Foreign affairs (already short)
UK companies organised by the CorpSignals industry, segment, and subsegment taxonomy.
Company snapshot
What this shows: the size and current activity of this classification, plus recent formations, company age, revenue coverage, and trade participation.
All companies
352
Active companies
212
Formed in latest 12 months
23
Median active-company age
4.7 years
Revenue known
5
Importers
2
Exporters
0
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 352 |
| Active companies | 212 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 23 |
| Importers | 2 |
| Exporters | 0 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 5 known, 207 unknown (2.4%).
Company formations
What this shows: monthly incorporations and dissolutions from 1 January 2024, including companies of every current status.
Latest ten months shown in the chart
| Month | Formed | Dissolved |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11 | 0 | 8 |
| 2025-12 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 3 | 4 |
| 2026-02 | 3 | 6 |
| 2026-03 | 2 | 9 |
| 2026-04 | 5 | 3 |
| 2026-05 | 4 | 4 |
| 2026-06 | 1 | 6 |
| 2026-07 | 1 | 7 |
| 2026-08 | 2 | 1 |
Window: 2024-01 to 2026-08.
Company status
What this shows: all current Companies House status values. Companies House Active records with dormant accounts are shown as Dormant; the remaining Companies House Active records are shown as Active. Blank and missing values are combined as Unknown.
Top values shown in the chart
| Status | Companies |
|---|---|
| Active | 165 |
| Dissolved | 139 |
| Dormant | 47 |
| Liquidation | 1 |
Active companies by UK region
What this shows: active companies with a known ITL2 region. The UK map falls back to a bar chart if map data cannot be loaded.
Top values shown in the chart
| ITL2 region | Companies |
|---|---|
| Inner London - West | 65 |
| Inner London - East | 36 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 13 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 10 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 7 |
| Cambridgeshire and Peterborough | 7 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 7 |
| Outer London - South | 7 |
| South East Wales | 7 |
| Norfolk | 6 |
Geography coverage: 212 known, 0 unknown (100.0%).
Revenue ranges
What this shows: active companies grouped into the platform’s ordered estimated-revenue bands.
Top values shown in the chart
| Revenue range | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0-1m | 99 |
| 1m-15m | 14 |
| 54m+ | 5 |
Revenue-range coverage: 118 known, 94 unknown (55.7%).
Company size and employees
What this shows: active companies by published size category and by reported employee count.
Top values shown in the chart
| Company size | Companies |
|---|---|
| Micro | 58 |
| Small | 52 |
| Large | 5 |
| Holding | 2 |
| Dormant | 47 |
Company-size coverage: 164 known, 48 unknown (77.4%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 39 |
| 1–9 | 62 |
| 10–49 | 3 |
Employee coverage: 104 known, 108 unknown (49.1%).
Active-company age
What this shows: how long currently active companies have been incorporated.
Top values shown in the chart
| Age band | Companies |
|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 23 |
| 1–3 years | 51 |
| 3–5 years | 35 |
| 5–10 years | 58 |
| 10–20 years | 35 |
| 20+ years | 10 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 212 known, 0 unknown (100.0%).
Classification breakdown
What this shows: active companies across the next taxonomy level; direct assignments are labelled separately. The top 20 are shown and remaining values are combined as Other.
Top values shown in the chart
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| Directly assigned to this segment | 212 |
International trade
What this shows: active-company participation in imports and exports, followed by the ten HS2 categories involving the most distinct companies.
Top values shown in the chart
| Trade participation | Companies |
|---|---|
| Importer only | 2 |
| Neither | 210 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60 — Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 1 | £312,342 | 2022-10-01 – 2022-10-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 1 | £5,188,414 | 2019-11-01 – 2019-11-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
No usable exports category data is available.
Business and digital traits
What this shows: active companies identified with selected ownership, business-model, and online-presence traits.
Values shown in the chart with data coverage
| Trait | Companies | Known | Unknown | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family business | 13 | 181 | 31 | 85.4% |
| Holding company | 0 | 181 | 31 | 85.4% |
| Solo founder | 106 | 181 | 31 | 85.4% |
| Ecommerce | 0 | 2 | 210 | 0.9% |
| Website | 2 | 2 | 210 | 0.9% |
| 2 | 2 | 210 | 0.9% |
Leading active companies
What this shows: the ten active companies with the highest non-missing revenue, with company number used as the deterministic tie-breaker.
Top values shown in the chart
| Company | Revenue |
|---|---|
| Development Reimagined Ltd | £459,916 |
| The Council For The Advancement Of Arab-british Understanding | £424,735 |
| Global Torchlight Limited | £111,400 |
| Kindersley Research Limited | £20,060 |
| Strategicadvice Ltd | £24 |
Revenue coverage: 5 known, 207 unknown (2.4%).
Related classifications
What this shows: sibling classifications ranked by distinct active companies, excluding the current node. The top 20 are shown and remaining values are combined as Other.
Top values shown in the chart
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| Health, education & social regulation | 6,253 |
| Fire services | 2,859 |
| Public administration | 1,788 |
| Public safety | 1,277 |
| Business regulation | 1,090 |
| Defense | 1,005 |
| Judicial services | 377 |
| Social security administration | 87 |
SIC classification
SIC 84210 — Foreign affairs
Includes
administration and operation of the ministry of foreign affairs and diplomatic and consular missions stationed abroad or at offices of international organisations, administration, operation and support for information and cultural services intended for distribution beyond national boundaries, aid to foreign countries, whether or not routed through international organisations, provision of military aid to foreign countries, management of foreign trade, international financial and foreign technical affairs
Excludes
international disaster or conflict refugee services, see ##88.99