TXT In plain English
Company description
TOWERS WATSON LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 1 March 2005; registered for 21 years; registered office reported in REIGATE, SURREY. Its primary declared activity is 74909 · Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c..
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 3 PSC records, 30 trade marks, 15 procurement records. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- TOWERS WATSON LIMITED
- Company number
- 05379716
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 1 total · 1 outstanding · 0 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 December 2025Next accounts due
30 September 2027Last statement made up to
1 March 2026Next statement due
15 March 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 55.3%
- Mean bonus gap
- 50.7%
- Women receiving bonus
- 95.5%
- Men receiving bonus
- 96.5%
- Women in top quartile
- 36.5%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 46.2%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 56.3%
- Women in lower quartile
- 57.0%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 1000 to 499926.9% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499929.9% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499931.4% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499932.8% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499933.5% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499931.6% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499930.7% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499933.6% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 January 2026 – 30 June 2026
- Filed
- 29 July 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 30 days
- Longest standard term
- 30 days
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 January 2026
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £280,200,088
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £24,943,344
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £9,317,067
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £26,697,027
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 69.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 60 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
The Company’s standard contractual payment terms for all qualifying contracts are payments within 30 days after the date of invoice. Other payment terms may apply. Agreed payment terms are reflected in our contractual documentation and accounting system.
- Other payment-term information
Payments only fall due in our accounting system once terms are exceeded. The overdue statistics include a large proportion of invoices that were settled within a few working days of the due date.
- Dispute resolution process
Payment processing is managed by the Accounts Payable function and any supplier queries are actioned by that team. In the event they are unable to resolve the matter, the query will be discussed between the supplier and relevant colleague to ensure satisfactory resolution for both the supplier and the Company.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 42.0 average days to pay42.0% outside terms
- 45.0 average days to pay52.0% outside terms
- 48.0 average days to pay47.0% outside terms
- 47.0 average days to pay50.0% outside terms
- 47.0 average days to pay53.0% outside terms
- 45.0 average days to pay51.0% outside terms
- 50.0 average days to pay49.0% outside terms
- 45.0 average days to pay46.0% outside terms
- 45.0 average days to pay49.0% outside terms
- 45.0 average days to pay46.0% outside terms
- 45.0 average days to pay46.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
TOWERS WATSON LIMITED
LEI 549300Q0KSEZVTYZGG48 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 1 March 2005
- Initial LEI registration
- 2 April 2013
- LEI last updated
- 21 May 2026
- Next renewal
- 5 July 2027
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Other legal names
- WATSON WYATT (UK) LIMITED; WATSON WYATT LIMITED
- Legal address
- WATSON HOUSE, LONDON ROAD, REIGATE, GB-SRY, RH2 9PQ, GB
- Headquarters address
- WATSON HOUSE, LONDON ROAD, REIGATE, GB-SRY, RH2 9PQ, GB
GLEIF Level 2 relationships
IS DIRECTLY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 549300Q0KSEZVTYZGG48 to LEI 549300WHC56FF48KL350
- Initial registration
- 2 April 2013
- Last updated
- 21 May 2026
- Next renewal
- 5 July 2027
- Validation sources
- FULLY_CORROBORATED
- Validation documents
- ACCOUNTS_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z; End: 2024-12-31T00:00:00Z; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2023-07-05T00:00:00Z; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD
- Qualifiers
- Dimension: ACCOUNTING_STANDARD; Category: IFRS
- Validation reference
- https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05379716/filing-history/MzQ3MTczOTQ5NGFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
IS ULTIMATELY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 549300Q0KSEZVTYZGG48 to LEI 549300WHC56FF48KL350
- Initial registration
- 2 April 2013
- Last updated
- 21 May 2026
- Next renewal
- 5 July 2027
- Validation sources
- FULLY_CORROBORATED
- Validation documents
- ACCOUNTS_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z; End: 2024-12-31T00:00:00Z; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2023-07-05T00:00:00Z; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD
- Qualifiers
- Dimension: ACCOUNTING_STANDARD; Category: IFRS
- Validation reference
- https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05379716/filing-history/MzQ3MTczOTQ5NGFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
LEI data provides global legal identity and source-reported relationships, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links Level 1 identities only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number; Level 2 parent and fund relationships and reporting exceptions are reproduced as supplied by GLEIF.
