LAVENHAM UNDERWRITING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-14 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-31
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2M
-14.2% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£315K
-23.5% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross written premiums | — | — | |
| Net earned premiums | — | — | |
| Claims incurred | — | £287,000 | |
| Investment return | £71,000 | £9,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£255,000 | -£315,000 | |
| Net profit | -£462,000 | -£315,000 | |
| Insurance contract liabilities | — | — | |
| Total assets | £2,211,000 | £1,931,000 | |
| Total liabilities | — | £35,000 | |
| Equity | £2,211,000 | £1,896,000 | |
| 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Gross written premiums
—
Not reported
-
Net earned premiums
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
-23.5%
-£255,000 -£315,000
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Equity
-14.2%
£2,211,000 £1,896,000
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Investment return
-87.3%
£71,000 £9,000
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) | 0.0% | 1.8% |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- LAVENHAM UNDERWRITING LIMITED 2002-09-05 → present
- MINMAR (613) LIMITED 2002-08-15 → 2002-09-05
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company continues to exist as a dormant corporate capital vehicle and these accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “On 12th August 2024, Neon Holdings (U.K.) Limited entered into a share purchase agreement with RiverStone Holdings Limited for the sale of the Company. This sale completed on 17th March 2025.”
- “Subsequent to the balance sheet date a share capital reduction of £1.8 million was undertaken which was immediately followed by a dividend of £1.8 million paid to Riverstone Holdings Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HENRY, Fraser | Secretary | 2021-10-01 | — | — |
| CAIN, Michael Roger | Director | 2023-10-30 | Mar 1972 | British |
| CREED, Andrew Robert | Director | 2020-12-31 | Jun 1983 | British |
| INSLEY, James Christopher Paul | Director | 2026-02-19 | Oct 1974 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARK MCKAY, Alastair George | Secretary | 2020-06-19 | 2020-09-30 |
| DLABOHA, Larysa Alla | Secretary | 2019-01-01 | 2020-05-29 |
| DURKIN, Anne Carol | Secretary | 2005-09-23 | 2011-07-29 |
| CALLIDUS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2020-10-01 | 2021-09-30 |
| CALLIDUS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2017-09-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| CLYDE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2002-08-15 | 2003-05-06 |
| LEADENHALL INSURANCE CONSULTANTS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2003-05-06 | 2005-09-23 |
| LEADENHALL INSURANCE CONSULTANTS LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2011-07-29 | 2017-08-25 |
| AGGREY, Rodney | Director | 2015-05-19 | 2017-04-28 |
| BELLINGHAM, Holly Jane Currie | Director | 2002-09-10 | 2013-10-16 |
| CUTLER ROSEN, Eve Lynne | Director | 2013-09-17 | 2017-05-02 |
| DOUBTFIRE, Roger Alan | Director | 2005-05-12 | 2011-12-31 |
| DUFFY, Christopher William | Nominee Director | 2002-08-15 | 2002-09-10 |
| HARMAN, Ian James | Director | 2017-05-08 | 2020-06-30 |
| HEPPELL, Richard Emlyn | Director | 2019-06-06 | 2021-06-30 |
| PAGE, David William | Nominee Director | 2002-08-15 | 2002-09-10 |
| TANZER, Luke Robert | Director | 2020-12-31 | 2026-01-05 |
| TURNER, Simon George | Director | 2002-09-10 | 2013-10-16 |
| WALSH, Robin Lawrence | Director | 2011-12-20 | 2015-05-20 |
| WASHINGTON, Matthew Steven David | Director | 2020-12-31 | 2021-06-30 |
| WITZGALL, David John | Director | 2017-05-08 | 2020-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverstone Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2025-03-17 | Active |
| Neon Holdings (U.K.) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-03-17 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 170 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-02-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-12 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-07 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-05-07 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-05-07 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-05-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-24 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2022-11-24 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2022-11-24 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.