ARCADIAN RISK CAPITAL (UK) LTD
Operating from London, the company serves as the UK non-life insurance and underwriting subsidiary of the Bermuda-based Arcadian Risk Capital group.
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Cash
£17m
USD 22,438,951
+15.5% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£6.8m
USD 9,228,884
+36.4% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
9
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.9m
USD 3,909,649
-11.4% first positive since 2021
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
5-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,781,513 | £5,945,212 | £8,316,752 | £13,673,360 | £13,261,240 | -3% | |
| Operating profit | -£28,621 | £1,186,585 | — | £3,273,086 | £2,901,409 | -11.4% | |
| Profit before tax | -£24,330 | £1,186,585 | £2,132,899 | £3,273,086 | £2,901,409 | -11.4% | |
| Net profit | — | — | £1,629,834 | £2,451,340 | £2,166,389 | -11.6% | |
| Cash | £214,420 | £5,406,275 | £12,959,250 | £14,416,389 | £16,652,283 | +15.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,003,875 | £17,881,994 | £2,534,776 | £5,022,027 | £6,848,894 | +36.4% | |
| Net assets | -£24,330 | £952,557 | £2,534,776 | £5,022,027 | £6,848,894 | +36.4% | |
| Equity | — | £952,557 | £2,534,776 | £5,022,027 | £6,848,894 | +36.4% | |
| Average employees | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0% | |
| Wages | — | — | £2,500,976 | £2,773,945 | £2,839,038 | +2.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £1,980,975 | £2,168,799 | £2,965,527 | +36.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £NaN | £NaN | £6,380 | £1,328 | £1,263 | -4.9% |
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 —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -1.0% | 20.0% | — | 23.9% | 21.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 19.6% | 17.9% | 16.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.3% | 6.6% | — | 65.2% | 42.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 100.3% | 94.7% | 91.7% | 88.3% | 85.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.09x | 1.10x | 1.14x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. 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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have concluded that there are no material uncertainties that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern and accordingly continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The primary risks to the company relate to concentration risk whereby the company has a small number of key insurers it relies on for revenues and a termination of the delegated underwriting authorities with those insurers could materially adversely impact the company.”
- “Liquidity risk relates to the risk of the company being unable to meet liabilities as they fall due as a result of a cashflow shortage.”
- “Economies around the world continue to experience heightened levels of inflation.”
- “On 30 January 2026, Lee Equity Partners, a New York- based private equity firm, acquired a controlling stake in the Arcadian Risk Capital Group. Following the transaction, Arcadian's management team and employees maintain a significant ownership stake in the Company and Sirius Point Ltd. sold all 49% of its ownership stake. As part of the transaction, Sirius Point Ltd. renewed and extended its underwriting capacity agreement with Arcadian through to the end of 2031.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRAYNE, Gemma | Secretary | 2022-04-11 | — | — |
| BLANE, Hedley Gareth | Director | 2022-08-12 | Oct 1967 | British |
| BOYLAN, John | Director | 2020-07-24 | Jul 1961 | Irish |
| CONNOR, Paul | Director | 2022-08-12 | Jun 1977 | Irish |
| HOLMES, Gary John | Director | 2022-08-12 | Jul 1986 | British |
| MARREN, Barry | Director | 2022-08-12 | Mar 1967 | Irish |
| WALSHE, Siobhan | Director | 2022-08-12 | Oct 1965 | Irish |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| VISTRA COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2020-07-24 | 2022-04-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Boylan | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 50–75% | 2020-07-24 | Ceased 2026-01-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 31 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-02-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-02-14 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-16 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-02-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-02-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-11 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-08-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-08-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- 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.