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CIGNA EUROPEAN SERVICES (UK) LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 00199739
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1924-08-06
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 66290
- Hubs
- UK Fintech
Accounts
Pending extraction
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue. The Company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In October 2024, the Company paid an interim dividend of £25,000,000 (2023: £nil).”
- “The Company has agreed with the Plan Trustees of the Defined Benefit Pension Plan (the Plan) to pursue an insurance transaction to secure the Plan liabilities.”
- “During the year, a buy-in transaction with "Just Retirement Limited" was completed in December 2024.”
- “In early 2024, the Company agreed with the Plan Trustees to pursue an insurance transaction to secure the Plan liabilities. This involves the purchase of a bulk annuity with a value of £10M. In order to execute this, a one-time injection into the scheme was made in December 2024 of £1M. Subsequently buy-in transaction with "Just Retirement limited" was completed in December 2024.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
3 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CASTELEYN, Peter | Secretary | 2025-07-25 | — | — |
| AIRD, Iain William | Director | 2020-06-01 | Aug 1978 | British |
| HASSAN, Mark James | Director | 2025-07-23 | Aug 1987 | British |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUTLER, Christine Hamilton | Secretary | 2009-06-26 | 2019-09-09 |
| ELLENDER, John Eric | Secretary | — | 1999-06-18 |
| LEFEVRE, Irene Sanna | Secretary | 2019-09-09 | 2025-06-23 |
| WATT, Alastair Lawson | Secretary | 1999-06-18 | 2009-06-26 |
| AYRE, Robert Houston, Mr. | Director | 1998-01-21 | 1999-07-05 |
| BESWICK, Kirsty Fiona | Director | 2018-04-26 | 2020-03-26 |
| BISHOP, Stephen John | Director | 2008-04-15 | 2010-03-11 |
| BUCKLEY, Tim | Director | 2013-02-28 | 2022-12-01 |
| CASTLE, Stephen Victor | Director | 1997-04-17 | 1999-07-01 |
| COLLINS, Donald Eric | Director | — | 1997-02-07 |
| CROWLEY, Kelley Patrick | Director | 2001-01-29 | 2003-12-19 |
| DAOUT, Eric Maximilien Paul Francois | Director | 2013-02-27 | 2017-03-31 |
| DE JONG, Johannes Martinus | Director | 2004-02-04 | 2011-05-19 |
| DICKSON, Philippa Margaret | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2001-10-10 |
| DONALD, Alan | Director | 2001-10-15 | 2005-06-08 |
| EDWARDS, Keren Elizabeth | Director | 1999-07-01 | 2001-05-25 |
| FERGUSON, Ian George | Director | 1998-01-21 | 1999-01-01 |
| HASLE, Sebastien Marcel Raymond | Director | 2017-05-03 | 2025-07-24 |
| HORNIG, Gerhard Friedrich Wilhelm | Director | 1993-09-21 | 1997-04-17 |
| HOWIE, William Hamish | Director | — | 1994-10-31 |
| JONES, Malcolm Vaughan | Director | 2005-11-18 | 2007-07-04 |
| LEWIS, Robin Kenneth | Director | 2022-12-01 | 2023-04-24 |
| LIDDELL, Graeme Ian | Director | 1997-02-07 | 1999-07-01 |
| LYONS, Sharon | Director | 2003-12-19 | 2006-03-31 |
| MAY, Alan Leslie | Director | — | 1993-09-21 |
| ODDY, Martin | Director | — | 1996-07-03 |
| OSBORNE, Gary James | Director | — | 1994-10-31 |
| PARKER, James Robert | Director | 2007-07-16 | 2015-04-22 |
| RIGG, Jeff | Director | 2011-05-19 | 2013-02-28 |
| ROWE, Thomas Joseph | Director | 1997-04-17 | 1998-07-01 |
| SANDEMAN, Angus William | Director | 1999-07-08 | 2001-03-31 |
| SCHMALZRIEDT, Gary | Director | 1998-07-01 | 1999-07-01 |
| WARD, William Stephen | Director | 2005-05-03 | 2006-04-11 |
| WATT, Alastair Lawson | Director | 1999-06-18 | 2020-11-30 |
| WRIGHT, John Rodgers Fallow | Director | 2003-01-22 | 2004-02-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna Elmwood Holdings Sprl | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 193 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-13 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-07-28 | AP03 | officers | appoint person secretary company with name date |
| 2025-07-25 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-07-24 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-07-17 | TM02 | officers | termination secretary company with name termination date |
| 2025-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2024-08-08 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-10-05 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-04-24 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2022-12-01 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2022-12-01 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2022-10-19 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2022-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-02-07 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2022-02-04 | AUD | auditors | auditors resignation company |
| 2021-07-06 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2021-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2020-11-30 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
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