HISCOX SYNDICATES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-21 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£460K
USD 616,000
+155.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£83M
USD 110,792,000
+44.7% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£38M
USD 51,332,000
+67.9% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £56,872,243 | £80,288,555 | |
| Operating profit | £22,848,920 | £38,373,327 | |
| Profit before tax | £22,848,920 | £38,373,327 | |
| Net profit | £14,546,610 | £25,585,707 | |
| Cash | £180,160 | £460,492 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £57,237,049 | £82,822,755 | |
| Equity | £57,237,049 | £82,822,755 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | £33,710,847 | £38,372,580 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,541,676 | £2,840,697 |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.748 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
+41.2%
£56,872,243 £80,288,555
-
Cash
+155.6%
£180,160 £460,492
-
Net assets
+44.7%
£57,237,049 £82,822,755
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+67.9%
£22,848,920 £38,373,327
-
Profit before tax
+67.9%
£22,848,920 £38,373,327
-
Wages
+13.8%
£33,710,847 £38,372,580
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 40.2% | 47.8% | |
| Net margin | 25.6% | 31.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 52.5% | 29.9% |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- HISCOX SYNDICATES LIMITED 1991-06-28 → present
- MINMAR (154) LIMITED 1991-03-12 → 1991-06-28
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- UK-adopted International Accounting Standards
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence over a period of at least twelve months from the date of this report. For this reason, the Company continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. The Company's cash resources are managed within the Group framework. Working capital forecasts, which have been prepared for the Group as part of its three-year operating plan, demonstrate that the Group has sufficient resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 51 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NICHOLSON, Robert Frank | Secretary | 2025-02-14 | — | — |
| BOUCHER, Mary Beth | Director | 2025-01-01 | Aug 1965 | American |
| DOLPHIN, Andrew Paul | Director | 2020-04-01 | Apr 1979 | British |
| HANNA, Harriet | Director | 2025-11-13 | Apr 1979 | British |
| HARRIS, Timothy Walter | Director | 2022-03-24 | Apr 1969 | British |
| HUERLIMANN, Thomas Christian | Director | 2023-01-01 | Apr 1963 | Swiss |
| HUSSAIN, Hamayou Akbar | Director | 2017-03-02 | Oct 1972 | British |
| ILLINGWORTH, James Le Tall | Director | 2021-06-23 | Oct 1961 | British |
| KEMBLE, Suzanne Elizabeth, Mrs | Director | 2022-07-29 | Jun 1967 | British |
| LAWRENCE, Paul Andrew | Director | 2013-06-25 | Nov 1968 | British |
| MARKHAM, Katrina Jean Mackenzie | Director | 2018-02-26 | Jan 1974 | British |
| MUSSELLE, Joanne Riddick | Director | 2018-07-19 | Oct 1970 | British |
| SAKER, David Stephen | Director | 2026-01-22 | Oct 1977 | British |
Show 51 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUXTON-SMITH, Maria Rita | Secretary | 2010-12-31 | 2011-08-11 |
| GORMLEY, David Joseph | Secretary | 2017-04-03 | 2018-03-22 |
| HUBBER, Keith Michael | Secretary | 2018-12-21 | 2019-10-25 |
| HUNT, Bethany Francesca Emma | Secretary | 2018-03-22 | 2020-02-28 |
| JONES, Jason Sebastian | Secretary | 2003-04-01 | 2009-08-21 |
| LEAVY, Loretto | Secretary | 2020-02-28 | 2022-03-31 |
| MORRISON, Audrey | Secretary | 2022-04-01 | 2025-02-14 |
| SILVERWOOD, Kathryn | Secretary | 2009-09-21 | 2010-12-31 |
| TAYLOR, John Keith | Secretary | 2011-09-22 | 2017-04-03 |
| TRUBY, David | Secretary | — | 2003-04-01 |
| BATES, Robert Paul | Director | 1993-09-08 | 1998-01-29 |
| BEACHAM, Malcolm James | Director | — | 1995-09-14 |
| BERLEVY, Susana | Director | 1997-10-17 | 2001-04-01 |
| BRIDGES, Stuart John | Director | 1999-05-12 | 2015-08-31 |
| BRUCE, David John William | Director | 2002-09-09 | 2011-11-11 |
| CATT, Clifford Richard | Director | — | 1998-10-31 |
| CHILDS, Robert Simon | Director | 2009-09-21 | 2023-06-30 |
| CHILDS, Robert Simon | Director | — | 2006-09-22 |
| COOPER, Paul David | Director | 2022-06-22 | 2023-09-21 |
| CORFIELD, Richard Conyngham | Director | 1997-01-30 | 1999-07-01 |
| DOWN, Ashley Gordon | Director | 1994-12-08 | 1995-11-22 |
| FOSTER, Alexander Neil | Director | — | 2007-01-11 |
| FOULGER, Caroline Jean | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2022-03-24 |
| HALL, Stephen Hargreaves | Director | 1996-02-28 | 2005-12-31 |
| HISCOX, Robert Ralph Scrymgeour | Director | — | 2013-01-24 |
| HOWLAND JACKSON, Anthony Geoffrey Clive | Director | 2001-04-27 | 2012-03-22 |
| HUMM, Timothy Maxwell | Director | — | 1999-07-06 |
| HUNT, Paul | Director | — | 1998-03-31 |
| JONES, Jason Sebastian | Director | 2009-09-21 | 2016-09-30 |
| KAM, Hanna | Director | 2017-03-20 | 2023-07-27 |
| KEELING, Henry Charles Vaughan | Director | 2012-05-17 | 2022-05-17 |
| KREFTA, Michael Christopher Steven | Director | 2014-11-28 | 2018-06-21 |
| LANGLEY, Susan Carol | Director | 2002-09-09 | 2007-08-01 |
| LAURENSON, James Tait | Director | — | 1994-12-08 |
| MARTIN, Ian James | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2019-12-31 |
| MASOJADA, Bronislaw Edmund | Director | 1993-11-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| MCCONNELL, Megan Howell | Director | 2018-06-21 | 2019-10-01 |
| MERRETT, Russell Mark | Director | 2009-09-21 | 2013-07-09 |
| NIELSEN, Christian Leth | Director | 2021-01-12 | 2021-06-18 |
| PINCHIN, Jeremy | Director | 2009-09-21 | 2019-02-28 |
| QUICK, Stephen John | Director | 2002-09-09 | 2009-08-21 |
| RITCHIE, Bruno Christopher | Director | 2002-09-09 | 2009-08-21 |
| ROSE, Helen | Director | 2022-02-01 | 2026-01-22 |
| SMITH, Susan | Director | 2002-09-09 | 2006-01-03 |
| THOMAS, David Agnew | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| THOMSON, Ian Nicholas | Director | — | 2012-03-22 |
| TRUBY, David | Director | — | 2003-04-28 |
| TYLER, Nigel Barlow | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2015-03-19 |
| WATSON, Richard Colin | Director | 2000-11-21 | 2020-05-31 |
| WEBB-WILSON, Iain Thomas | Director | 2008-09-03 | 2015-06-24 |
| WINTHER, Angus Christian | Director | 2015-06-24 | 2023-03-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hiscox Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 247 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-03 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-13 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-02-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.