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for the Year Ended 31 December 2024
Thomson Reuters Group Limited
Contents
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Strategic Report |
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Directors' Report |
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Independent Auditors' Report to the Members of Thomson Reuters Group Limited |
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Profit and Loss Account |
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Balance Sheet |
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Statement of Changes in Equity |
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Notes to the Financial Statements |
Thomson Reuters Group Limited
Strategic Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2024
The Directors present their Strategic Report for the year ended 31 December 2024.
Definitions
As used in this annual report, “the Group” and “Thomson Reuters” refer to the Thomson Reuters Corporation and its subsidiary undertakings, including joint ventures and associates. “The Company” refers to Thomson Reuters Group Limited.
Review of the business
The principal activity of the Company is to act as a holding company.
The profit for the financial year amounted to US$231,595,000 (2023: Profit US$10,000).
The net assets of the company as at 31 December 2024 are US$2,063,995,000 (2023: US$2,183,004,000).
The Directors have assessed the recoverable amount of these investments, having taken into consideration a range of assumptions and has resulted in the Directors concluding that the carrying value of the investments is supported.
During the year, the Company has received dividends totalling US$231,604,000 from its subsidiary, TTC Holdings Limited (2023:US Nil).
The following indirect subsidiaries were struck off in 2024: Netmaster Holdings Limited, Netmaster Solutions Limited, TRSS International Limited and World Business Media Limited.
During the year, the Company reduced the nominal value of its share capital from £0.25 to £0.005 per share. As a result of the above, the retained earnings is increased by £1,103,578,000 to declare the dividend to its holding company.
Principal risks and uncertainties
The principal risks and uncertainties are limited to its investments and debtor balances, and any impairment to these investments and debtor balances.
The risks and uncertainties of the Thomson Reuters Group is managed at a Group level, rather than at an individual statutory legal entity level. For this reason, the Directors believe that an additional discussion of the Group's risks would not be appropriate for the understanding of the development, performance or position of the Company's business. The principal risks and uncertainties of the Group, which includes the Company, are discussed in the Group's 2024 annual report which does not form part of this report.
Key performance indicators
Given the nature of the business, the Company's Directors are of the opinion that analysis using key performance indicators is not necessary for an understanding of the development, performance or position of the business.
Thomson Reuters Group Limited
Strategic Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 (continued)
Financial risk management
As an investment Company the main risk is related to the potential impairment of the Company’s investments and any associated debtor balances. This risk is managed by the Directors through annual impairment assessments and monitoring of the performance of the Group undertakings in which the Company's investments are held.
The management of other financial risks is co-ordinated with those undertaken at the Group level by Thomson Reuters Corporation. The Group's overall risk management programme focuses on the unpredictability of financial markets and seeks to minimise potential adverse effects on the Company's and the Group's financial performance. More details of the Group's risk management programme can be found in the Thomson Reuters Corporation 2024 Annual Report.
Approved by the Board on 9 June 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
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K. Major
Director
Thomson Reuters Group Limited
Directors' Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2024
The Directors present their report and the audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.
Directors of the Company
The Directors of the Company who were in office during the year and up to the date of signing the financial statements were as follows:
Political donations
During the year the Company made US$Nil (2023: US$Nil) political donations.
Employee involvement
The Company did not have any employees at any time during the year (2023: Nil).
Future developments
The Directors do not envisage any changes to the nature of the business in the foreseeable future.
Dividends
During the year, the Company paid dividends of US$350,604,000 to its shareholder TR Holdings Limited (2023:Nil).
Financial risk management
The financial risks of the Company and how they are managed by the Directors have been outlined on page 1 of the Strategic Report.
Qualifying third-party and pension scheme indemnity provisions
The Directors have qualifying third party indemnity benefit. The indemnity was in force throughout the last financial year and is currently in force. The Company also purchased and maintained throughout the financial year Directors’ and Officers’ liability insurance in respect of itself and its Directors.
Statement of Directors' Responsibilities
The Directors acknowledge their responsibilities for preparing the Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Company law requires the Directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the Directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including FRS 101 'Reduced Disclosure Framework' ('FRS 101').
