COUNTRYWIDE LEGAL INDEMNITIES LIMITED
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Cash
£17m
+10.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£10m
+1.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
75
+1.4% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£323k
-24.6% lowest in 3 filed years
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
3-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,740,459 | £20,255,764 | £22,237,333 | +9.8% | |
| Operating profit | £196,050 | £218,223 | £119,922 | -45% | |
| Profit before tax | £359,057 | £427,866 | £322,809 | -24.6% | |
| Net profit | £302,423 | £229,076 | £192,317 | -16% | |
| Cash | £14,303,828 | £15,048,049 | £16,580,967 | +10.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,704,809 | £9,933,885 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £9,704,809 | £9,933,885 | £10,126,202 | +1.9% | |
| Equity | £9,704,809 | £9,933,885 | £10,126,202 | +1.9% | |
| Average employees | 73 | 74 | 75 | +1.4% | |
| Wages | £13,810,590 | £14,910,080 | £16,736,485 | +12.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £7,770,083 | £8,713,830 | £10,349,982 | +18.8% | |
| Highest paid director | £3,072,224 | £3,703,812 | £4,454,742 | +20.3% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.0% | 1.1% | 0.5% | |
| Net margin | 1.6% | 1.1% | 0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.0% | 2.2% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 39.3% | — | — | |
| Current ratio | 2.49x | 2.44x | 2.22x | |
| Interest cover | 88.47x | — | — |
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
Group structure
- COUNTRYWIDE LEGAL INDEMNITIES LIMITED · parent
- Isis Conveyancing Insurance Specialists Limited 100%
- Blue Button Legal Indemnities Limited 100%
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 125 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.