06 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Towers Watson Limited
Registration Z9256446
- Registered from
- 4 November 2005
- Current end date
- 3 November 2027
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
07 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Consultancy Services
The Pensions Regulator · ocds-b5fd17-e02f8888-76d0-43b3-a589-d80c46c0b5fb
- Supplier named in award
- Towers Watson Limited
- Award value
- £18,333
- Contract period
- 22 January 2024 – 31 March 2024
- Published
- 26 January 2024
- Procedure
- Other - Single Tender Action (Over threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79414000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-e02f8888-76d0-43b3-a589-d80c46c0b5fb-2024-01-26T16:16:04Z
Staff Engagement Survey
FINANCIAL OMBUDSMAN SERVICE LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-94173472-f5dd-4f55-99b1-85504d28a119
- Supplier named in award
- Willis Towers Watson
- Award value
- £35,580
- Contract period
- 30 October 2023 – 29 October 2024
- Published
- 26 October 2023
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-94173472-f5dd-4f55-99b1-85504d28a119-2023-10-26T15:48:30+01:00
FCA Pension Plan Advice
THE FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY · ocds-b5fd17-06c1ba7f-e99a-4a65-94b2-7fa19ed5bc4c
- Supplier named in award
- TOWERS WATSON LIMITED
- Award value
- £133,000
- Contract period
- 26 August 2022 – 31 January 2023
- Published
- 11 January 2023
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 66500000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-06c1ba7f-e99a-4a65-94b2-7fa19ed5bc4c-2023-01-11T14:36:19Z
Pay Grading & Benefits Review
THE FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY · ocds-b5fd17-4837865e-9cfb-4b40-a3d1-52b9f5bc070f
- Supplier named in award
- TOWERS WATSON LIMITED
- Award value
- £60,000
- Contract period
- 22 April 2021 – 22 July 2021
- Published
- 26 April 2021
- Procedure
- Other - Direct Award
- Main CPV
- 66523000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-4837865e-9cfb-4b40-a3d1-52b9f5bc070f-2021-04-26T16:23:02+01:00
RemCo Advisors
Post Office Limited · ocds-b5fd17-e7243acd-1b63-4cfd-951e-e20c2b7c925d
- Supplier named in award
- Towers Watson Ltd
- Award value
- £176,000
- Contract period
- 17 December 2020 – 1 September 2024
- Published
- 8 June 2024
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79631000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-e7243acd-1b63-4cfd-951e-e20c2b7c925d-2024-06-08T17:53:25+01:00
Review Phase 2
DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS · ocds-b5fd17-c2a548e3-287c-46f3-8303-b27ca7816985
- Supplier named in award
- TOWERS WATSON LIMITED
- Award value
- £92,000
- Contract period
- 29 November 2019 – 29 February 2020
- Published
- 2 December 2019
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-c2a548e3-287c-46f3-8303-b27ca7816985-2019-12-02T14:03:38Z
Provision of Job Evaluation Software
D V L A · ocds-b5fd17-9aad2567-c15a-4487-929f-74051c9e5cd8
- Supplier named in award
- TOWERS WATSON LIMITED
- Award value
- £13,000
- Contract period
- 1 January 2018 – 31 December 2020
- Published
- 14 March 2018
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 72500000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-9aad2567-c15a-4487-929f-74051c9e5cd8-2018-03-14T11:32:54Z
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
REVO
Owner Towers Watson Limited · classes 9,16,36
- Filed / designated
- 15 June 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 15 June 2020
GGS
Owner Towers Watson Limited · classes 9,35
- Filed / designated
- 18 October 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 18 October 2025
SIMULUM
Owner Towers Watson Limited · classes 9,16,35,36
- Filed / designated
- 4 March 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 4 March 2023
CLIENTFIRST
Owner Towers Watson Limited · classes 9,16,35,42
- Filed / designated
- 27 November 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 November 2020
PRETIUM
Owner Towers Watson Limited · classes 9,16,35,36
- Filed / designated
- 30 June 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 30 June 2019
WATSON WYATT ASSETWATCH
Owner Towers Watson Limited · classes 35,36,42
- Filed / designated
- 30 June 1998
- Valid until / renewal due
- 30 June 2018
WATSON WYATT MANAGERWATCH
Owner Towers Watson Limited · classes 35,36,42
- Filed / designated
- 30 June 1998
- Valid until / renewal due
- 30 June 2018
FREX
Owner Towers Watson Limited · classes 35,36,42
- Filed / designated
- 17 June 1998
- Valid until / renewal due
- 17 June 2018
WATSON WYATT SWISS
Owner Towers Watson Limited · classes 35,36,42
- Filed / designated
- 17 June 1998
- Valid until / renewal due
- 17 June 2018
CUSTODY PRO
Owner Towers Watson Limited · classes 35
- Filed / designated
- 11 June 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 June 2011
GOVERNANCE PRO
Owner Towers Watson Limited · classes 35
- Filed / designated
- 11 June 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 June 2011
EHR
Owner Towers Watson Limited · classes 16,35
- Filed / designated
- 16 March 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 16 March 2011
O
Owner Towers Watson Limited · classes 9,16,35
- Filed / designated
- 12 January 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 12 January 2011
ALEPH-ZERO
Owner Towers Watson Limited · classes 9,16,35
- Filed / designated
- 12 January 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 12 January 2011
WATSON WYATT CLIENTFIRST
