GALLAGHER BASSETT INTERNATIONAL LTD.
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-23 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£41M
-7.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£16M
-15.2% vs 2023
Employees
350
+24.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£4M
-49.9% 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 | £17,015,000 | £23,688,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£2,404,000 | -£3,816,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,733,000 | -£4,097,000 | |
| Net profit | -£2,145,000 | -£2,938,000 | |
| Cash | £43,733,000 | £40,605,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £23,293,000 | £17,225,000 | |
| Net assets | £19,277,000 | £16,339,000 | |
| Equity | £19,277,000 | £16,339,000 | |
| Average employees | 282 | 350 | |
| Wages | £10,259,000 | £14,910,000 |
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 | -14.1% | -16.1% | |
| Net margin | -12.6% | -12.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -10.3% | -22.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.97x | 0.90x | |
| Interest cover | -7.31x | -13.58x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of at least to 30 September 2026, and no material uncertainties related to going concern have been identified.”
Group structure
- GALLAGHER BASSETT INTERNATIONAL LTD. · parent
- Gallagher Bassett Insurance Services Limited 100%
- Countrywide Accident Assistance Limited 100%
- Strata Solicitors Limited 100%
- HMG - PCMS Limited 100%
- Camco One Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Company acquired 100% of the shares of W K Webster & Co Limited (along with its wholly owned subsidiaries, WKW Services Ltd, W K Webster (Overseas) Ltd, International Surveyors and Adjusters (Benelux) B.V., W.K. Webster (International) Pte. Ltd. and WKWI Services Pte.Ltd) for an initial consideration of £112.9m in February 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HILL, Richard Simon Peter | Secretary | 2015-05-13 | — | — |
| HILL, Richard Simon Peter | Director | 2013-08-01 | Dec 1976 | British |
| HUDSON, Scott Richard | Director | 2010-11-16 | Feb 1961 | American |
| SAGAR, Manan | Director | 2024-03-27 | Feb 1980 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWNING, Gavin John | Secretary | 2004-11-12 | 2013-07-26 |
| CAVAZZI, Gary Mark | Secretary | 1992-10-09 | 2004-11-12 |
| LLOYD, Jeffrey John | Secretary | — | 1992-09-07 |
| PATEL, Rekha | Secretary | 2013-08-01 | 2015-05-13 |
| BONSER, Nicholas Andrew | Director | 2010-11-15 | 2018-07-01 |
| BROUSSE, Rainier Dominic | Director | — | 1993-06-17 |
| BROUSSE, Rainier Dominic | Director | — | 1993-06-17 |
| BROWNING, Gavin John | Director | 1999-04-07 | 2013-07-26 |
| CAMPBELL, John Gerald | Director | — | 1998-06-30 |
| CAVAZZI, Gary Mark | Director | 1992-10-09 | 2004-11-12 |
| CLOHERTY, Michael James | Director | — | 2002-09-03 |
| DURKALSKI, Peter James | Director | — | 2004-11-12 |
| GALLAGHER, John Patrick | Director | — | 1996-02-23 |
| GALLAGHER, Robert | Director | — | 2004-11-12 |
| GREIFENKAMP, Laura Ann | Director | 2013-05-20 | 2015-11-30 |
| LAZZARO, Jack Henry | Director | — | 1997-12-18 |
| LLOYD, Jeffrey John | Director | — | 1992-09-07 |
| MASON, Robert | Director | 1997-12-18 | 2010-12-02 |
| MCKENNA, Richard John | Director | 2004-11-08 | 2010-12-02 |
| NEIL, Michael Gilbert | Director | — | 1996-04-30 |
| NORRIS, Forrest | Director | 2010-11-16 | 2013-05-20 |
| PARSONS, Russell | Director | 1998-04-24 | 2018-11-01 |
| PEMBERTON, Simon Matthew | Director | 2018-07-01 | 2024-03-26 |
| PRINCE, Stephen John | Director | — | 2015-05-31 |
| SHUTLER, Michael | Director | 1994-01-05 | 1997-08-29 |
| STANCIK, John David | Director | — | 2004-11-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur J Gallagher & Co | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 185 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-15 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-29 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-09-29 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-08-02 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2023-08-01 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2023-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-28 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2021-07-27 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2021-07-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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
-
Turnover
+39.2%
£17,015,000 £23,688,000
-
Cash
-7.2%
£43,733,000 £40,605,000
-
Net assets
-15.2%
£19,277,000 £16,339,000
-
Employees
+24.1%
282 350
-
Operating profit
-58.7%
-£2,404,000 -£3,816,000
-
Profit before tax
-49.9%
-£2,733,000 -£4,097,000
-
Wages
+45.3%
£10,259,000 £14,910,000
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