ADVENT CAPITAL (HOLDINGS) LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-22 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-91.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£95M
+6.1% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£7M
-36.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- ADVENT CAPITAL (HOLDINGS) LTD 2012-06-25 → present
- ADVENT CAPITAL (HOLDINGS) PLC 1995-09-01 → 2012-06-25
- GROWTHSIGN PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1995-03-15 → 1995-09-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £17,420,311 | £13,656,042 | |
| Profit before tax | £11,460,341 | £7,312,083 | |
| Net profit | £11,460,341 | £5,479,615 | |
| Cash | £15,392,142 | £1,344,700 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £152,630,838 | £157,664,196 | |
| Net assets | £89,561,898 | £95,040,771 | |
| Equity | £89,561,898 | £95,040,771 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 11.4% | 8.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 41.5% | 40.6% | |
| Current ratio | 37.21x | 8.48x | |
| Interest cover | 2.71x | 2.18x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 and 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
- ADVENT CAPITAL (HOLDINGS) LTD · parent
- Advent Underwriting Limited 100%
- Advent Capital Limited 100%
- Advent Capital (No. 2) Limited 100%
- Advent Capital (No. 3) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Group's principal activity was originally the underwriting of general insurance and reinsurance business at Lloyd's until 31st December 2020 at which time Syndicate 780 closed its final underwriting year by way of a reinsurance to close into Syndicate 3500... Following this transaction, the Group no longer has exposure to insurance risk.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHNSON, Nicholas Paul | Secretary | 2020-12-11 | — | — |
| CAIN, Michael Roger | Director | 2026-04-14 | Mar 1972 | British |
| CREED, Andrew Robert | Director | 2019-02-14 | Jun 1983 | British |
| INSLEY, James Christopher Paul | Director | 2026-01-08 | Oct 1974 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUCKNELL, Zoe Claire | Secretary | 2003-03-14 | 2006-12-31 |
| BURGE, Julia Rose | Secretary | 1998-11-24 | 2001-10-31 |
| EWING, Neil Murdoch | Secretary | 2009-10-29 | 2020-12-11 |
| MURPHY, Clifford Edward | Secretary | 2001-11-01 | 2003-03-14 |
| PERDONI, Giuseppe | Secretary | 2006-01-01 | 2008-08-31 |
| THOMPSON, Keith Donald | Secretary | 1995-08-31 | 1998-11-24 |
| LITTLEJOHN CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-09-01 | 2009-10-29 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-03-15 | 1995-08-31 |
| AMBRIDGE, Trevor John | Director | 2002-08-23 | 2026-03-26 |
| BEVERIDGE, William Erskine | Director | 2018-02-16 | 2018-12-31 |
| CAUDLE, Brian Frank | Director | 1995-08-31 | 2012-06-30 |
| CLOUTIER, Jean | Director | 2009-04-23 | 2019-02-14 |
| FITZGERALD, Nigel Patrick | Director | 2012-11-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| GREEN, Philip James | Director | 2013-07-31 | 2015-12-31 |
| GREEN, Philip James | Director | 2009-10-29 | 2013-07-25 |
| HEWITT, Ian Malcolm | Director | 2018-11-27 | 2021-03-31 |
| LUMMIS, Duncan | Director | 2009-10-29 | 2013-07-25 |
| MIGLIORINI, James Edward | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2013-09-30 |
| MURPHY, Clifford Edward | Director | 2001-07-30 | 2006-04-24 |
| ROWBOTHAM, Brian William | Director | 1995-09-26 | 2009-09-30 |
| SALTER, Raymond Muir | Director | 1999-04-07 | 2006-05-02 |
| STOBART, Eric St Clair | Director | 2006-01-06 | 2009-09-30 |
| STORMONTH DARLING, Peter | Director | 2005-11-09 | 2009-09-30 |
| TANZER, Luke Robert | Director | 2019-02-14 | 2026-01-05 |
| THOMPSON, Keith Donald | Director | 1995-08-31 | 2011-08-31 |
| ZAX, Stanley Robert | Director | 1999-04-07 | 2005-11-08 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-03-15 | 1995-08-31 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-03-15 | 1995-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 292 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-20 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2021-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-91.3%
£15,392,142 £1,344,700
-
Net assets
+6.1%
£89,561,898 £95,040,771
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-21.6%
£17,420,311 £13,656,042
-
Profit before tax
-36.2%
£11,460,341 £7,312,083
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