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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

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2024-12-312025-12-31
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

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 2024-12-312025-12-31
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

  1. HISCOX SYNDICATES LIMITED 1991-06-28 → present
  2. 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 PDF
2026-01-28 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2026-01-27 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date
2026-01-26 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-11-18 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-10-03 RP01AP01 officers Replacement filing of director appointment with name PDF
2025-08-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
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 PDF
2025-02-20 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2025-01-08 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-08-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-04-05 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-09-22 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-08-08 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-08-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-07-03 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-04-11 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
9

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
2

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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