Under company law the Directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company and of the profit or loss of the Company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the Directors are required to:
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select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; |
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state whether applicable United Kingdom Accounting Standards, comprising FRS 101 have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; |
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make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and |
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prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Company will continue in business. |
Thomson Reuters Group Limited
Directors' Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 (continued)
The Directors are responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The Directors are also responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006.
Directors’ confirmations
In the case of each Director in office at the date the Directors’ report is approved:
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so far as the Director is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the Company’s auditors are unaware; and |
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they have taken all the steps that they ought to have taken as a Director in order to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the Company’s auditors are aware of that information. |
Approved by the Board on
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Thomson Reuters Group Limited
Independent Auditors' Report to the Members of Thomson Reuters Group Limited
Report on the audit of the financial statements
Opinion
In our opinion, Thomson Reuters Group Limited's financial statements:
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give a true and fair view of the state of the Company’s affairs as at 31 December 2024 and of its profit for the year then ended; |
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have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including FRS 101 “Reduced Disclosure Framework”, and applicable law); and |
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have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. |
We have audited the financial statements, included within the Annual Report and Financial Statements (the “Annual Report”), which comprise: the Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2024; the Profit and Loss Account and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended; and the notes to the financial statements, comprising material accounting policy information and other explanatory information..
Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (“ISAs (UK)”) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under ISAs (UK) are further described in the Auditors’ responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Independence
We remained independent of the Company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, which includes the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements.
Conclusions relating to going concern
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
However, because not all future events or conditions can be predicted, this conclusion is not a guarantee as to the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the Directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
Thomson Reuters Group Limited
Independent Auditors' Report to the Members of Thomson Reuters Group Limited (continued)
Reporting on other information
The other information comprises all of the information in the Annual Report other than the financial statements and our auditors’ report thereon. The Directors are responsible for the other information. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, accordingly, we do not express an audit opinion or, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in this report, any form of assurance thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify an apparent material inconsistency or material misstatement, we are required to perform procedures to conclude whether there is a material misstatement of the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report based on these responsibilities.
With respect to the Strategic Report and Directors' Report, we also considered whether the disclosures required by the UK Companies Act 2006 have been included.
Based on our work undertaken in the course of the audit, the Companies Act 2006 requires us also to report certain opinions and matters as described below.
Strategic Report and Directors' Report
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit, the information given in the Strategic Report and Directors' Report for the year ended 31 December 2024 is consistent with the financial statements and has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
In light of the knowledge and understanding of the Company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we did not identify any material misstatements in the Strategic Report and Directors' Report.
Responsibilities for the financial statements and the audit
Responsibilities of the Directors for the financial statements
As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities, the Directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the applicable framework and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view. The Directors are also responsible for such internal control as they determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the Directors are responsible for assessing the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Directors either intend to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
Thomson Reuters Group Limited
Independent Auditors' Report to the Members of Thomson Reuters Group Limited (continued)
Auditors’ responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditors’ report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is detailed below.
Based on our understanding of the Company and industry, we identified that the principal risks of non-compliance with laws and regulations related to the Companies Act 2006 and UK tax legislation, and we considered the extent to which non-compliance might have a material effect on the financial statements. We evaluated management’s incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements (including the risk of override of controls), and determined that the principal risks were related to posting inappropriate journal entries to manage the Company's financial performance and management bias in accounting estimates within the financial statements. Audit procedures performed by the engagement team included:
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Holding discussions with management and internal legal counsel and reviewing board minutes, including consideration of potential instances of non-compliance with laws and regulation and fraud; |
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Challenging assumptions and judgements made by management related to accounting estimates; and |
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Testing a sample of journal entries based on specific risk criteria, including those with unusual account combinations. |
There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above. We are less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations that are not closely related to events and transactions reflected in the financial statements. Also, the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery or intentional misrepresentations, or through collusion.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the FRC’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditors’ report.
Use of this report
This report, including the opinions, has been prepared for and only for the Company’s members as a body in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006 and for no other purpose. We do not, in giving these opinions, accept or assume responsibility for any other purpose or to any other person to whom this report is shown or into whose hands it may come save where expressly agreed by our prior consent in writing.
