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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-03-03 (in 10mo)

Last made up 2026-02-17

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£9M

+7.9% vs 2023

Net assets

£9M

+0.6% vs 2023

Employees

56

-3.4% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£451K

-36.9% vs 2023

Accounts

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

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £7,929,624£7,245,885
Operating profit £620,257£231,226
Profit before tax £714,949£451,213
Net profit £548,675£203,917
Cash £8,511,434£9,186,769
Total assets less current liabilities £8,617,435£8,616,136
Net assets £8,488,681£8,542,431
Equity £8,488,681£8,542,431
Average employees 5856
Wages £2,964,156£2,921,065

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 7.8%3.2%
Net margin 6.9%2.8%
Return on capital employed 7.2%2.7%
Current ratio 2.43x2.48x
Interest cover 308.13x13.91x

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
Consolidated group
Auditor
Menzies LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

  1. WILLIAM RUSSELL LIMITED · parent
    1. William Russell Europe SRL 100% · Brussels · provision of international insurance services, specialising in medical insurance for overseas residents and those travelling and working abroad.

Significant events

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

People

2 active · 6 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
COOPER, Inez Alison Director 1992-02-17 Sep 1958 British
COOPER, William James Director 2023-05-31 Jul 1991 British
Show 6 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
COOPER, William Mckim Secretary 1992-02-17 2003-12-11
OLDING, Keith Secretary 2003-12-11 2012-06-29
MBC SECRETARIES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 1992-02-17 1992-02-17
COOPER, James Waistel Director 1996-11-05 2023-05-31
COOPER, William Mckim Director 1992-02-17 2016-12-31
MBC NOMINEES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 1992-02-17 1992-02-17

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
William James Cooper Individual Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2025-11-18 Active
Mr James Waistel Cooper Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Ceased 2023-05-31
Inez Alison Cooper Individual Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 106 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2025-11-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2025-11-24 MA Memorandum articles
Date Type Category Description
2026-02-23 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-11-24 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2025-11-24 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2025-11-20 SH10 capital Capital variation of rights attached to shares
2025-11-20 SH08 capital Capital name of class of shares
2025-11-20 PSC01 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2025-11-20 PSC04 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2025-10-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-02-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-10-12 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-02-19 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-01-13 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2023-06-14 SH06 capital Capital cancellation shares
2023-06-14 SH03 capital Capital return purchase own shares
2023-06-13 PSC04 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control
2023-06-13 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control
2023-06-05 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-06-05 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-02-17 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-01-05 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
8

last 12 months

Capital events
2

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

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

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

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