DARENTH UNDERWRITING LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
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Equity attributable
Employees
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Average over period
Profit before tax
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Period ending 2026-01-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Accounts not prepared on a going-concern basis
The Directors do not consider the Company to be a going concern as the Company has sold or returned all the capacity and will not be underwriting on any new years of account going forward. Accordingly the Financial Statements have been prepared on a break up basis.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross written premiums | £240,203 | £18,078 | £2,093 | -88.4% | |
| Net earned premiums | £728,212 | £49,670 | -£53,950 | -208.6% | |
| Claims incurred | £294,747 | £24,205 | -£41,491 | -271.4% | |
| Investment return | £119,967 | £90,083 | £∞ | +∞% | |
| Profit before tax | £225,267 | £43,124 | — | — | |
| Net profit | £172,339 | £36,188 | — | — | |
| Insurance contract liabilities | £2,284,716 | £1,789,130 | £241,521 | -86.5% | |
| Total assets | £3,389,977 | £2,398,429 | — | — | |
| Total liabilities | £2,655,240 | £2,077,571 | — | — | |
| Equity | £734,737 | £320,858 | — | — | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |
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| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 78.3% | 86.6% | — |
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
- Not a going concern (break-up basis)
“The Directors do not consider the Company to be a going concern as the Company has sold or returned all the capacity and will not be underwriting on any new years of account going forward. Accordingly the Financial Statements have been prepared on a break up basis.”
Significant events
- “The Company ceased underwriting at 31 December 2022.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARGENTA SECRETARIAT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2002-10-29 | — | — |
| HUNTER, Jane Clare Marianne | Director | 2012-07-05 | Apr 1947 | British |
| HUNTER, Quentin Stuart | Director | 2014-09-11 | Apr 1972 | British |
| HUNTER, Roland Stuart | Director | 2014-09-11 | Mar 1974 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUNTER, Jane Clare Marianne | Secretary | 1999-05-27 | 2002-10-29 |
| HUNTER, Neville Stuart, Colonel | Director | 1999-05-27 | 2013-12-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watling Street Estates Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 241 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-10-24 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2018-10-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-10-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
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.