SABRE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-22 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£25M
-18.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£102M
-0.8% vs 2024
Employees
173
+4.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£52M
+5.6% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SABRE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED 1989-08-02 → present
- NEVRUS (478) LIMITED 1989-05-19 → 1989-08-02
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £248,131,000 | £217,990,000 | |
| Operating profit | £38,919,000 | £38,684,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £49,168,000 | £51,930,000 | |
| Net profit | £36,415,000 | £38,643,000 | |
| Cash | £31,032,000 | £25,430,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £413,945,000 | £464,336,000 | |
| Net assets | £102,575,000 | £101,783,000 | |
| Equity | £102,575,000 | £101,783,000 | |
| Average employees | 165 | 173 | |
| Wages | £11,332,000 | £12,956,000 |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 15.7% | 17.7% | |
| Net margin | 14.7% | 17.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.4% | 8.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 79.9% | 82.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.03x | 2.23x | |
| Interest cover | 4.64x | 3.88x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operation for at least 12 months from the date the Directors approved these financial statements and that therefore it is appropriate to adopt a going concern basis for the preparation of the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KINGAN, Anneka Samantha | Secretary | 2018-05-18 | — | — |
| CARTER, Geoffrey Richard | Director | 2015-12-14 | Mar 1969 | British |
| CHAPPLE, Ian | Director | 2024-09-01 | Apr 1965 | British |
| GEARY, Karen Mary | Director | 2020-12-07 | Nov 1962 | British |
| JOSEPH, Bryan Ruthven Patrick | Director | 2023-06-01 | Aug 1959 | British,Trinidadian |
| MORRIS, Alison Clare Munro | Director | 2022-05-01 | Sep 1959 | British |
| NEAVE, David Stanley | Director | 2025-08-01 | May 1959 | British |
| SHELLEY, Rebecca Ann | Director | 2017-12-11 | Nov 1965 | British |
| WEBB, Trevor Neil | Director | 2010-03-17 | Nov 1965 | British |
| WESTWOOD, Adam Richard | Director | 2016-09-15 | Oct 1983 | British |
| WRIGHT, Matthew Tristan | Director | 2022-12-23 | Aug 1987 | British |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHILD, Lester Ian | Secretary | 1991-09-18 | 1999-09-30 |
| MORRIS, Keith John | Secretary | 2005-10-22 | 2016-11-25 |
| SHARPE, Yasmin | Secretary | — | 1991-09-18 |
| TOWNS, Susan Laura | Secretary | 2002-02-08 | 2005-10-21 |
| WESTWOOD, Adam | Secretary | 2016-11-25 | 2018-05-18 |
| CGNU COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1999-09-30 | 2002-02-08 |
| ADDISON, Kenneth George | Director | — | 1996-10-23 |
| BALL, Angus | Director | 2002-02-08 | 2019-04-09 |
| BARTON, Catherine Elizabeth | Director | 2017-12-11 | 2021-11-26 |
| BIGGS, Michael Nicholas | Director | 2000-11-14 | 2002-02-08 |
| CHILD, Lester Ian | Director | 1992-09-30 | 1999-09-30 |
| CLARK, Ian Edward | Director | 2014-05-22 | 2024-05-22 |
| CRONLY, Joseph Henry | Director | 2014-01-22 | 2017-12-11 |
| CROSS, Peter | Director | — | 1996-10-23 |
| CURZIO, Stefano Pietro Quadrio | Director | 2014-01-22 | 2016-05-18 |
| FOUND, Paul Anthony | Director | 1999-07-17 | 2000-11-14 |
| HINDLEY, David John | Director | 2014-05-22 | 2017-09-21 |
| HODGES, Mark Steven | Director | 2001-04-23 | 2002-02-08 |
| HOSGOOD, Jonathan Paul | Director | 2014-01-22 | 2016-09-15 |
| KAVANAUGH, John Lawrence | Director | 2002-08-01 | 2014-05-22 |
| KOLLER, Michael Dominik Fabian | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| MACDONALD, David Gavin | Director | 1996-10-23 | 2000-11-14 |
| MAYER, Igal Mordeciah | Director | 2000-11-14 | 2001-04-23 |
| MORRIS, Keith John | Director | 2002-02-08 | 2019-12-31 |
| NEWTON, Robert | Director | 1996-10-23 | 2000-11-14 |
| NICHOLS, Geoffrey Claude | Director | — | 1996-10-23 |
| OCKENDEN, James Thomas | Director | 2016-09-15 | 2021-04-16 |
| POMFRET, Andrew David | Director | 2018-05-23 | 2023-11-18 |
| ROBINSON, Peter Norman Osmond | Director | 2002-08-01 | 2014-05-22 |
| SCHRAUWERS, Cornelis Antonius Carolus Maria, Dr | Director | 1999-07-17 | 2000-11-14 |
| SNOWBALL, Patrick Joseph Robert | Director | 2017-07-31 | 2020-09-01 |
| SNOWBALL, Patrick Joseph Robert | Director | 2000-11-14 | 2002-02-08 |
| SWORDS, Patrick | Director | 2002-04-16 | 2016-01-03 |
| TOOTH, Matthew David | Director | 2016-09-15 | 2018-06-18 |
| TURNER, James Alan | Director | — | 1997-10-22 |
| WARNOCK, David William | Director | 2002-04-16 | 2010-03-31 |
| WOODCOCK, Alan Henry | Director | — | 1999-07-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binomial Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 219 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-16 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-16 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-08 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2022-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
-12.1%
£248,131,000 £217,990,000
-
Cash
-18.1%
£31,032,000 £25,430,000
-
Net assets
-0.8%
£102,575,000 £101,783,000
-
Employees
+4.8%
165 173
-
Operating profit
-0.6%
£38,919,000 £38,684,000
-
Profit before tax
+5.6%
£49,168,000 £51,930,000
-
Wages
+14.3%
£11,332,000 £12,956,000
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