DEVITT INSURANCE SERVICES LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-10-20 (in 5mo)

Last made up 2025-10-06

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£10M

-2% vs 2023

Net assets

£14M

+3.2% highest in 5 filed years

Employees

122

-5.4% lowest in 5 filed years

Profit before tax

—

Period ending 2024-12-31

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

DEVITT INSURANCE SERVICES LIMITED 1989-12-15 → present
SBJ GROUP PROPERTIES (NO. 2) LIMITED 1989-11-02 → 1989-12-15

Net assets

7-year trend · vs Financials median

DEVITT INSURANCE SERVICES LIMITED·Financials median · n=631

Accounts

7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	—	—	£13,067,411	—	—	£15,262,168	£14,999,655
Operating profit	—	—	£3,174,778	—	—	£4,027,886	£730,233
Profit before tax	—	—	£3,177,218	£4,510,369	£2,892,736	£4,027,886	—
Net profit	—	—	£2,564,788	—	£2,368,189	£3,104,626	£437,107
Cash	—	—	£906,032	£3,393,679	£7,792,641	£10,238,187	£10,030,392
Total assets less current liabilities	—	—	£5,140,155	£8,082,567	£10,511,771	£13,580,741	£14,373,859
Net assets	—	—	£5,092,669	£8,016,051	£10,384,240	£13,488,866	£13,925,973
Equity	—	£4,327,881	£5,092,669	£8,016,051	£10,384,240	£13,488,866	£13,925,973
Average employees	—	—	135	132	127	129	122
Wages	—	—	£3,395,010	£3,425,593	£3,781,721	£3,805,421	£3,675,442

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	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	—	—	24.3%	—	—	26.4%	4.9%
Net margin	—	—	19.6%	—	—	20.3%	2.9%
Return on capital employed	—	—	61.8%	—	—	29.7%	5.1%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	2.68x	1.82x

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: Moore Kingston Smith LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period to 31 August 2026 and no material uncertainties related to going concern have been identified.”

Significant events

“The business is not impacted materially by the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine and is monitoring the impact that inflation and the current economic climate may have.”

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

People

3 active · 31 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
COUSINS, David Michael Edwin	Director	2025-05-15	Jan 1973	British
HARRIS, Nicholas George Robert	Director	2024-09-02	May 1974	British
WHITTINGHAM, James Oliver	Director	2022-08-02	Aug 1977	British

Show 31 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
ATKINSON, Peter Jeremy	Secretary	2003-12-31	2006-01-21
BIRRELL, Christopher Ros Stewart	Secretary	1992-03-06	1992-09-25
CASSIDY, Paul Bernard	Secretary	2002-03-05	2003-12-31
COLE, Simon Lawrence Vernon	Secretary	1992-09-25	1999-09-30
HUTCHINGS, Penelope Ann	Secretary	2005-04-14	2011-05-05
PEEL, Alistair Charles	Secretary	2023-03-17	2024-07-26
TIMMIS, John Whittome	Secretary	1999-09-30	2002-03-05
VENUS, Peter Charles	Secretary	—	1992-03-06
AINSWORTH, Robert Edmund	Director	—	1991-12-31
BARRATT, William Melsom	Director	1993-01-22	1999-09-30
BODEN, George	Director	—	2000-03-31
BOLE, Peter Douglas	Director	2008-05-14	2009-02-27
CHAPMAN, Anthony Edward	Director	1999-01-12	2022-06-24
CRAWFORD, Charles Robertson	Director	2005-04-14	2009-06-30
DEVITT, Richard Howson	Director	—	1996-10-17
EVANS, Darrell Paul	Director	2010-03-10	2011-05-05
HIDDLESTON, David James	Director	2001-02-22	2004-04-30
HORWELL, John Malcolm	Director	—	1991-03-31
HOUGHTON, Richard David	Director	2006-06-26	2007-01-22
HUGHES, Louise	Director	2022-08-04	2025-02-24
HUGHES, William James	Director	2002-06-25	2024-08-05
HUTCHINSON, Linda Christine	Director	1992-01-01	1998-12-31
KIEFER, Stephen Charles Hirst	Director	—	2012-10-31
LUMSDEN, Alan Alexander Fagan	Director	1992-06-15	1998-10-28
MARSH, Bernard John	Director	2000-03-30	2003-05-16
O'ROARKE, John Brendan	Director	1999-09-30	2005-04-14
PRETLOVE, Martin George	Director	—	2008-01-31
REA, Michael Peter	Director	2022-08-12	2024-09-02
SMITH, Robert Stephen	Director	2000-03-30	2003-01-31
WEST, James Maclean	Director	1996-07-22	1998-10-30
WYNN, Herbert John	Director	—	1999-01-25

Ownership

Persons with significant control

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

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 187 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-10-08	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-09-16	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-08-14	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-06-23	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-02-25	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-10-15	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-09-04	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-09-04	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-08-16	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-08-09	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2024-06-13	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-11-10	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2023-10-06	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-09-26	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-03-20	AP03	officers	Appoint person secretary company with name date	PDF
2022-10-06	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-09-22	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-08-17	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-08-10	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-08-10	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 4
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 1
Officers resigned: 0

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

-1.7%

£15,262,168 £14,999,655
Cash

-2%

£10,238,187 £10,030,392
Net assets

+3.2%

£13,488,866 £13,925,973

highest in 5 filed years
Employees

-5.4%

129 122

lowest in 5 filed years
Operating profit

-81.9%

£4,027,886 £730,233

lowest in 3 filed years
Wages

-3.4%

£3,805,421 £3,675,442

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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