Thomson Legal & Professional Group Limited

Registration number: 01500648

Thomson Legal & Professional Group Limited

Annual Report and Unaudited Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Contents

Page(s)

Directors' Report	1
Balance Sheet	2
Notes to the Financial Statements	3 to 5

Thomson Legal & Professional Group Limited

Directors' Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

The Directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.

Directors of the Company

The Directors who held office during the year were as follows:

W.D. Rowell

K. Major

B.A. Boateng (resigned 20 August 2025)

Approved by the Board on 16 September 2025 and signed on its behalf by:

.........................................
W.D. Rowell
Director

Thomson Legal & Professional Group Limited

(Registration number: 01500648)
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2024

	Note	2024 £	2023 £
Fixed assets
Investments	3	8,273,550	8,273,550
Current assets
Debtors: amounts falling due within one year	4	377,976,030	377,976,030
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year	5	(592,603)	(592,603)
Net current assets		377,383,427	377,383,427
Net assets		385,656,977	385,656,977
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital	6	2,987,312	2,987,312
Share premium reserve		195,042,346	195,042,346
Profit and loss account		187,627,319	187,627,319
Total equity		385,656,977	385,656,977

For the financial year ending 31 December 2024 the Company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 480 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to dormant companies.

Directors' responsibilities:

•	The members have not required the Company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476; and
•	The Directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 16 September 2025 and signed on its behalf by:

.........................................

W.D. Rowell
Director

Thomson Legal & Professional Group Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

1	General information

The Company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in United Kingdom.

The address of its registered office is:
Five Canada Square
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5AQ
United Kingdom

2	Accounting policies

Statement of compliance

These financial statements were prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'.

Basis of preparation

These financial statements are prepared on the going concern basis, under the historical cost convention, and in accordance with the Companies Act 2006 and applicable accounting standards in the United Kingdom.

Trading Status
The Company has not traded during the year or the previous year, has incurred no liabilities and consequently, has made neither profit or loss. None of the Directors received any emoluments in respect of their services to the Company.

Fixed asset investments
Fixed asset investments are stated at historical cost less provision for any dimunition in value.

3	Investments

Subsidiaries	£
Cost or valuation
At 1 January 2024	8,273,550
At 31 December 2024	8,273,550
At 31 December 2023	8,273,550

The Directors are of the opinion that the value of the Company's investments is not less than the value of which it is stated in the Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2024.

Thomson Legal & Professional Group Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Details of undertakings

Details of the investments in which the Company holds direct investment in any class of share capital are as follows:

Name of subsidiary	Country of incorporation and principal place of business	Principal activity	Proportion of ownership interest and voting rights held
			2024	2023
Subsidiary undertakings
International Thomson Publishing Limited	Five Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AQ, United Kingdom	Non-Trading	100%	100%

4	Debtors: amounts falling due within one year

	2024 £	2023 £
Amounts owed by group undertakings	377,976,030	377,976,030
	377,976,030	377,976,030

Amounts owed by fellow group undertakings are unsecured, non-interest bearing and repayable on demand.

5	Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

	2024 £	2023 £
Amounts owed to fellow group undertakings	592,603	592,603

Amounts owed to fellow group undertakings are unsecured, non-interest bearing and repayable on demand.

6	Called up Share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

	2024		2023
	No.	£	No.	£
Ordinary shares of £1 each	2,987,312	2,987,312	2,987,312	2,987,312

Thomson Legal & Professional Group Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

7	Parent and ultimate parent undertaking

The Company's immediate parent is Thomson Business Information Holdings Limited, incorporated in United Kingdom.

The ultimate parent is Thomson Investments Limited, incorporated in Canada.

The most senior parent entity producing publicly available financial statements is Thomson Reuters Corporation. These financial statements are available upon request from Five Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AQ, United Kingdom and online at www.thomsonreuters.com.

The parent of the largest group in which these financial statements are consolidated is Thomson Reuters Corporation, incorporated in Canada.