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LYCETT, BROWNE-SWINBURNE & DOUGLASS LIMITED

#00706042 · Active · Incorporated 1961-10-19 (64y 7m) · Last filing 2026-02-13 (3mo ago)
Financials · SIC 66220 · K Financial & Insurance Activities · Full accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-09-18 (in 4mo)

Last made up 2025-09-04

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£5M

-44.9% vs 2023

Net assets

£12M

+20.6% vs 2023

Employees

255

+7.6% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£3M

+148% vs 2023

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £25,143,825£26,399,618
Operating profit £3,772,890£2,744,328
Profit before tax £1,277,819£3,168,647
Net profit £207,837£2,406,961
Cash £8,325,001£4,589,832
Total assets less current liabilities £9,710,579£11,713,290
Net assets £9,710,579£11,713,290
Equity £9,710,579£11,713,290
Average employees 237255
Wages £12,024,201£12,945,589

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 15.0%10.4%
Net margin 0.8%9.1%
Return on capital employed 38.9%23.4%
Current ratio 1.62x1.66x
Interest cover 48.16x85.20x

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 directors have performed a going concern assessment which has consisted of assessing whether the Company has the ability to meet its obligations as they fall due over a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements. The assessment included consideration of severe but plausible downside scenarios with the conclusion being that in even under these scenarios the Company is forecast to have sufficient resources to be able to meet its obligations as they fall due and therefore the directors have concluded that the Company remains a going concern and the financial statements have been prepared on that basis.”

Group structure

  1. LYCETT, BROWNE-SWINBURNE & DOUGLASS LIMITED · parent
    1. Lycetts Financial Services Limited 100% · England and Wales · Life insurance broker and pensions and other financial services consultant
    2. Robertson-McIsaac Ltd 100% · England and Wales · Insurance Broker
    3. GD Anderson & Co Limited 100% · England and Wales · Insurance Broker
    4. Cheviot Insurance Services Ltd 100% · England and Wales · Insurance Broker

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

7 active · 27 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
HALL, Rachael Jane Secretary 2013-08-19 — —
BARCLAY, Ian James Director 2024-09-01 Jul 1969 British
BARNE, William Alexander Director 2007-05-01 Feb 1967 British
MARTIN, Ian St John Director 2023-08-21 May 1964 British
MOORE, David Robert Director 2020-04-07 Feb 1966 British
SADLER, Colin David Director 2013-11-22 Oct 1967 British
SKINGLE, Richard Miles Director 2024-10-17 Sep 1970 British
Show 27 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
MADDISON, Ian William Secretary 2009-10-02 2013-08-19
PAYNE, David Noel Secretary — 2009-10-02
BROWNE-SWINBURNE, John Director — 2007-10-31
CARR-ELLISON, Ralph Harry, Sir Director — 1998-08-14
COCKREM, Denise Patricia Director 2020-04-07 2023-08-21
COX, Christopher John Godman Director 2003-05-01 2025-12-31
CREASY, Edward George Director 2015-02-25 2016-12-31
DOUGLASS, Robin Braithwaite Director — 1999-09-01
FOSTER, Alastair Charles Herbert Director 2013-11-27 2024-09-01
HAMILTON, Charles Alexander Director 2006-10-18 2011-05-01
HARPER, Simon Robert Director 2015-06-16 2024-07-10
HEWITT, David Jonathan Director 2005-05-31 2012-10-05
HEWS, Mark Christopher John Director 2016-10-06 2020-06-10
KEATE, Angus Christopher Director 1991-10-01 2023-07-27
LANDALE, Simon Richard Director 2013-11-21 2022-05-18
LIDDELL, Mark Charles Director — 2009-03-31
LYCETT, Michael Hindersley Director — 1998-08-14
MCGOWAN, Mungo Alexander Cansh, The Hon Director 1999-05-01 2001-04-30
MCIRVINE, Jonathan Benedict Director 2011-05-26 2013-03-26
NICHOLL, Edward Rice Director — 2015-05-15
NICHOLL, William Rice Director 2013-11-22 2024-06-21
NICHOLSON, Frank Director 2002-01-01 2007-04-30
SEYMOUR, Charles Richard Director 1991-10-01 2016-12-31
STEELE, Sheelagh Director 1992-11-01 2015-04-02
STRAKER, Nicholas David Barclay Director — 2016-12-31
WALKER, William David Director — 1997-04-30
WHITE RIDLEY, Matthew, Doctor Director 1994-12-01 2003-09-18

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Lycetts Holdings Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 205 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-02-13 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2026-01-09 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-09-17 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-07-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-10-30 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-10-04 AUD auditors Auditors resignation company
2024-09-18 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-09-12 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-09-12 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-07-18 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-07-05 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-06-18 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-09-15 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-08-24 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-08-24 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-07-31 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-07-31 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-07-28 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-07-28 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-07-28 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
4

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

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

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

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