Thomson Reuters Group Limited
Independent Auditors' Report to the Members of Thomson Reuters Group Limited (continued)
Other required reporting
Companies Act 2006 exception reporting
Under the Companies Act 2006 we are required to report to you if, in our opinion:
• | we have not obtained all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or |
• | adequate accounting records have not been kept by the Company, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or |
• | certain disclosures of Directors’ remuneration specified by law are not made; or |
• | the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns. |
We have no exceptions to report arising from this responsibility.
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For and on behalf of
Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors
Thomson Reuters Group Limited
Profit and Loss Account for the Year Ended 31 December 2024
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Income from shares in group undertakings |
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Profit before tax |
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Tax on profit |
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Profit for the financial year |
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The above results were derived from continuing operations.
The Company has no comprehensive income for the year other than the results above, so no separate statement of comprehensive income is presented.
Thomson Reuters Group Limited
(Registration number: 03296375)
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2024
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The financial statements on pages 9 to 21 were approved by the
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Thomson Reuters Group Limited
Statement of Changes in Equity for the Year Ended 31 December 2024
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Share premium reserve |
Capital contribution reserve |
Profit and loss account |
Total shareholders' funds |
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At 1 January 2024 |
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Profit for the year |
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Total comprehensive income |
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Capital reduction |
(1,103,578) |
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1,103,578 |
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Dividends |
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At 31 December 2024 |
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Share premium reserve |
Capital contribution reserve |
Profit and loss account |
Total shareholders' funds |
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At 1 January 2023 |
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Profit for the year |
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Total comprehensive income |
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At 31 December 2023 |
1,126,100 |
127,200 |
929,394 |
310 |
2,183,004 |
Thomson Reuters Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024
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General information |
The Company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in the United Kingdom and domiciled in England.
The address of its registered office is:
United Kingdom
The principal activity of the Company is to act as a holding company.
All amounts in the financial statements and notes have been rounded off to the nearest thousand USD ($) as the majority of the Company's transactions are undertaken in USD ($).
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Accounting policies |
In these financial statements, the Company has applied the exemptions available under FRS 101 in respect of the following disclosures:
Basis of preparation
These financial statements are prepared in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard 101, ‘Reduced Disclosure Framework’ (FRS 101) and the Companies Act 2006.
In preparing these financial statements, the Company applies the recognition, measurement and disclosure requirements of International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the UK (UK-adopted international accounting standards), but makes amendments where necessary in order to comply with the Companies Act 2006 and to take advantage of FRS 101 disclosure exemptions.
Summary of material accounting policies and key accounting estimates
The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.
Summary of disclosure exemptions
In these financial statements, the Company has applied the exemptions available under FRS 101 in respect of the following disclosures:
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Paragraph 38 of IAS 1, 'Presentation of financial statements' - comparative information requirements in respect of: (a) paragraph 79(a)(iv) of IAS 1; (b) paragraph 73(e) of IAS 16, 'Property, plant and equipment'; and (c) paragraph 118(e) of IAS 38, 'Intangible assets' (reconciliations between the carrying amount at the beginning and end of the period). |
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The following paragraphs of IAS 1, ‘Presentation of financial statements’: (a) 10(d) (statement of cash flows); (b) 16 (statement of compliance with all IFRS); (c) 38A (requirement for minimum of two primary statements, including cash flow statements); (d) 38B-D (additional comparative information); (e) 111 (statement of cash flows information); and (f) 134-136 (capital management disclosures). |
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IAS 7, ‘Statement of cash flows’; |
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IFRS 7, ‘Financial instruments: Disclosures’. |
Thomson Reuters Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 (continued)
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Accounting policies (continued) |
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The requirements in IAS 24, ‘Related party disclosures’, to disclose related party transactions entered between two or more members of a group. |
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Paragraphs 30 and 31 of IAS 8, ‘Accounting policies, changes in accounting estimates and errors’ (requirement for the disclosure of information when an entity has not applied a new IFRS that has been issued but is not yet effective). |
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Paragraph 17 of IAS 24, ‘Related party disclosures’ (key management compensation). |
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Paragraphs 91 to 99 of IFRS 13, ‘Fair value measurement’ (disclosure of valuation techniques and inputs used for fair value measurement of assets and liabilities). |
The consolidated financial statements of Thomson Reuters include the equivalent disclosures. The Company has also taken the exemptions under FRS 101 available in respect of the following disclosures;
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Certain disclosures required by IFRS 3 Business Combinations in respect of business combinations undertaken by the Company in the current and prior periods including the comparative period reconciliation for goodwill; and |
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Certain disclosures required by IFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement and the disclosures required by IFRS 7 Financial Instrument Disclosures. |
The disclosures required by IFRS 7 and IFRS 13 regarding financial instrument disclosures have not been provided apart from those which are relevant for the financial instruments which are held at fair value and are not either held as part of trading portfolio or derivatives.
