ALAN BOSWELL INSURANCE BROKERS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-27 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£19M
+16.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£12M
-2.3% vs 2024
Employees
346
+4.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£12M
+7.8% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ALAN BOSWELL INSURANCE BROKERS LIMITED 1991-09-25 → present
- CASPERDENE LIMITED 1991-03-13 → 1991-09-25
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £33,406,672 | £35,828,550 | |
| Operating profit | £9,806,382 | £10,539,608 | |
| Profit before tax | £11,114,969 | £11,982,274 | |
| Net profit | £8,253,389 | £9,015,705 | |
| Cash | £16,427,623 | £19,076,067 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,967,065 | £12,676,226 | |
| Net assets | £12,776,340 | £12,479,305 | |
| Equity | £12,776,340 | £12,479,305 | |
| Average employees | 330 | 346 | |
| Wages | £14,181,987 | £15,025,910 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 29.4% | 29.4% | |
| Net margin | 24.7% | 25.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 75.6% | 83.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.32x | 1.29x |
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
- Lovewell Blake LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
Group structure
- ALAN BOSWELL INSURANCE BROKERS LIMITED · parent
- Alan Boswell Risk Management Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In April 2025, Andrew Thompson & Associates Ltd, a fellow insurance brokerage, joined the Alan Boswell Group.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALEXANDER-BEW, Heath Douglas | Director | 2013-01-11 | Sep 1972 | English |
| ANDERSON BROWN, Gillian Suzanne | Director | 2015-09-24 | Nov 1962 | British |
| BOSWELL, Alan Charles | Director | 1991-06-05 | Jun 1948 | British |
| BOSWELL, Lee Richard | Director | 2025-07-18 | Dec 1970 | British |
| DREW, Alastair Fitzroy | Director | 2015-09-24 | Aug 1985 | British |
| GIBBS, Christopher John | Director | 2000-07-01 | Mar 1966 | British |
| RAYNER, Adrian Mark | Director | 2013-01-11 | Jul 1965 | English |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DREW, Edward Nicholas | Secretary | 1991-06-05 | 2016-10-31 |
| LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1991-03-13 | 1991-06-05 |
| DOWLER, Andrew James | Director | 2013-01-11 | 2022-11-23 |
| DREW, Edward Nicholas | Director | 1991-07-30 | 2016-10-31 |
| GRAVER, Robert John | Director | 1992-11-30 | 2010-09-30 |
| HARTLEY, Richard Sinclair | Director | 2009-01-08 | 2010-12-13 |
| PAYTER, Ian Leslie | Director | 1991-07-30 | 2008-03-31 |
| STEWARD, Gary Neil | Director | 1991-07-30 | 2005-12-13 |
| TUTTLE, David John | Director | 2005-12-14 | 2011-03-31 |
| WORDEN, Robin Kenneth | Director | 1995-07-01 | 2002-12-31 |
| LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1991-03-13 | 1991-06-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Boswell Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 120 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-02 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2019-08-09 | 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+7.2%
£33,406,672 £35,828,550
-
Cash
+16.1%
£16,427,623 £19,076,067
-
Net assets
-2.3%
£12,776,340 £12,479,305
-
Employees
+4.8%
330 346
-
Operating profit
+7.5%
£9,806,382 £10,539,608
-
Profit before tax
+7.8%
£11,114,969 £11,982,274
-
Wages
+6%
£14,181,987 £15,025,910
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