RM plc

RM plc
Formerly
  • Research Machines (Holdings) Limited (1983–1984)
  • Research Machines PLC (1984–1994)[1]
Company typePublic
LSE: RM.
Industry
Founded1973
Founder
HeadquartersMilton Park,
Oxfordshire
,
UK
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • • Helen Stevenson (Non-Executive Chair)[2]
  • • Mark Cook (CEO)[3]
  • • Simon Goodwin (CFO)[4]
Products
  • • Bee-Bot®
  • • RM Assessor
  • • RM Broadband
  • • RM Compare
  • • RM NXT Generation Services
  • • Oti-Bot
  • • RM SafetyNet
  • • RM StudyKIT
  • • RM Unify
  • • RM Voice
  • • Educational reseller of third-party hardware, software and classroom resources[5]
RevenueDecrease £195.2 million (2023)[6]
Decrease £(29.1) million (2023)[7]
Number of employees
Decrease FTE 1,831 (2023)[8]
Divisions
  • • RM Technology
  • • RM Assessment
  • • RM Educational Resources (trading as TTS)[9]
Subsidiaries
  • • RM Education Limited (RM Technology and RM Assessment)
  • • RM Educational Resources Limited (TTS)
  • • RM India (RM Education Solutions India Pvt Limited)
  • • SONET Systems Pty Limited (RM Assessment)
  • • RM PLC Australia Pty Limited (RM Assessment) [10]
Websitermplc.com

RM plc is a British company that specialises in providing information technology products and services to educational organisations and establishments. Its key market is UK education including schools, colleges, universities, government education departments and educational agencies.[citation needed]

The company was founded in 1973 as Research Machines Limited. As of 2016, RM plc employs around 1,700 people, the majority based in the company's headquarters located on Milton Park, near Didcot, Oxfordshire. RM also has offices across the United Kingdom (Cheshire, Nottinghamshire, Lanarkshire and London) and a software development facility in India.[11]

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  2. ^ "RM plc Directors". 16 February 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  3. ^ "RM plc Directors". 16 January 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  4. ^ "RM plc Directors". 29 August 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  5. ^ "RM". Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  6. ^ "RM plc Annual Report and Financial Statements FY23" (PDF). RM plc annual reports. 30 November 2023. p. 2. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  7. ^ "RM plc Annual Report and Financial Statements FY23" (PDF). RM plc annual reports. 30 November 2023. p. 142. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  8. ^ "RM plc Annual Report and Financial Statements FY23" (PDF). RM plc annual reports. p. 172. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  9. ^ "RM plc". Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  10. ^ "RM plc Annual Report and Financial Statements FY23" (PDF). RM plc annual reports. p. 184. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  11. ^ "RM plc Annual Report and Financial Statements FY16" (PDF). RM plc annual reports. 30 November 2016. p. 16.