ROMSEY UNDERWRITING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-24 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
+53.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£9M
+338.2% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£9M
+122.9% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £60,368,145 | £76,343,501 | |
| Operating profit | £3,999,545 | £5,003,724 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,877,182 | £8,641,354 | |
| Net profit | £2,934,127 | £7,401,611 | |
| Cash | £4,583,013 | £7,042,949 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £80,297,718 | £129,942,439 | |
| Net assets | £2,164,455 | £9,483,803 | |
| Equity | £2,164,555 | £9,483,903 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.6% | 6.6% | |
| Net margin | 4.9% | 9.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.0% | 3.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 97.8% | 93.9% | |
| Current ratio | 3.38x | 3.81x | |
| Interest cover | 11.26x | 12.75x |
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
- PKF Littlejohn LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors are of the opinion that the Company has adequate resources to meet its underwriting and other operational obligations for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the going concern concept has been adopted in the preparation of the Financial Statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAMPDEN LEGAL PLC | Corporate Secretary | 2018-12-10 | — | — |
| SHAWE, David James | Director | 2024-08-31 | Apr 1983 | British |
| TOTTMAN, Mark John | Director | 2023-07-31 | Jun 1964 | British |
| NOMINA PLC | Corporate Director | 2018-12-10 | — | — |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOSS, John Bernard | Secretary | 1999-08-10 | 2002-10-31 |
| ARGENTA SECRETARIAT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2002-10-30 | 2018-12-10 |
| EVANS, Jeremy Richard Holt | Director | 2018-12-10 | 2023-07-31 |
| HANBURY, Nigel John | Director | 2018-12-10 | 2024-08-31 |
| KNATCHBULL, Norton Louis Philip, Lord Brabourne | Director | 1999-08-10 | 2013-11-01 |
| KNATCHBULL, Penelope Meredith Eastwood, The Rt. Hon. The Countess Mountbatten Of Burma | Director | 1999-08-10 | 2018-12-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helios Underwriting Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2018-12-10 | Active |
| The Right Honourable Penelope Meredith Knatchbull | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-12-10 |
| The Rt. Hon. The Earl Mountbatten Of Burma Norton Louis Philip Knatchbull | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-10-17 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 317 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-01-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-11-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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
+26.5%
£60,368,145 £76,343,501
-
Cash
+53.7%
£4,583,013 £7,042,949
-
Net assets
+338.2%
£2,164,455 £9,483,803
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+25.1%
£3,999,545 £5,003,724
-
Profit before tax
+122.9%
£3,877,182 £8,641,354
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