Relx PLC
Registered name: RELX PLC
Relx PLC made £9.6bn revenue and £2.1bn profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Relx PLC’s revenue grew 2% to £9.6bn in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.1bn profit and 37,600 employees. The company is classified under “book publishing”; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 123 yrs · since 1903
- Type
- Public Limited Company
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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.2bn | £9.4bn | £9.6bn |
| Cost of sales | −£3.2bn | −£3.3bn | −£3.2bn |
| Gross profit | £5.9bn | £6.1bn | £6.4bn |
| Operating profit | £2.7bn | £2.9bn | £3bn |
| Profit before tax | £2.3bn | £2.6bn | £2.8bn |
| Profit after tax | £1.8bn | £1.9bn | £2.1bn |
| Profit (best available) | £1.8bn | £1.9bn | £2.1bn |
| Employees (average) | — | 36,400 | 37,600 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 19.5% | 20.6% | 21.7% |
| Gross margin | 64.9% | 65% | 66.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £259k | £255k |
| Profit per employee | — | £53.4k | £55.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3% | ▲1.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲8.7% | ▲6.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲3.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 21.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 66.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £255k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £55.3k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 37,600
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Relx Group PLCFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.1bn), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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