B.P.MARSH & COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-05 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-22
Watchouts
Cash
£74M
+82.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£326M
+42.4% vs 2024
Employees
17
+6.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£100M
+133.9% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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5 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- B.P.MARSH & COMPANY LIMITED 2006-01-13 → present
- B.P.MARSH & PARTNERS LIMITED 2002-07-02 → 2006-01-13
- B.P. MARSH & CO. LIMITED 1990-01-29 → 2002-07-02
- MARKTODAY LIMITED 1989-12-22 → 1990-01-29
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £42,013,322 | £96,514,182 | |
| Profit before tax | £42,561,982 | £99,532,560 | |
| Net profit | £42,529,133 | £99,498,803 | |
| Cash | £40,426,343 | £73,715,721 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £229,168,736 | £326,407,888 | |
| Equity | £229,168,736 | £326,407,888 | |
| Average employees | 16 | 17 | |
| Wages | £5,144,513 | £9,113,909 |
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 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 3.6% | 2.6% | |
| Current ratio | 15.81x | 15.11x | |
| Interest cover | 768.05x | 706.60x |
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
- Rawlinson & Hunter Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. This is because the directors, after making enquiries and specifically considering the implications of the ongoing geopolitical events and the wider economic issues arising from these, and following a review of the Company's forecasts for 2026 and 2027, including cash flows and borrowing facilities, consider that the Company has adequate resources to continue its operation for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- B.P.MARSH & COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- Marsh Insurance Holdings Limited 100%
- B.P. Marsh Asset Management Limited 100%
- B.P. Marsh (North America) Limited 100%
- B.P. Marsh Europe Limited 100%
- B.P. Marsh & Co. Trustee Company Limited 100%
- Marsh Development Capital Limited 100%
- XPT London Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 19th March 2025 the Company provided Pantheon Specialty Group Limited ("Pantheon") with further loan funding of £1,000,000.”
- “On 16th April 2025 the Company received further consideration of £9,172,141 from the disposal of its investment in Paladin Holdings Limited ("Paladin").”
- “On 23rd April 2025 the Company acquired an 8% equity stake in iO Finance Partners Topco Limited ("iO Partners"), via a mixture of preferred and ordinary shares, for consideration of £10,000,000.”
- “On 30th May 2025 the Company completed the disposal of its c.19.7% investment in Sterling Insurance PTY Limited ("Sterling").”
- “On 30th May 2025 the Company paid a dividend of £16,500,599 (6.549 pence per share) to its parent undertaking, B.P. Marsh & Partners Plc.”
- “On 4th June 2025 the Company acquired a 49% equity stake in Amiga Specialty Holdings Limited ("Amiga") for a nominal consideration of £49.”
- “On 5th June 2025, LEBC Holdings Limited (“LEBC”), an investee company of the Company, received the first tranche of deferred contingent consideration.”
- “On 16th June 2025 the Company acquired a 27.03% equity stake in Cameron Specialty HoldCo Limited ("Cameron Specialty") for consideration of £1,100,000.”
- “On 24th June 2025 the Company acquired a further 2% equity stake in Pantheon for consideration of £5,500,000.”
- “On 22nd September 2025 the Company acquired a 35% equity stake in Salus Capital Partners Limited ("Salus") for nominal consideration of £35.”
- “On 30th September 2025 the Company completed a £10,000,000 investment in Oneglobal Broking Holdings Limited ("Oneglobal").”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PEARSON, Ruth, Ms. | Secretary | 2025-03-14 | — | — |
| BENSON, Abigail Lucy | Director | 2018-06-14 | Jan 1991 | British |
| BOGUE, Oliver Charles James | Director | 2018-06-14 | Sep 1987 | British |
| CHAPPELL, Francesca Louise | Director | 2018-06-14 | Nov 1988 | British |
| FOULK, Alice Hannah Daisy | Director | 2015-02-16 | Jan 1987 | British |
| TOPPING, Daniel John | Director | 2011-03-01 | Mar 1984 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIGNELL, Julie Anne | Secretary | 2024-11-29 | 2025-01-29 |
| BOGUE, Oliver Charles James | Secretary | 2025-01-29 | 2025-03-14 |
| CLARKE, Stephen Sheridan | Secretary | 1997-03-13 | 1997-10-01 |
| GOLISZEK, Lidia | Secretary | — | 1997-04-21 |
| KING, Robert Gaius | Secretary | 2007-02-01 | 2011-06-14 |
| O'HAIRE, Sinead | Secretary | 2011-06-14 | 2024-11-29 |
| PIGRAM, Ivor | Secretary | 1997-10-01 | 1997-10-01 |
| PIGRAM, Ivor | Secretary | 1997-10-01 | 2007-01-31 |
| CLARKE, Stephen Sheridan | Director | 1993-06-30 | 2013-10-01 |
| CROWTHER, Stephen Joseph | Director | 1998-05-01 | 2007-03-27 |
| DE ZULUETA, Francis Philip Harold | Director | 2002-02-01 | 2008-12-04 |
| DUNBAR, Julliet Kathleen Natasha | Director | 1997-12-03 | 2014-09-06 |
| GOLISZEK, Lidia | Director | 1992-02-15 | 1997-04-21 |
| KENYON, Camilla Sarah | Director | 2011-03-01 | 2019-08-31 |
| KING, Robert Gaius | Director | 2008-01-29 | 2011-06-14 |
| LAKHANI, Pankaj Bhagwanji | Director | 2015-05-21 | 2015-05-21 |
| MARSH, Brian Peter | Director | — | 2026-04-15 |
| MORTLOCK, Philip John | Director | — | 2013-10-01 |
| NEWMAN, Jonathan Stuart | Director | 2001-09-20 | 2024-09-05 |
| SCOONES, Campbell Richard | Director | 2013-04-19 | 2013-10-01 |
| SHIRLEY, Peter Michael | Director | 1998-09-02 | 2006-02-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Francesca Louise Chappell | Individual | Significant influence | 2024-09-16 | Ceased 2025-12-23 |
| Mr Brian Peter Marsh | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2025-12-23 |
| Ms Alice Hannah Daisy Foulk | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2025-12-23 |
| Mr Daniel John Topping | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2025-12-23 |
| Mr Jonathan Stuart Newman | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2024-09-05 |
| Ms Camilla Sarah Kenyon | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2019-08-31 |
| B.P. Marsh & Partners Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 278 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-27 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-03-27 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-29 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-01-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-12-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-18 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-15 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
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Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+82.3%
£40,426,343 £73,715,721
-
Net assets
+42.4%
£229,168,736 £326,407,888
-
Employees
+6.3%
16 17
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Operating profit
+129.7%
£42,013,322 £96,514,182
-
Profit before tax
+133.9%
£42,561,982 £99,532,560
-
Wages
+77.2%
£5,144,513 £9,113,909
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