WILLIS GROUP SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-15 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-01
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£34M
+30.8% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£5M
+25% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- WILLIS GROUP SERVICES LIMITED 2000-04-17 → present
- WILLIS CORROON GROUP SERVICES LIMITED 1992-01-01 → 2000-04-17
- WILLIS FABER MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED 1988-01-01 → 1992-01-01
- WILLIS FABER (FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION) LIMITED 1980-12-31 → 1988-01-01
- CINART LIMITED 1979-10-01 → 1980-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £265,000,000 | £310,000,000 | |
| Operating profit | £12,000,000 | £14,000,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,000,000 | £5,000,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,000,000 | £6,000,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £233,000,000 | £197,000,000 | |
| Net assets | £26,000,000 | £34,000,000 | |
| Equity | £26,000,000 | £34,000,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | £1,000,000 | £4,000,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.5% | 4.5% | |
| Net margin | 0.8% | 1.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.2% | 7.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 91.9% | 88.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.94x | 1.69x | |
| Interest cover | 1.50x | 1.56x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte 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 the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- WILLIS GROUP SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- Willis Corroon Nominees Limited 100%
- Willis Group Medical Trust Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 29 November 2024, the Company's immediate parent changed from Willis Faber Limited to Willis International Limited as part of a restructure of the WTW holding companies.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRAME, Richard Peter | Director | 2021-12-06 | Feb 1966 | British |
| CHERRY, Michael John, Dr | Director | 2019-10-02 | Jun 1969 | British |
| HAMMOND-WEST, Rosemary Hazel | Director | 2024-09-10 | Feb 1969 | British |
| KELSEY, Vanessa Joanne | Director | 2021-09-21 | May 1971 | British |
| TYLEY, John Robert | Director | 2021-12-06 | Dec 1964 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRYANT, Shaun Kevin | Secretary | 2005-03-03 | 2010-09-07 |
| CLARK, Giles Sebastian | Secretary | — | 1997-02-28 |
| PEEL, Alistair Charles | Secretary | 2012-09-03 | 2016-07-22 |
| WARREN, Tracy Marina | Secretary | 1997-03-01 | 2005-03-03 |
| WILLIS CORPORATE SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2010-09-08 | 2012-09-03 |
| BISHOP, Christopher Helyar | Director | — | 1997-06-30 |
| CHITTY, Michael Patrick | Director | — | 2009-07-31 |
| COLLINGS, Stuart Gordon | Director | — | 1993-06-30 |
| COLRAINE, Thomas | Director | 1997-07-01 | 2006-12-31 |
| DALZELL, Richard Arthur | Director | 1994-03-31 | 1997-08-31 |
| DOWNEY, William James | Director | — | 1994-10-31 |
| GAFFNEY, Simon William | Director | 2012-02-03 | 2018-03-16 |
| GOFF, Richard Roy | Director | 2015-03-25 | 2021-10-04 |
| KERSHAW, Maurice Edmund | Director | — | 1993-05-01 |
| LEWIS, John Christopher | Director | 2016-01-29 | 2019-08-31 |
| MARGRETT, David Basil | Director | 2007-02-28 | 2011-11-11 |
| MARTIN, Joan | Director | — | 1997-12-12 |
| POCOCK, Iain Vyvyan | Director | 2018-03-29 | 2019-06-18 |
| REGAN, Patrick Charles | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2010-02-19 |
| RENWICK, Melanie Jane | Director | 2019-06-18 | 2021-12-06 |
| ROBINS, John Vernon Harry | Director | — | 1994-03-31 |
| SMITH, David Harrington | Director | — | 1998-10-16 |
| TAYLOR, John Maxwell Percy | Director | 1997-07-01 | 1997-12-31 |
| WHITE, Richard James | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| WOOD, Stephen Edward | Director | 2009-07-31 | 2016-01-29 |
| WRIGHT, Michael | Director | 1997-12-12 | 2004-12-30 |
| WILLIS CORPORATE DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2011-11-17 | 2024-09-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willis International Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-11-29 | Active |
| Willis Faber Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-11-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 202 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-20 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-06-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
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Turnover
+17%
£265,000,000 £310,000,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+30.8%
£26,000,000 £34,000,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+16.7%
£12,000,000 £14,000,000
-
Profit before tax
+25%
£4,000,000 £5,000,000
-
Wages
+300%
£1,000,000 £4,000,000
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