Global Limited operates as the UK-centric arm of the global financial intelligence powerhouse, leveraging its heritage as the former Markit Group to anchor S&P Global's European data operations. Positioned as a market leader in the highly lucrative financial information services sector, the company benefits from the parent group's expansive data moat, high-margin recurring revenues, and the strategic tailwinds of increasing regulatory and ESG data demands. While facing inherent post-merger integration risks, its competitive positioning against peers like Bloomberg and LSEG remains exceptionally strong due to deeply embedded client workflows and unmatched data breadth.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2001-03-22
- Registered office
- 4th Floor Ropemaker Place, 25 Ropemaker Street, London, EC2Y 9LY
- Postcode
- EC2Y 9LY
- Capital
- 70 USD
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 3 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
- 2026-03-04
- Next due by
- 2027-03-18
Nature of business (SIC)
- 63990 Other information service activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 4 current · 52 resigned
Group structure 24 subsidiaries
Controlled by IHSM HOLDINGS UK LTD — since 2024-10-01
Controlled by IHS MARKIT GROUP HOLDINGS — since 2016-04-06
Showing 12 of 24.
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 7
£1,329,868 total awarded value where published.
Showing the 5 most recent of 7.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Contracts Finder).
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker (Worker (A rating)), Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
Matched by registered name to the register of licensed sponsors (Home Office, updated daily) — check the register itself before relying on it. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2026 (period to 2025-12-31) as part of the S&P GLOBAL UK LIMITED group statement — 3 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA492244 (Tier 2), registered since 2019.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
19.18%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- spglobal.com
We provide Essential Intelligence: a combination of the right data, connected technologies and experts to enable our customers to make decisions with conviction.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| MARKIT GROUP LIMITED | 2023-06-20 |
| MARK-IT PARTNERS LIMITED | 2004-12-09 |
| HACKREMCO (NO.1804) LIMITED | 2001-04-24 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| LEVEL 5, 2 MORE LONDON RIVERSIDE, LONDON, SE1 2AP | 2011-01-25 |
| 10 BRICKET ROAD, ST. ALBANS, HERTFORDSHIRE AL1 3JX | 2006-04-25 |
| C/O HACKWOOD SECRETARIES LIMITED, ONE SILK STREET, LONDON, EC2Y 8HQ | 2001-05-09 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 929 similar companies in EC, trading since 2001
The class of 2001
44%
of the 201 companies in this sector incorporated in 2001 are still active today; 54% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 4 titles
- Freehold
- 1
- Leasehold
- 3
- Most recent registration
- 2024-10-11
- Where
- Greater London (3), Gloucestershire (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GR231433 | Gloucestershire | Freehold | 2024-10-11 | — |
| AGL258926 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2012-06-20 | — |
| AGL231844 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2011-04-28 | — |
| AGL231869 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2011-04-28 | — |
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