STARR UNDERWRITING AGENTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-14 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8M
+14.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£28M
-19.1% vs 2023
Employees
359
+10.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£6M
+47.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- STARR UNDERWRITING AGENTS LIMITED 2006-03-22 → present
- REDHOLM UNDERWRITING AGENTS LIMITED 1994-10-05 → 2006-03-22
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 | £59,812,315 | £74,514,208 | |
| Operating profit | -£12,290,634 | -£6,596,145 | |
| Profit before tax | -£12,290,634 | -£6,486,580 | |
| Net profit | -£12,645,272 | -£6,614,466 | |
| Cash | £6,857,847 | £7,828,845 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £34,582,788 | £27,968,322 | |
| Equity | £34,582,788 | £27,968,322 | |
| Average employees | 326 | 359 | |
| Wages | £35,660,561 | £40,610,838 |
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 | -20.5% | -8.9% | |
| Net margin | -21.1% | -8.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.78x | 2.10x |
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
- BDO 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 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
- STARR UNDERWRITING AGENTS LIMITED · parent
- Starr Underwriting Agents (Dubai) Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “During 2024 there has continued to be an increase in staff attendance in the office. The Company signed a new lease for additional floor space in November 2023 and the new floor became operational at the end of February 2024.”
- “The business is expected to expand modestly in 2025 with a budgeted increase in premium of 4% as well as an increase in fee income of 15%, as we continue to develop both product lines and geographical coverage outside of Europe.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 39 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAHIA, Amandeep | Secretary | 2016-02-24 | — | — |
| BAHIA, Amandeep | Director | 2024-07-10 | Nov 1977 | British |
| BROUGHTON, Graham John Lytton | Director | 2014-07-28 | Aug 1977 | British |
| MISSEN, Adrian William | Director | 2016-04-19 | Jan 1963 | British |
| SCOTT, Stuart David | Director | 2023-06-27 | Dec 1977 | British |
Show 39 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREENSLADE, Peter Donald | Secretary | 2006-02-08 | 2007-03-20 |
| MISSEN, Adrian | Secretary | 2012-07-02 | 2016-02-24 |
| MOFFATT, John Scott | Secretary | 2007-03-20 | 2012-06-22 |
| OGDEN, David | Secretary | 1994-11-29 | 2006-02-08 |
| BEAUMONT AND SON COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1994-10-05 | 1994-11-29 |
| BLAKEY, Steven George | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2018-02-08 |
| BROWN, Nicolas | Director | 2003-07-08 | 2004-11-29 |
| BRYCE, James | Director | 2010-07-27 | 2014-05-19 |
| BUCHANAN, Colin William | Director | 2015-05-01 | 2021-06-04 |
| BULL, Ralph | Director | 2006-12-18 | 2011-10-26 |
| CLARKE, David George | Director | 1997-01-01 | 1997-07-31 |
| D'ARCY, Andrew | Director | 2012-04-23 | 2014-07-25 |
| FRENCH, David | Director | 2006-12-18 | 2014-11-25 |
| GARVEY, Martin Francis | Director | 1994-11-29 | 1997-12-31 |
| GLASER, Daniel Scott | Director | 2002-08-10 | 2005-06-27 |
| HAFTER, Jeffrey Marc | Director | 2007-12-17 | 2009-08-04 |
| HANCOCK, Christopher Ernest | Director | 2007-04-04 | 2015-01-15 |
| HAYMAN, Jeffrey Lawrence | Director | 2013-05-28 | 2013-11-26 |
| HERBERT, James Richard | Director | 2024-04-08 | 2026-04-09 |
| HERBERT, James Richard | Director | 2018-03-13 | 2024-04-08 |
| JOHAN, Eliasch, Mr. | Director | 2008-04-16 | 2014-11-25 |
| KILBRIDE, Dennis Anthony | Director | 1994-11-29 | 1996-11-15 |
| LEVENE, Peter Keith, Lord | Director | 2012-08-31 | 2024-07-10 |
| LUIKERT, John | Director | 2006-01-20 | 2006-12-18 |
| MCDONNELL, Daniel | Director | 2006-12-18 | 2007-04-04 |
| MISSEN, Adrian William | Director | 2016-02-24 | 2016-03-31 |
| MYERS, John Alva | Director | 1994-11-29 | 2005-01-01 |
| NAVARRO, Edward Gregory | Director | 2012-06-06 | 2013-05-28 |
| OWEN, Jayne Nicole | Director | 2013-09-03 | 2014-11-25 |
| SHAAK, Richard Nathan | Director | 2006-12-18 | 2014-11-25 |
| SPARKS, Kyle | Director | 2006-01-20 | 2006-12-18 |
| STEVENS, Martin Charles Edward | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2006-01-06 |
| STEWART, David | Director | 2009-08-04 | 2025-07-28 |
| SULLIVAN, Martin John | Director | 1994-11-29 | 1996-08-25 |
| TORAN, Michael Thomas, Mr. | Director | 2008-04-16 | 2011-05-24 |
| TORAN, Michael Thomas, Mr. | Director | 2006-01-20 | 2006-12-18 |
| WALSH, Nicholas Charles | Director | 1996-09-02 | 2002-08-09 |
| WEICHOLD, William | Director | 2006-12-18 | 2007-06-05 |
| BEAUMONT AND SON NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1994-10-05 | 1994-11-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 206 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-31 | 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
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+24.6%
£59,812,315 £74,514,208
-
Cash
+14.2%
£6,857,847 £7,828,845
-
Net assets
-19.1%
£34,582,788 £27,968,322
-
Employees
+10.1%
326 359
-
Operating profit
+46.3%
-£12,290,634 -£6,596,145
-
Profit before tax
+47.2%
-£12,290,634 -£6,486,580
-
Wages
+13.9%
£35,660,561 £40,610,838
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