BROKER DIRECT PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-26 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£13M
-24.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
+5.1% vs 2023
Employees
179
-8.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£368K
-80.5% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £27,483,852 | £18,016,026 | |
| Operating profit | £1,133,598 | -£234,452 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,889,754 | £367,960 | |
| Net profit | £1,468,229 | £269,238 | |
| Cash | £17,700,046 | £13,434,374 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,523,597 | £4,371,819 | |
| Net assets | £3,930,324 | £4,131,717 | |
| Equity | £3,930,324 | £4,131,717 | |
| Average employees | 196 | 179 | |
| Wages | £7,006,004 | £6,586,409 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.1% | -1.3% | |
| Net margin | 5.3% | 1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.1% | -5.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.17x | 1.38x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having undertaken this assessment and after due consideration, including an assessment of the impact of severe but plausible scenarios, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being at least 12 months from the date of this report, and so determine that it is appropriate for the 2024 Financial Statements to be prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- BROKER DIRECT PLC · parent
- Proficient Insurance Administration Limited 1%
- BDElite Limited 0.8%
Significant events
- “The announcement in the summer 2023 by one of Broker Direct's largest partners, Zurich UK, that they would cease to distribute their home and motor products through regional brokers, followed by the announcement in the summer of 2024 that Accredited Insurance Europe Ltd would not renew CPD's capacity, has directly impacted Broker Direct and resulted in redundancies.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALLAGO, Jane | Secretary | 2024-08-19 | — | — |
| BRADSHAW, Barbara | Director | 2013-04-25 | Aug 1951 | British |
| GOLDER, Joyce Ann | Director | 2012-03-01 | Apr 1969 | British |
| GRAY, Iain Julian | Director | 1996-10-03 | Jul 1962 | British |
| GREEN, Roy | Director | 1994-08-31 | Jun 1946 | British |
| RHODES, John Kedric | Director | 2009-05-01 | Dec 1944 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRADSHAW, Barbara | Secretary | 1994-08-25 | 1996-10-03 |
| GRAY, Iain Julian | Secretary | 1996-10-03 | 2021-07-05 |
| MAKIN, Daran | Secretary | 2021-07-05 | 2024-08-19 |
| THORNTON, Martin Hewson | Secretary | 1994-08-12 | 1994-08-25 |
| BEDDALL, Andrew Simon | Director | 2003-09-09 | 2004-01-01 |
| BRADSHAW, Barbara | Director | 1994-08-25 | 1996-10-03 |
| EVELEIGH, Robert | Director | 1996-10-03 | 1998-12-31 |
| FEHLER, Barry | Director | 1994-08-31 | 2010-08-31 |
| HARRIS, Neil Charles | Director | 1996-10-03 | 2013-12-31 |
| JONES, Gareth Austin | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2003-09-09 |
| LOMAS, Mark Mallyon | Director | 1994-08-12 | 1994-08-25 |
| PADDICK, Andrew Neville | Director | 1994-08-25 | 2008-01-24 |
| ROBERTSON, Stuart John | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2005-07-27 |
| SHAW, Frank Dudley | Director | 1994-08-31 | 1996-10-03 |
| STANLEY, Terence Edward | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2021-07-05 |
| THORNTON, Martin Hewson | Director | 1994-08-31 | 1996-10-03 |
| THORNTON, Martin Hewson | Director | 1994-08-12 | 1994-08-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 193 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-19 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-08-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-06-30 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-19 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-07-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-05-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-34.4%
£27,483,852 £18,016,026
-
Cash
-24.1%
£17,700,046 £13,434,374
-
Net assets
+5.1%
£3,930,324 £4,131,717
-
Employees
-8.7%
196 179
-
Operating profit
-120.7%
£1,133,598 -£234,452
-
Profit before tax
-80.5%
£1,889,754 £367,960
-
Wages
-6%
£7,006,004 £6,586,409
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