CHAUCER SYNDICATES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-09 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£447K
-96.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£37M
+22% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£4M
+8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- CHAUCER SYNDICATES LIMITED 1996-12-13 → present
- STEWART SYNDICATES LIMITED 1994-03-18 → 1996-12-13
- STEWART & HUGHMAN LIMITED 1922-10-10 → 1994-03-18
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,880,000 | £7,599,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,115,000 | £3,079,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,458,000 | £3,734,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,630,000 | £2,800,000 | |
| Cash | £11,622,000 | £447,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £30,421,000 | £37,107,000 | |
| Equity | £30,421,000 | £37,107,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 39.5% | 40.5% | |
| Net margin | 33.4% | 36.8% | |
| Current ratio | 15.35x | 12.61x | |
| Interest cover | — | 6.41x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the Directors have formed a judgement at the time of approving the financial statements, that there is a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In June 2023, the High Court ruled in Virgin Media Limited v NTL Pension Trustees II Limited that certain rule amendments were invalid unless accompanied by the appropriate actuarial Section 37 certificate confirmation. Although this ruling applied specifically to the pension scheme in question, it may also affect other pension schemes that were contracted out on a salary-related basis and made amendments between 6 April 1997 and 6 April 2016. The ruling was appealed, but in July 2024, the Court of Appeal upheld the decision.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 69 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAMER, Phillip John | Secretary | 2025-05-01 | — | — |
| FAURE, Jerome | Director | 2017-12-07 | Dec 1957 | American |
| JARDINE, Paul Andrew | Director | 2020-09-17 | Feb 1961 | British |
| MILNER, Richard Thomas | Director | 2024-05-20 | Oct 1972 | British |
| PEARCE, Andrew Charles | Director | 2023-02-28 | Feb 1961 | British |
| SPINK, Hayley Dana | Director | 2024-11-29 | Aug 1970 | British |
| STACEY, Nicola Joy | Director | 2021-01-08 | Aug 1966 | British |
| WANG, Hongyan | Director | 2025-09-11 | Dec 1978 | Chinese |
| WATKINS, Lesley Susan | Director | 2020-01-31 | May 1959 | British |
| WRIGHT, James | Director | 2024-04-01 | Jun 1981 | British |
| YIN, Hang | Director | 2025-07-22 | Feb 1974 | Chinese |
Show 69 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARNETT, Richard Nicholas | Secretary | 2015-06-17 | 2025-04-30 |
| CAMPBELL, Iain Fraser | Secretary | 1998-10-01 | 2000-04-30 |
| GOODENOUGH, Adrian | Secretary | 2011-08-10 | 2014-04-01 |
| HOWARD, Manda Elizabeth | Secretary | 1996-11-22 | 1998-10-01 |
| JEPHCOTT, Mark | Secretary | 1992-12-16 | 1996-11-22 |
| OLLETT, Brian John | Secretary | — | 1992-12-15 |
| OSMAN, Philip Arthur Victor Selim | Secretary | 2000-10-26 | 2006-03-01 |
| SHALLCROSS, Katherine | Secretary | 2014-04-01 | 2015-06-17 |
| TRACE, David John Arthur | Secretary | 2000-05-01 | 2000-10-26 |
| TURNER, David Charles | Secretary | 2006-03-01 | 2011-08-05 |
| ADAMS, Nicholas John | Director | 2000-05-01 | 2007-04-26 |
| ALEXANDER, Roy Anthony | Director | 2002-01-18 | 2006-10-31 |
| BARBER, Kim | Director | 2006-05-23 | 2011-01-12 |
| BARKER, Michael William | Director | 2004-09-17 | 2006-07-01 |
| BARTELL, Bruce Philip | Director | — | 2016-10-01 |
| BENDLE, David Clifford | Director | 2016-02-12 | 2024-10-30 |
| BENDLE, David Clifford | Director | 2005-06-03 | 2011-01-18 |
| BIGGS, Owen Anthony Warren | Director | 1993-11-17 | 1996-06-17 |
| BOOME, Simon Adrian Kenneth | Director | 1997-01-17 | 2003-12-31 |
| BRICK, Raymond Michael | Director | — | 2000-04-30 |
| BRIEN, Thomas William | Director | — | 1993-07-06 |
| BUTTERWORTH, Gina Claire | Director | 2005-11-28 | 2012-12-31 |