Owner Towers Watson Limited · classes 9,16,35,42
- Filed / designated
- 27 November 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 November 2010
IV PRO
Owner Towers Watson Limited · classes 35
- Filed / designated
- 25 July 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 July 2010
SEEMSGOOD
Owner Towers Watson Limited · classes 35,36,42
- Filed / designated
- 31 March 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 31 March 2010
STRUCTURED BETA
Owner Towers Watson Limited · classes 35,36,42
- Filed / designated
- 10 February 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 February 2010
SLEEPWELL
Owner Towers Watson Limited · classes 35,36,42
- Filed / designated
- 10 February 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 February 2010
WATSON WYATT CLIENTSITE
Owner Towers Watson Limited · classes 35,36,38,42
- Filed / designated
- 2 February 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 2 February 2010
FIRST Financial Institutions, Research and Strategy Team
Owner Towers Watson Limited · classes 9,16,35,36,41
- Filed / designated
- 11 June 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 June 2009
Figurative mark
Owner Towers Watson Limited · classes 35
- Filed / designated
- 3 June 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 3 June 2009
WATSON WYATT FIRST OPINION
Owner Towers Watson Limited · classes 9,16,35,38
- Filed / designated
- 28 April 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 28 April 2009
STRUCTURED ALPHA
Owner Towers Watson Limited · classes 35
- Filed / designated
- 27 July 1998
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 July 2008
WATSON WYATT EUROMANAGER
Owner Towers Watson Limited · classes 35,36,42
- Filed / designated
- 15 April 1998
- Valid until / renewal due
- 15 April 2008
WATSON WYATT FIRST
Owner Towers Watson Limited · classes 35,36,42
- Filed / designated
- 15 April 1998
- Valid until / renewal due
- 15 April 2008
WATSON WYATT
Owner Towers Watson Limited · classes 42
- Filed / designated
- 30 October 1997
- Valid until / renewal due
- 30 October 2017
WATSON WYATT
Owner Towers Watson Limited · classes 35,36,42
- Filed / designated
- 20 June 1997
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 June 2017
Figurative mark
Owner Towers Watson Limited · classes 35,36,42
- Filed / designated
- 14 May 1997
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 May 2017
WATSONS
Owner Towers Watson Limited · classes 36
- Filed / designated
- 1 October 1986
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 October 2017
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
08 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Willis Investment Uk Holdings Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Legal authority
- Companies Act 2006
- Legal form
- Private Company Limited By Shares
- Notified
- 16 December 2024
Ta I Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- England & Wales
- Legal authority
- Companies Act 2006
- Legal form
- Private Company Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 3588080
- Notified
- 31 May 2019
- Ceased
- 16 December 2024
Watson Wyatt (Uk) Acquisitions 2 Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- England And Wales
- Legal authority
- Companies Act 2006
- Legal form
- Private Company Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- England And Wales
- Registration number
- 05379706
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 31 May 2019
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
09 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
10 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
11 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
12 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
JEGS Licence Software
Infected Blood Compensation Authority · updated 26 August 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
BPAS DB consulting fees for Accounting, GPP governance and death in service 24-25
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · updated 22 July 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
TEN-2526-037 (PA2023) Retirement Consultancy Framework - Lot No 2, Call-Off No 1
National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) Corporation · updated 20 July 2026
- Tender value
- £3,000,000
- Awards
- 6
Retirement Income Blueprint
National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) Corporation · updated 26 June 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
ResQ Enterprise Licensing
Government Actuary's Department · updated 20 January 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Nest Invest consultancy services
National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) Corporation · updated 9 January 2026
- Tender value
- £10,000,000
- Awards
- 3
WTW Pay Benchmarking Data
The Pensions Regulator · updated 10 June 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Private Medical Benefits Administrator
Transport for London · updated 20 July 2026
- Tender value
- £14,480,000
- Awards
- 0
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
13 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
14 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
15 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
8 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
16 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Company name
Previous name: WATSON WYATT LIMITED
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
17 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.