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Next accounts due

2027-09-30 (in 1y)

Last filed for 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-04-21 (in 11mo)

Last made up 2026-04-07

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£98K

+14% vs 2024

Net assets

£9M

+43.3% vs 2024

Employees

44

+2.3% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£9M

+64.8% vs 2024

Name history

Renamed 4 times since incorporation

  1. ARGENTA PRIVATE CAPITAL LIMITED 2004-09-27 → present
  2. SOC PRIVATE CAPITAL LIMITED 2000-12-13 → 2004-09-27
  3. SEDGWICK OAKWOOD LLOYD'S UNDERWRITING AGENTS LIMITED 1996-05-09 → 2000-12-13
  4. SEDGWICK LLOYD'S UNDERWRITING AGENTS LIMITED 1986-02-01 → 1996-05-09
  5. SEDGWICK FORBES (LLOYD'S UNDERWRITING AGENTS) LIMITED 1962-11-21 → 1986-02-01

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2024-12-312025-12-31
Turnover £17,983,000£23,300,000
Operating profit £5,032,000£8,622,000
Profit before tax £5,376,000£8,860,000
Net profit £4,012,000£6,722,000
Cash £86,000£98,000
Total assets less current liabilities £6,264,000£8,974,000
Net assets £6,264,000£8,974,000
Equity £6,264,000£8,974,000
Average employees 4344
Wages £6,216,000£6,860,000

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 2024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin 28.0%37.0%
Net margin 22.3%28.8%
Return on capital employed 80.3%96.1%
Current ratio 2.34x2.39x
Interest cover 2516.00x

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
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The impact on the Company's ongoing profitability, particularly in respect of profit commission and cost inflation, have been assessed and whilst there remains considerable uncertainty in respect of these, there are no going concern implications. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue. In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”

Group structure

  1. ARGENTA PRIVATE CAPITAL LIMITED · parent
    1. APCL Corporate Director No. 1 Limited 100% · England and Wales · have not traded during the year
    2. APCL Corporate Director No. 2 Limited 100% · England and Wales · have not traded during the year
    3. Argenta Secretariat Limited 100% · England and Wales · have not traded during the year
    4. Fountain Continuity Limited 100% · Scotland · have not traded during the year
    5. Names Taxation Service Limited 100% · England and Wales · have not traded during the year
    6. Argenta Continuity Limited 100% · England and Wales · have not traded during the year
    7. Argenta General Partner Limited 100% · Scotland · have not traded during the year
    8. Argenta General Partner II LLP · Scotland · have not traded during the year
    9. Argenta LLP Services Limited 100% · England and Wales · have not traded during the year
    10. Argenta SLP Continuity Limited 100% · Scotland · have not traded during the year

Significant events

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

People

8 active · 43 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
CONNOR, Michael Sean Secretary 2021-01-27
BOWDERY, Amy Cordelia Jane Director 2022-03-23 Aug 1985 British
BURCH, Nicola Monica Alexia Director 2022-03-23 Feb 1966 British
FLACH, Robert Paul Director 2018-09-14 Mar 1967 British
GLAZE, Philip James Francis Director 2022-03-23 Jun 1964 British
MOORE, Nicholas John Director 2022-12-31 Nov 1979 British
TONGUE, Katharine Louise Director 2022-11-10 Feb 1982 British
WARNER, Marcus Gary Director 2003-09-03 May 1973 British
Show 43 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
FAIRS, Christopher John Rupert Secretary 1999-04-01 2020-08-26
MURPHY, Christopher Hugh Secretary 1999-03-31
ANNANDALE, Andrew John Director 1998-06-01 2022-12-31
BARBER, John Stuart Director 1998-01-02 2000-07-18
BIRD, Trevor Robert Director 2001-05-01 2012-07-31
BRAY, Jeremy Mark Director 2005-02-02 2012-07-30
BRETT, Rupert James Antony Director 1995-06-30
CLARK, Christopher Norman Director 2012-08-09 2020-01-01
CRISPIN, Michael Julian Director 1997-12-30
FAIRS, Christopher John Rupert Director 2000-10-01 2020-08-26
FLACH, Robert Paul Director 2005-02-02 2012-07-30
GODSON, Antony Graham Director 1999-03-31
HARRIS, Katherine Jane Director 1994-01-01 1996-06-28
HARRISON, David Bernard Director 1999-07-01 2012-11-13
HEALD, Michael Guy Hilliard Director 2011-05-01 2021-03-01
HUBBARD, Andrew John Director 2013-04-01 2024-06-30
HUDSON, Guy Bentley Director 1998-12-01 2025-12-03
JACKSON, Kevin Director 2022-11-04 2025-12-03
KNATCHBULL, Norton Louis Philip, Lord Brabourne Director 1999-09-14 2010-09-10
MACKAY, James Anthony Director 2005-02-02 2019-03-29
MAIDENS, Philip Alan Director 1996-05-08 2002-07-08
MILES, Henry Michael Pearson Director 1994-02-28
MONKSFIELD, David Director 2000-03-07 2021-06-30
MUELLER, Anne Elisabeth, Dame Director 1992-04-21 1995-12-31
MURPHY, Christopher Hugh Director 1999-03-31
MURRAY WILLIS, James Henry Director 1996-05-08 1997-12-30
PAYNE, Michael William Director 1996-05-08 2001-12-12
PINCHIN, Jeremy Director 2003-07-21
PITHER, Jon Peter Director 1997-03-26 2000-05-17
REAMES, David Peter Director 2012-08-07 2016-02-24
RIDDELL, Timothy Roger Director 2001-12-12
ROBSON, William David Director 2005-02-02 2012-07-30
ROWLAND, John David Director 1992-12-31
SANDILANDS, Paul Francis Director 2000-03-07 2013-03-31
SIMPSON, Iain Cook Director 1996-12-30
SIMPSON, James Robert Director 1995-05-26
SPENCE, Colin David Director 1996-05-24
STEWART, Derek Robert James Director 1994-04-06 1996-12-30
TAYLOR, Robin Charles Griffiths Director 1996-05-08 1997-12-30
TUCKER, Alan William Director 2001-09-12 2012-07-31
WHITE, Graham John Director 2006-10-30 2015-07-31
WILLIAMS, David Gareth Director 2011-06-01 2015-07-29
WILLIAMS, Timothy Colin Holdsworth Director 1996-05-08 1998-09-01

Ownership

Persons with significant control

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

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 235 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-04-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2026-04-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2026-04-27 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2025-12-15 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-12-15 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-05-02 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-04-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-01-28 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2024-10-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-07-17 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-04-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-04-05 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-10-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-04-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-01-11 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-01-11 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2022-12-13 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-11-10 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2022-11-04 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2022-04-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
6

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31

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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