AARDVARK UNDERWRITING LIMITED
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Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£453K
+64.9% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£152K
+121.1% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross written premiums | £521,362 | £435,749 | -16.4% | |
| Net earned premiums | £588,524 | £370,812 | -37% | |
| Claims incurred | £279,259 | £201,907 | -27.7% | |
| Investment return | £41,520 | £202,137 | +386.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £68,746 | £151,988 | +121.1% | |
| Net profit | £45,452 | £112,829 | +148.2% | |
| Insurance contract liabilities | £1,360,360 | £1,327,023 | -2.5% | |
| Total assets | £1,849,028 | £2,037,444 | +10.2% | |
| Total liabilities | — | — | — | |
| Equity | £274,614 | £452,771 | +64.9% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 85.1% | 77.8% |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PKF Littlejohn LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to meet its underwriting and other operational obligations for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual Financial Statements.”
Significant events
- “On 18 July 2024 the shares were transferred from Aardvark Investment Holdings to DA Newton, BA Penny and AE O'Connell Maggs.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARGENTA SECRETARIAT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-04-04 | — | — |
| BLOOD, Fiona Ann | Director | 2003-03-17 | May 1962 | British |
| BOWLES, David Charles | Director | 2022-08-15 | Aug 1968 | British |
| MAGGS, Emily Elizabeth | Director | 2005-11-29 | May 1979 | South African |
| MAGGS, Sophie Tessa | Director | 2006-11-16 | Sep 1982 | British |
| APCL CORPORATE DIRECTOR NO.1 LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2014-09-05 | — | — |
| APCL CORPORATE DIRECTOR NO.2 LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2014-09-05 | — | — |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEED, Heather Rae | Secretary | 1998-09-15 | 2002-07-16 |
| ANTON FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2002-07-16 | 2005-04-04 |
| EXCELLET INVESTMENTS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1998-09-11 | 1998-09-15 |
| HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-09-11 | 1998-09-11 |
| BLOOD, Fiona Ann | Director | 1998-09-15 | 1998-12-31 |
| MACKAY, James Anthony | Director | 2016-04-07 | 2019-03-29 |
| NEWTON, David Andrew | Director | 1998-09-15 | 2005-05-24 |
| REAMES, David Peter | Director | 2014-09-05 | 2016-02-24 |
| WEBB, Michael William | Director | 2019-03-29 | 2022-08-15 |
| WHITEHURST, David | Director | 1998-09-15 | 1998-12-31 |
| WORSDALE, Rupert Lawrence | Director | 1999-02-08 | 2003-11-14 |
| HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-09-11 | 1998-09-11 |
| QUICKNESS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1998-09-11 | 1999-09-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Alessandra Eugenie O'Connell Maggs | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-07-18 | Active |
| Ms Beverley Anne Penny | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-07-18 | Active |
| Mr David Andrew Newton | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-07-18 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 330 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-22 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-22 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-22 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-19 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-02-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-01-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.