CIGNA EUROPEAN SERVICES (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-06 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£12M
-68.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£31M
-37.1% vs 2023
Employees
1,505
-5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£7M
+48.3% vs 2023
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 | £157,553,473 | £145,878,711 | |
| Operating profit | £4,370,750 | £5,946,684 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,008,939 | £7,428,594 | |
| Net profit | £3,752,296 | £7,683,387 | |
| Cash | £39,687,656 | £12,444,380 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £54,077,032 | £32,130,261 | |
| Net assets | £49,365,532 | £31,030,449 | |
| Equity | £49,365,532 | £31,030,449 | |
| Average employees | 1,584 | 1,505 | |
| Wages | £74,315,763 | £69,650,906 |
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 | 2.8% | 4.1% | |
| Net margin | 2.4% | 5.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.1% | 18.5% | |
| Current ratio | 3.04x | 2.63x | |
| Interest cover | 54.18x | 10812.15x |
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
- 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 and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
-7.4%
£157,553,473 £145,878,711
-
Cash
-68.6%
£39,687,656 £12,444,380
-
Net assets
-37.1%
£49,365,532 £31,030,449
-
Employees
-5%
1,584 1,505
-
Operating profit
+36.1%
£4,370,750 £5,946,684
-
Profit before tax
+48.3%
£5,008,939 £7,428,594
-
Wages
-6.3%
£74,315,763 £69,650,906
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers