COUNTRYWIDE LEGAL INDEMNITIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-18 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-04
Watchouts
Cash
£15M
+5.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£10M
+2.4% vs 2023
Employees
74
+1.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£428K
+19.2% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,740,459 | £20,255,764 | |
| Operating profit | £196,050 | £218,223 | |
| Profit before tax | £359,057 | £427,866 | |
| Net profit | £302,423 | £229,076 | |
| Cash | £14,303,828 | £15,048,049 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,704,809 | £9,933,885 | |
| Net assets | £9,704,809 | £9,933,885 | |
| Equity | £9,704,809 | £9,933,885 | |
| Average employees | 73 | 74 | |
| Wages | £13,810,590 | £14,910,080 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £7,770,083 | £8,713,830 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+8.1%
£18,740,459 £20,255,764
-
Cash
+5.2%
£14,303,828 £15,048,049
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Net assets
+2.4%
£9,704,809 £9,933,885
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Employees
+1.4%
73 74
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Operating profit
+11.3%
£196,050 £218,223
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Profit before tax
+19.2%
£359,057 £427,866
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Wages
+8%
£13,810,590 £14,910,080
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.0% | 1.1% | |
| Net margin | 1.6% | 1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.0% | 2.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.49x | 2.44x | |
| Interest cover | 88.47x | 320.92x |
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
- COUNTRYWIDE LEGAL INDEMNITIES LIMITED 1998-12-09 → present
- MALLINDALE LIMITED 1994-04-07 → 1998-12-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Larking Gowen LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- COUNTRYWIDE LEGAL INDEMNITIES LIMITED · parent
- Isis Conveyancing Insurance Specialists Ltd 100%
- Blue Button Legal Indemnities Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “Following a relatively sluggish start, the Group's performance picked up through the second half of 2024 and continued into 2025, thanks to increasing activity in the property and mortgage lending market. At the time of signing these accounts, the directors consider that the Group is in a good position to further improve the performance of its core 'direct' business during 2025.”
- “The Group continues to invest appropriately in all key areas of activity to maintain its prominence, competitiveness and operational efficiency. Investment will continue to improve the Group's bespoke internal software solutions, benefiting an increasing range of the Group's activities, and helping to promote improved internal efficiency and commercial performance.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGLISH, Colin Graham | Secretary | 1994-04-26 | — | British |
| PAGE, Simon David | Secretary | 2007-10-01 | — | British |
| CLARKE, Steven Michael Howard | Director | 1994-04-26 | Jan 1959 | British |
| ENGLISH, Colin Graham | Director | 1994-06-01 | Mar 1964 | British |
| KIRBY, David Alan | Director | 2001-08-13 | Apr 1958 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGLISH, Keren Lorraine | Secretary | 2006-04-24 | 2007-10-01 |
| ENGLISH, Keren Lorraine | Director | 2001-08-13 | 2007-10-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Wensum Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-06-24 | Active |
| Mr Colin Graham English | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-06-24 |
| Mr Steven Michael Howard Clarke | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-06-24 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 124 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-08-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-08-01 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-08-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-07-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-07-21 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-01 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-08-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-01 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-08-01 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-07-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-07-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-03 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-07-03 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-06-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-30 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-16 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 16
- Capital events
- 4
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.