ELSEVIER LIMITED

Active
Company number 01982084Private limited companyIncorporated 1986

Key figures

£804,811,000
Net assets 2025

† ELSEVIER LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Like most small UK companies, ELSEVIER LIMITED does not publish a profit and loss account in its latest accounts. The figures below come from the balance sheet.

Ratios

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 62090

Where the company stands among the 49,491 active companies whose first SIC code is 62090 (Other information technology service activities).

Net assets£804,811,000
Higher than 99% · median £7,933
Total assets£1,366,642,000
Higher than 99% · median £39,436
Cash£547,000
Higher than 86% · median £29,512
Company age40.8 years
Older than 99% · median 7.6 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. CRISP THINKING GROUP LIMITED£17.2bn
  2. THE SPORTING EXCHANGE LIMITED£5.8bn
  3. ACCESS UK LTD£2.6bn
  4. MASTERCARD PAYMENT GATEWAY SERVICES LIMITED£1.6bn
  5. TELEHOUSE HOLDINGS LIMITED£929.5m
  6. HEWLETT - PACKARD LIMITED£811.3m
  7. TELEHOUSE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION OF EUROPE LTD£810.9m
  8. ELSEVIER LIMITED£804.8m
  9. LNRS DATA SERVICES LIMITED£614.2m
  10. KEYLOOP HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITED£575.2m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 49,491. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: ELSEVIER LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

ELSEVIER LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 01982084. It was incorporated on 24 Jan 1986. Its status is active. The registered office is in London (EC2Y). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is other information technology service activities (62090).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files full accounts. Net assets were £804,811,000. Cash at bank and in hand was £547,000. Total assets were £1,366,642,000 and total liabilities £578,970,000.

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 49,491 active companies whose first SIC code is 62090: By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £7,933). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £39,436). By cash it ranks higher than 86% of them (median £29,512). It is older than 99% of them (median age 7.6 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 29 public contract award notices from 16 public sector buyers since 2017. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £5.9m. Its most frequent buyer is UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED (5 contracts). It is recorded as the recipient of 3 central government grants worth £80k, from Department for International Trade.

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly printed matter, machinery, electrical equipment. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly printed matter, machinery, electrical equipment. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 15 days to pay suppliers, and 4% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 32.1% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 5 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 6 Jul 2027.

Filed accounts2025
2025 †
Cash at bank and in hand547,000
Total assets1,366,642,000
Total liabilities578,970,000
Net assets / total equity804,811,000

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Public contracts

29 contracts

ELSEVIER LIMITED is named as a supplier in 29 public contract award notices from 16 public sector buyers since 2017. The 24 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £5.9m.

Contracts per year
Main buyers16
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
5 contracts · £562.7k
UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA
4 contracts
NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY
3 contracts · £132.4k
Ministry of Defence
2 contracts · £3.2m
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON
2 contracts · £537.3k
Contracts
  1. Provision of SciVal Software‡University of Strathclyde · £60,000
  2. SciVal‡UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA · runs until Apr 2027
  3. Complete Freedom Collection‡Intellectual Property Office · £19,868 · runs until Dec 2026
  4. Renewal of ResearchfishUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON · £212,432
  5. Professional Services‡University of Plymouth
Show 24 more
  1. GSS25074 - Georef database‡UK Research and Innovation · £49,093 · runs until Apr 2028
  2. Central Research Information System (CRIS)‡UKHSA · £363,783 · 2 lots · runs until Jun 2027
  3. Licence for SCOPUS electronic resource 24-29THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · £213,704 · runs until Mar 2029
  4. Research Data SoftwareUNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA
  5. Research outcomesUK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £483,045
  6. Researchfish Licence RenewalUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON · £324,888
  7. UKRI China Scoping Study on China's Research Excellence and Capabilities‡UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £30,000
  8. Research Information Management SystemUNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA · runs until Jul 2028
  9. Journal Subscription‡Ministry of Defence · £1,520,937
  10. Science Direct - Academic Journal Subscription‡Ministry of Defence · £1,700,000
  11. Pure SoftwareTHE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · £85,924
  12. DDaT22565 Expert Lookup Tool‡UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £12,898
  13. Subscription to Science Direct additional ebook contentUNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA
  14. PHE - Corporate - Clinicalkey ebook Packages‡UK Health Security Agency · £31,350
  15. PS22054 - UKRI China Impact ReportUK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £24,500
  16. Clinical Key Library (2021)‡Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust · £234,504
  17. UKRI-1809 Elsevier SciVal Renewal‡UK Research & Innovation · £267,899
  18. UKRI-1875 Elsevier Scopus Renewal‡UK Research & Innovation · £51,313
  19. ClinicalKey Collections SubscriptionST HELENS & KNOWSLEY TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST · £34,750
  20. UKSBS DDaT21500 UKRI Peer Reviewer finder Software‡UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £12,284
  21. 1BQY - Service-Journals Electronic‡NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY · £25,434
  22. 2BEY - Service-3rd Party Databases/Websites‡NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY · £29,518
  23. PHE - ITC - Electronic Journals (NICE Framework) 111385‡Public Health England · £78,381
  24. Data Management System‡NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY · £77,482

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Government grants

3 grants

ELSEVIER LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 3 central government grants since 2019, together worth £80k.

Grants
  1. Milestone 4 ElsevierDepartment for International Trade · £20,000 · India - UK Healthcare Artificial Intelligence Catalyst (HAIC)
  2. UK-India Healthcare Artifical Intelligence CatalystDepartment for International Trade · £20,000 · India - UK Healthcare Artificial Intelligence Catalyst (HAIC)
  3. UK-India Healthcare Artifical Intelligence CatalystDepartment for International Trade · £40,000 · India - UK Healthcare Artificial Intelligence Catalyst (HAIC)

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
15 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
4%
  • Within 30 days 85%
  • 31 to 60 days 14%
  • After 60 days 1%
Earlier periods (6)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Dec 2025
19
81%
15%
30 Jun 2025
21
73%
5%
31 Dec 2024
24
67%
3%
30 Jun 2024
24
66%
5%
31 Dec 2023
26
63%
11%
30 Jun 2023
22
70%
3%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 32.1% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 24.8% lower
Median bonus pay
women 27.1% lower
Employer size
1000 to 4999 employees
Lower pay quarter72.1% womenLower middle56.9% womenUpper middle37.6% womenUpper pay quarter25.6% women
Earlier years (8)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 32.8% lower
women 25.1% lower
2023/24
women 33.6% lower
women 26.2% lower
2022/23
women 34.1% lower
women 24.4% lower
2021/22
women 36% lower
women 25.3% lower
2020/21
women 36.2% lower
women 24.7% lower
2019/20
women 37% lower
women 25.5% lower
2018/19
women 39.4% lower
women 27.5% lower
2017/18
women 40.4% lower
women 29.1% lower

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service

Modern slavery statements5
2026
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (RELX PLC)
2025
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (RELX PLC)
2024
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (RELX PLC)
Earlier years (2)
2023
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (RELX PLC)
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (RELX PLC)

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: printed matter, machinery and electrical equipment.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: printed matter, machinery and electrical equipment.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

5 events
  1. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: net assets £804.8m
  2. Relx (Uk) Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
  3. Relx (Uk) Limited registered as a person with significant control
  4. Relx (Uk) Limited registered as a person with significant control
  5. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.