AXIS SPECIALTY UK HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-15 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£11M
USD 15,082,000
-4.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£377M
USD 504,776,000
+0.9% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£53M
USD 70,674,000
-10.2% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £58,847,275 | £52,832,474 | |
| Net profit | £61,907,752 | £55,872,767 | |
| Cash | £11,771,698 | £11,274,576 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £373,802,048 | £377,346,191 | |
| Equity | £373,802,048 | £377,346,191 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-4.2%
£11,771,698 £11,274,576
-
Net assets
+0.9%
£373,802,048 £377,346,191
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
-10.2%
£58,847,275 £52,832,474
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 41.2% | 41.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | -29246.46x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a minimum of twelve months from submitting its annual returns and to adopt a going concern basis in preparing its annual reporting requirements.”
Group structure
- AXIS SPECIALTY UK HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- AXIS Corporate Capital UK Limited 100%
- AXIS Managing Agency Limited 100%
- Novae Group Limited 100%
- AXIS UK Services Limited 100%
- AXIS Corporate Capital UK II Limited 100%
- AXIS Underwriting Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In December 2024, AXIS announced that it will enter into a loss portfolio transfer reinsurance agreement with Cavello Bay Reinsurance, a wholly owned subsidiary of Enstar Group Limited, covering a portfolio of reinsurance segment business. Regulatory approval was granted on 24 April 2025 and the transaction is predominantly related to 2021 and prior underwriting years of Syndicate 1686. As such, there is no impact for the Company.”
- “The Company received a dividend of USD 50.0 million from AXIS Corporate Capital UK Limited ("ACCUKL") in August 2025 which was paid to ASBHL in August 2025. Furthermore, the Company received a dividend of USD 17.0 million from NGL in September 2025 which will fund future loan interest payments.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HILLS, Sarah Jane | Director | 2025-01-03 | Dec 1973 | British |
| MOLLETT, James Anthony | Director | 2024-02-27 | Jan 1980 | British |
| OWEN, John Andrew | Director | 2025-01-03 | Dec 1966 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUGLER, Nicholas | Secretary | 2014-12-16 | 2019-11-13 |
| LAWRENCE, Kelly | Secretary | 2019-11-13 | 2024-11-15 |
| MURRAY, John James | Secretary | 2001-11-23 | 2002-11-22 |
| CLYDE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2002-11-22 | 2014-12-16 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-11-23 | 2001-11-23 |
| ARNOTT, Geraldine Ann | Director | 2002-11-22 | 2006-03-20 |
| CHARMAN, John Robert | Director | 2001-11-23 | 2005-04-04 |
| CIGELNIK, Randi Lyn | Director | 2008-04-17 | 2011-03-04 |
| COOK, Andrew | Director | 2002-01-07 | 2005-04-04 |
| GREGORY, Mark Austen John | Director | 2017-07-03 | 2024-12-31 |
| GRESSIER, John William | Director | 2005-04-04 | 2008-04-17 |
| HENNESSY, Timothy Patrick | Director | 2002-11-22 | 2022-12-02 |
| HILLS, Sarah Jane | Director | 2013-06-28 | 2017-07-03 |
| HOUSLEY, Richard John Ronald | Director | 2006-03-20 | 2009-06-01 |
| LOPEZ-LAGUNA, Alvaro | Director | 2023-01-06 | 2024-12-09 |
| LOWETH, James Paul | Director | 2015-05-19 | 2017-07-03 |
| MURRAY, John James | Director | 2010-09-27 | 2013-06-30 |
| MURRAY, John James | Director | 2001-11-23 | 2005-04-04 |
| ROBSON, Alistair Mark | Director | 2017-07-03 | 2024-06-30 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-11-23 | 2001-11-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Axis Capital Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 118 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-15 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.