Exemption from preparing group financial statements
The financial statements contain information about Thomson Reuters Group Limited as an individual company and do not contain consolidated financial information as the parent of a group. The Company has taken advantage of the exemption under Section 401 of the Companies Act 2006, from the requirement to prepare consolidated financial statements as it and its subsidiary undertakings are included by full consolidation in the consolidated financial statements of Thomson Reuters Corporation ("Thomson Reuters"). The consolidated financial statements of Thomson Reuters are prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards. Thomson Reuters Corporation is incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada.
Copies of Thomson Reuters' annual reports are available to the public at www.thomsonreuters.com and may be obtained from Five Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AQ, United Kingdom.
Going Concern
The Company is not a trading concern and has a net current asset position as at 31 December 2024, the Company can call the amounts owed from a fellow group undertaking which is sufficient to meet the liabilities, if they are called upon to settle. As a result, the Directors have deemed it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.
Use of estimates and judgements
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with FRS 101 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise its judgement in the process of applying the Company’s accounting policies. The areas involving a higher degree of judgement or complexity, or areas where assumptions and estimates are significant to the financial statements, are disclosed in note 2 and note 8.
New standards, amendments, IFRIC interpretations and new relevant disclosure requirements
There are no amendments to accounting standards, or IFRIC interpretations that are effective for the year ended 31 December 2024 that have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.
Thomson Reuters Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 (continued)
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Finance (expense) / income policy
Interest receivable and payable is recorded in the Profit and Loss Account as they accrue, using the effective interest method.
Foreign currency transactions and balances
Current and deferred tax
The tax expense for the period comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Profit and Loss account, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in shareholders’ funds. In this case, the tax is also recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in shareholders’ funds, respectively.
The current tax charge is calculated on the basis of the tax laws enacted or substantively enacted at the balance sheet date in the countries where the Company operates and generates taxable income. Management periodically evaluates positions taken in tax returns with respect to situations in which applicable tax regulation is subject to interpretation. It establishes provisions where appropriate on the basis of amounts expected to be paid to the tax authorities.
Deferred tax is recognised on temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the financial statements. However, deferred tax liabilities are not recognised if they arise from the initial recognition of goodwill; or arise from initial recognition of an asset or liability in a transaction other than a business combination that at the time of the transaction affects neither accounting nor taxable profit or loss. Deferred tax is determined using tax rates (and laws) that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date and are expected to apply when the related deferred tax asset is realised or the deferred tax liability is settled.
Deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that future taxable profit will be available against which the temporary differences can be utilised.
Investment in subsidiaries
The Company holds investments in other companies. These are recognised as fixed asset investments and are stated at cost less any impairment.
Impairment of investment in subsidiaries
Fixed asset investments are considered for impairment triggers annually. If an impairment assessment trigger is identified, a detailed assessment is made. An impairment loss is recognised to the extent that the carrying amount cannot be recovered either by selling the assets or by discounted future earnings from operating the assets.
Thomson Reuters Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 (continued)
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Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value.
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The Company did not have any employees during the year (2023: nil).
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None of the Directors had any beneficial interest in the share capital of the Company or an interest in any transactions or arrangements with the Company which require disclosure. The remuneration the Directors is paid by a fellow group undertaking. The Directors services to this company and to a number of fellow subsidiaries are of a non-executive nature and their remuneration is deemed to be wholly attributable to their services to the fellow group undertaking. Accordingly, the above details include no remuneration in respect of any Director (2023: US$nil).