| CALLAN, Robert John | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2024-03-31 |
| CARRILLO-MORALES, Mauricio Clemente | Director | 2010-05-18 | 2012-12-31 |
| CARROLL, Timothy Joseph | Director | 2010-08-04 | 2019-03-15 |
| CHAPMAN, Martin Ronald | Director | — | 1993-06-30 |
| CHRISMAS, Peter Nathan | Director | — | 1993-10-18 |
| COX, Malcolm John | Director | 2001-10-25 | 2010-10-01 |
| CRAIG, David Curtis | Director | — | 1993-03-30 |
| CURTIS, Kenneth Douglas | Director | 2003-07-01 | 2013-03-31 |
| DEUTSCH, Robert Victor | Director | 2009-08-26 | 2011-09-30 |
| FARBER, Jeffrey Mark | Director | 2016-11-22 | 2018-12-28 |
| FAWELL, Christopher Vincent John | Director | 1993-09-30 | 1995-12-31 |
| FLETCHER, Stephen Roger | Director | — | 1993-09-30 |
| FORBES, Christopher David | Director | 2001-08-23 | 2009-06-30 |
| FOWLE, John | Director | 2015-05-27 | 2023-06-30 |
| FOWLE, John | Director | 2010-01-11 | 2012-12-31 |
| GILMOUR, Ewen Hamilton | Director | 1998-03-19 | 2009-12-31 |
| GRAHAM, Mark Carmichael | Director | 1999-01-21 | 2009-06-24 |
| GRANDE, Roderic William Ricardo | Director | — | 1996-11-22 |
| GRAY, Martin Bevis | Director | 1992-07-01 | 1995-11-28 |
| GREENFIELD, David Bruce | Director | 2011-12-13 | 2015-10-17 |
| HAYWARD, Hugh Hudson | Director | 1993-09-30 | 2006-12-31 |
| HELSON, Susan Janet | Director | 2005-11-28 | 2012-12-31 |
| HOWARD-SMITH, Timothy David | Director | 1997-01-23 | 2005-10-31 |
| MACKENZIE, Malcolm Seaforth | Director | 1997-06-26 | 2000-03-31 |
| MCCORD, Michael Patrick Phillips | Director | 1993-09-30 | 1996-11-22 |
| MEAD, David Stanley | Director | 2010-11-29 | 2016-01-19 |
| MEAD, David Stanley | Director | 2010-11-01 | 2010-11-01 |
| MEDNIUK, Anthony John | Director | — | 1996-07-24 |
| NEWMAN, David John | Director | 1993-09-30 | 1996-01-31 |
| NEWSON, Terence John | Director | 1993-09-30 | 1995-09-30 |
| NOBLE, Edward Nelson | Director | 1993-09-30 | 2007-05-25 |
| PARTON, John Alexandre | Director | 1998-07-22 | 2001-12-31 |
| PAYTON, Roger Louis | Director | — | 1993-09-30 |
| PERKINS, Jonathon | Director | 2006-05-23 | 2012-12-31 |
| ROBINSON, Andrew Scott | Director | 2011-07-12 | 2016-08-05 |
| ROCHMAN, John Howard | Director | 1993-09-30 | 1996-11-22 |
| SCHOLES, Richard Thomas | Director | 2009-01-01 | 2011-10-01 |
| SHAW, Penelope Margaret | Director | 2015-02-12 | 2020-03-31 |
| SIMPSON, James Robert | Director | 1996-06-13 | 1997-12-16 |
| SLABBERT, Johan Garth | Director | 2013-08-13 | 2017-02-20 |
| STOOKE, Christopher Macdonald | Director | 2010-09-28 | 2020-10-31 |
| STUCHBERY, Robert Arthur | Director | 1993-09-30 | 2016-05-31 |
| TOWNDROW, Mary Alice | Director | 1997-01-23 | 2005-12-31 |
| WANG, Zhongyao | Director | 2022-08-19 | 2024-12-17 |
| WATKINS, Mark Christopher | Director | 1993-09-30 | 1996-11-22 |
| WOOD, Gregory Mark | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2012-12-31 |
| ZUO, Huiqiang, Dr | Director | 2019-03-13 | 2025-04-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaucer Capital Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2018-12-11 | Active |
| Chaucer International Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2018-12-07 | Ceased 2018-12-11 |
| Chaucer Capital Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-12-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 336 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-05-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-01 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2024-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-20 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2024-05-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-12 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2023-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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
-3.6%
£7,880,000 £7,599,000
-
Cash
-96.2%
£11,622,000 £447,000
-
Net assets
+22%
£30,421,000 £37,107,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-1.2%
£3,115,000 £3,079,000
-
Profit before tax
+8%
£3,458,000 £3,734,000
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