FAIRFAX UK HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£773k
USD 1,042,000
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£857m
USD 1,155,119,000
Equity attributable
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£180m
USD 242,064,000
Period ending 2025-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £115,005,571 | £179,582,189 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £117,765,839 | £179,639,332 | — | |
| Net profit | £115,207,736 | £179,516,141 | — | |
| Cash | £4,801,815 | £773,284 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,052,402,897 | £857,231,169 | — | |
| Net assets | £925,836,517 | £857,231,169 | — | |
| Equity | £925,836,517 | £857,231,169 | — | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £5,360,554 | £588,497 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £181,471 | £9,647 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £2,575,613 | £282,004 | — |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.742 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 10.9% | 20.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 12.5% | 0.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.92x | 0.47x | |
| Interest cover | 24.22x | — |
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 4 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-03-11
- FAIRFAX UK HOLDINGS LIMITED 2025-03-11 → present
- BRIT LIMITED 2015-06-29 → 2025-03-11
- BRIT PLC 2014-03-03 → 2015-06-29
- BRIT LIMITED 2014-03-03 → 2014-03-03
- BRIT NEWCO LIMITED 2013-12-19 → 2014-03-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers 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 the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- FAIRFAX UK HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Brit Group Holdings Limited 100%
- Ki Financial Limited 20%
- Sussex Re Limited 100%
- Brit Reinsurance (Bermuda) Limited 100%
- Camargue Underwriting Managers (Proprietary) Limited 100%
- BIGCC Services India Private Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On the 12 February 2025, that Company would become a pure holding company of the Brit and Ki businesses and as such the operational oversight of the Brit Group would be transferred to a newly incorporated principal holding company, Brit Group Holdings Limited, and the operational oversight of the Ki Group would be transferred to the existing principal holding company, Ki Financial Limited.”
- “On 13 January 2025, in preparation for the above, the Company agreed that Brit Group Holdings Limited would substitute the Company as issuer of certain subordinated debt notes.”
- “On the 17 December 2025, the Directors declared a dividend of $250,000k, principally funded by dividends received from subsidiary undertakings.”
- “On 22 January 2025 another Group company was substituted in place of the Company as issuer and principal debtor in respect of the subordinated debt. As a result, the liability was derecognised by the Company.”
- “On 15 May 2026 Sussex Capital UK PCC Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary undertaking of the Company, was dissolved.”
- “On 29 July 2026, an interim dividend of $35,000k ($0.0523 per share) was approved by the Directors.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARINELLI, Joe James | Secretary | 2023-11-09 | — | — |
| LEE, Simon Philip Guy | Director | 2023-05-08 | Mar 1961 | British |
| WALLACE, Michael Anthony | Director | 2023-11-02 | Aug 1969 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GORMLEY, David Joseph | Secretary | 2014-08-12 | 2016-09-23 |
| HARMER, Tim James | Secretary | 2016-09-23 | 2023-11-09 |
| HARMER, Tim James | Secretary | 2014-03-03 | 2014-08-12 |
| ALLAN, Mark Andrew | Director | 2015-10-16 | 2025-02-28 |
| BARNARD, Andrew Acheson | Director | 2015-10-16 | 2023-10-31 |
| CAMPBELL, Gordon Muir | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2025-02-28 |
| CLOUTIER, Mark Bertrand | Director | 2014-03-27 | 2018-12-31 |
| EHRLICH, Jeremy Simon | Director | 2015-10-16 | 2020-08-28 |
| FEUER, Jonathan Philip | Director | 2014-03-27 | 2015-05-26 |
| GERHARDT, Hans-Peter Thomas | Director | 2014-03-27 | 2015-05-26 |
| GOEL, Aviral | Director | 2024-01-01 | 2025-01-08 |
| HULSHOFF, Maarten Joannes | Director | 2014-03-27 | 2015-05-26 |
| JACOB, Ipe | Director | 2016-10-26 | 2016-12-31 |
| JACOB, Ipe | Director | 2014-03-27 | 2016-10-26 |
| KHAJURIA, Sachin Nagindas | Director | 2014-03-03 | 2015-05-26 |
| KHOSROWSHAHI, Bijan | Director | 2015-10-16 | 2016-12-31 |
| LOHR, Gernot Wilhelm Friedrich | Director | 2014-03-27 | 2015-05-26 |
| MEYER, Nigel Sinclair, Mr. | Director | 2013-12-19 | 2014-03-03 |
| MINER, Russell Bruce Kenneth | Director | 2021-08-27 | 2024-01-01 |
| SALAME, Kamil Marc | Director | 2014-03-03 | 2015-05-26 |
| STEVENS, Willem Frans Casimir | Director | 2014-03-27 | 2015-05-26 |
| THOMPSON, Martin George | Director | 2022-11-10 | 2025-02-28 |
| THOMPSON, Martin George | Director | 2021-11-03 | 2022-09-08 |
| WARD, Richard Churchill | Director | 2014-03-27 | 2018-09-05 |
| WELSCH, Andrea Caroline Natascha | Director | 2018-08-31 | 2025-02-28 |
| WILKINSON, Gavin Leslie | Director | 2021-07-28 | 2025-02-28 |
| WILSON, Matthew Dominic | Director | 2015-06-29 | 2022-11-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Vivian Prem Watsa | Individual | Significant influence | 2025-12-23 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-07-08 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-03-11 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-23 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-23 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-12-04 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-02 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2025-08-04 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-08 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-03-11 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-02-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
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Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.