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The auditors' remuneration (relating to audit services) of US$13,890 (2023: US$13,465) is paid by a fellow group undertaking and is not recharged to the Company.
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Tax on profit |
The tax charge on profit before tax for the year is lower than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK (2023 - lower than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK) of 25% (2023: 23.52%).
The differences are reconciled below:
Thomson Reuters Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 (continued)
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Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured at the tax rates that are expected to apply to the period when the asset is realised or the liability is settled, based on tax rates (and tax laws) that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.
In the Spring Budget 2021, the UK Government announced that from 1 April 2023 the corporation tax rate would increase to 25% (rather than remaining at 19%, as previously enacted). There has been no change to corporation tax rates for the financial year ended 31 December 2024. For the financial year ended 31 December 2024 the weighted average tax rate is 25% (31 December 2023 weighted average tax rate was 23.52%). Deferred taxes at the balance sheet date have been measured using this enacted tax rate and reflected in these financial statements.
Unrecognised deferred tax
At 31 December 2024 the Company had capital losses of $318,955,000 and an unrecognised deferred tax asset of $79,739,000. The unrecognised deferred tax asset represents the capital losses at the 25% deferred tax rate (2023: capital losses of $317,658,000 and an unrecognised deferred tax asset of $79,414,000, representing the capital losses at the 25% deferred tax rate).
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The Directors have assessed the recoverable amount of these investments, having taken into consideration a range of assumptions and has resulted in the Directors concluding that the carrying value of the investments is supported.
The Directors are of the opinion that the value of the Company's investment is not less than the value at which it is stated in the Balance sheet as at 31 December 2024.
Thomson Reuters Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 (continued)
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Details of the subsidiaries as at 31 December are as follows:
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Thomson Reuters Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 (continued)
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Investments (continued) |
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Dormant |
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Holding Company |
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Thomson Reuters Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 (continued)
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8 |
Investments (continued) |
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Name of subsidiary |
Principal activity |
Registered office |
Proportion of ownership interest and voting rights held |
2023 |
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Holding Company |
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Trading Company |
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Holding Company |
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Dormant |
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Dormant |
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Dormant |
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Dormant |
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Dormant |
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Dormant |
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Dormant |
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Dormant |
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Thomson Reuters Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 (continued)
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8 |
Investments (continued) |
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Name of subsidiary |
Principal activity |
Registered office |
Proportion of ownership interest and voting rights held |
2023 |
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Holding Company |
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Dormant |
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Trading Company |
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Non Trading |
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* indicates direct investment of the Company.
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Debtors: amounts falling due within one year |
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2024 |
2023 |
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Amounts owed by group undertakings |
1,818,319 |
1,935,068 |
Amounts owed by fellow group undertakings are unsecured, non-interest bearing and repayable on demand.
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Cash at bank and in hand |
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2024 |
2023 |
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Cash at bank |
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Creditors: amounts falling due within one year |
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2024 |
2023 |
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Amounts owed to fellow group undertakings |
4,312 |
2,068 |
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Thomson Reuters Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 (continued)
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11 |
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year (continued) |
Amounts owed to fellow group undertakings are unsecured, non-interest bearing and repayable on demand.
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Called up share capital |
Allotted, called up and fully paid shares
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No. 000 |
US$ 000 |
No. 000 |
US$ 000 |
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Ordinary Shares of £0.005 each (2023 £0.25 each) |
2,790,775 |
22,522 |
2,790,775 |
1,126,100 |
During the year, the Company reduced the nominal value of its share capital from £0.25 to £0.005 per share. As a result of the above, the retained earnings is increased by £1,103,578,000.
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Parent and ultimate parent undertaking |
The Company's immediate parent is
The ultimate parent is
The most senior parent entity producing publicly available financial statements is
The ultimate controlling party is
Relationship between entity and parents
The parent of the largest group in which these financial statements are consolidated is Thomson Reuters Corporation, incorporated in Canada.
The address of Thomson Reuters Corporation is:
19 Duncan Street Toronto, ON M5H 3H1, Canada.