CHAUCER SYNDICATE SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-09 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£22K
+14.3% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£3K
+20% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- CHAUCER SYNDICATE SERVICES LIMITED 1997-04-09 → present
- STEWART INSURANCE SERVICES LIMITED 1990-12-17 → 1997-04-09
- TROJAN UNDERWRITING LIMITED 1990-05-22 → 1990-12-17
- TROJAN UNDERWRITING AGENCY LIMITED 1979-11-27 → 1990-05-22
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 | £17,250 | £20,700 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £2,250 | £2,700 | |
| Net profit | £2,250 | £2,700 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £18,845 | £21,545 | |
| Equity | £18,845 | £21,545 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 13.0% | 13.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.0% | 0.0% |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the Directors have formed a judgement at the time of approving the financial statements, that there is a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAMER, Phillip John | Secretary | 2025-05-01 | — | — |
| CARNALL, Sonja Patricia | Director | 2024-07-01 | Dec 1976 | British |
| WILLIS, Daniel John | Director | 2012-08-21 | Jul 1973 | British |
| WRIGHT, James | Director | 2024-07-01 | Jun 1981 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARNETT, Richard Nicholas | Secretary | 2016-02-12 | 2025-04-30 |
| CAMPELL, Iain Fraser | Secretary | 1998-10-01 | 2000-04-30 |
| GOODENOUGH, Adrian | Secretary | 2009-08-14 | 2014-04-01 |
| HOWARD, Manda Elizabeth | Secretary | 1996-11-22 | 1998-10-01 |
| JEPHCOTT, Mark | Secretary | 1992-12-16 | 1996-11-22 |
| OLLETT, Brian John | Secretary | — | 1992-12-15 |
| OSMAN, Philip Arthur Victor Selim | Secretary | 2000-11-30 | 2006-03-01 |
| PHILP, Clive James | Secretary | 2008-09-11 | 2009-08-14 |
| SHALLCROSS, Katherine | Secretary | 2014-04-01 | 2015-06-17 |
| TRACE, David John Arthur | Secretary | 2000-05-01 | 2000-11-30 |
| TURNER, David Charles | Secretary | 2006-03-01 | 2008-09-11 |
| BARTELL, Bruce Philip | Director | 1996-11-22 | 2012-08-21 |
| BENDLE, David Clifford | Director | 2021-12-01 | 2024-07-01 |
| CALLAN, Robert John | Director | 2016-02-12 | 2024-07-01 |
| CARRILLO-MORALES, Mauricio Clemente | Director | 2010-01-28 | 2016-02-12 |
| CRAIG, David Curtis | Director | — | 1993-01-15 |
| CURTIS, Kenneth Douglas | Director | 2007-05-25 | 2013-03-31 |
| FOWLE, John | Director | 2016-02-12 | 2018-06-21 |
| GRANDE, Roderic William Ricardo | Director | — | 1996-11-22 |
| GRAY, Martin Bevis | Director | 1993-01-15 | 1995-11-28 |
| NOBLE, Edward Nelson | Director | 1996-08-12 | 2007-05-25 |
| SAKER, David Stephen | Director | 2013-04-02 | 2021-12-01 |
| SIMPSON, James Robert | Director | 1996-08-12 | 1997-12-16 |
| SLATER, Ian David | Director | — | 1992-11-04 |
| SMITH, Steven Mark | Director | 2013-04-02 | 2015-02-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaucer Capital Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2018-12-11 | Active |
| Chaucer International Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-12-10 | Ceased 2018-12-11 |
| Chaucer Syndicates Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-12-10 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 176 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-05-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-01 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2024-06-20 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2023-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
+20%
£17,250 £20,700
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+14.3%
£18,845 £21,545
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
+20%
£2,250 £2,700
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