BEAUFORT INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-14 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+2% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
+1.8% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£44K
+15.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- BEAUFORT INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED 1980-12-31 → present
- P & O FERRIES (GENERAL EUROPEAN)LIMITED 1976-12-31 → 1980-12-31
- GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,LIMITED 1902-12-17 → 1976-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £38,217 | £44,111 | |
| Net profit | £38,217 | £44,111 | |
| Cash | £2,517,582 | £2,566,814 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,520,333 | £2,564,444 | |
| Net assets | £2,520,333 | £2,564,444 | |
| Equity | £2,520,333 | £2,564,444 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.6% | 0.8% | |
| Current ratio | 157.54x | 127.95x |
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
- PKF Littlejohn LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Company is in run-off and is required to maintain net assets in excess of its regulatory solvency requirement. The parent, Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company Limited, has confirmed it will make up any capital shortfall, satisfying directors that the going concern basis is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “The Company ceased writing new insurance business on 30 June 2000 and is now in run-off.”
- “Management will look to submit the relevant application to the Prudential Regulation Authority to cancel its remaining regulatory permissions. Once this has been done and the Company's regulatory status has been removed, Management will look to seek approval to enter into a Members' Voluntary Liquidation scheme.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EL CHAMI, Ziad | Secretary | 2023-07-19 | — | — |
| QUARTEY, Eric Kwatei | Director | 2019-06-10 | Aug 1973 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALHASHIMY, Mohammad | Secretary | 2015-06-15 | 2023-07-19 |
| ALLINSON, Bernadette | Secretary | 2007-10-05 | 2015-06-15 |
| DAMLE, Sameer Dileep | Secretary | 2007-04-23 | 2007-10-05 |
| LAVER, John Michael | Secretary | 2000-10-31 | 2001-04-20 |
| LEONARD, David Jack | Secretary | 2004-12-08 | 2006-08-31 |
| OWEN, Michael | Secretary | — | 2000-10-31 |
| REES, Nicholas Haydn Glyndwr | Secretary | 2006-08-31 | 2007-04-23 |
| SCOTT, Sandra | Secretary | 2001-04-20 | 2004-12-08 |
| BAISTER, David John | Director | 2000-08-31 | 2005-10-28 |
| BISHOP, Stephen Michael | Director | 1999-09-01 | 2000-08-31 |
| CARPENTER, Ronald | Director | — | 1994-03-31 |
| KING, Graeme Crockatt | Director | 1998-05-20 | 2000-08-31 |
| LUFF, Nicholas Lawrence | Director | 1998-05-20 | 2000-08-31 |
| MCGUINESS, Lewis | Director | 1996-03-18 | 2014-09-30 |
| METEYARD, Clayton | Director | 2014-09-30 | 2021-09-14 |
| MONTEITH, Nicholas John | Director | 1998-10-06 | 2002-06-14 |
| MORRIS, David Edward Alban | Director | 1992-10-01 | 1998-12-31 |
| OVENDEN, David Ian | Director | 1993-04-28 | 1999-09-01 |
| QURESHI, Sarmad Mehmood | Director | 2017-02-28 | 2019-06-25 |
| ROBINSON, Ian Tennick | Director | — | 1993-02-19 |
| ROBINSON, Peter Michael | Director | — | 1993-05-28 |
| SAUNDERS, Hugh Martin | Director | — | 1992-10-01 |
| SKINNER, Richard Michael Mark | Director | 1996-03-18 | 1998-05-13 |
| SMITH, Donald Alan | Director | — | 1999-11-02 |
| TIMMERMANN, Karlheinz Wilhelm | Director | — | 1998-10-06 |
| WALKER, Peter Arthur | Director | 2005-10-28 | 2016-03-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Peninsular And Oriental Steam Navigation Company | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 153 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-08-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-04-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+2%
£2,517,582 £2,566,814
-
Net assets
+1.8%
£2,520,333 £2,564,444
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
+15.4%
£38,217 £44,111
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