ZURICH UK GENERAL SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-23 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-42.1% vs 2023
Net assets
-£168M
+1.6% vs 2023
Employees
3,644
+0.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£20M
+22.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ZURICH UK GENERAL SERVICES LIMITED 1999-11-12 → present
- COGFAST LIMITED 1999-09-16 → 1999-11-12
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 | £281,443,000 | £311,659,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£139,000 | -£139,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£26,014,000 | -£20,077,000 | |
| Net profit | -£10,071,000 | -£1,905,000 | |
| Cash | £4,259,000 | £2,467,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £576,981,000 | £565,118,000 | |
| Net assets | -£171,144,000 | -£168,331,000 | |
| Equity | -£171,144,000 | -£168,331,000 | |
| Average employees | 3,613 | 3,644 | |
| Wages | £223,181,000 | £245,522,000 |
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 | -0.0% | -0.0% | |
| Net margin | -3.6% | -0.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.0% | -0.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 127.3% | 127.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.28x | 0.54x | |
| Interest cover | -0.00x | -0.00x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Taking into account all available information related to the future, the directors are satisfied that the Company has access to adequate resources to enable it to continue in operational existence to 26 June 2025, being at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, it is appropriate to continue to use the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- ZURICH UK GENERAL SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- Zurich UK General Employee Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 16 June 2025 the loan for £47,000,000 that was provided to ZIC at an interest rate of 5.3853% matured and was immediately replaced with a new loan for £16,000,000 at an interest rate of 4.2809%, which matures on 16 June 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZURICH CORPORATE SECRETARY (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2015-06-09 | — | — |
| BOARDMAN, Michael | Director | 2023-03-13 | Feb 1979 | British |
| COLLINSON, Stephen Michael | Director | 2018-02-20 | May 1972 | British |
| LISSAMORE, Sarah Bailey | Director | 2025-06-17 | Apr 1984 | British |
| NORCOTT, Paul | Director | 2025-10-03 | Feb 1972 | British |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATKINSON, Joanne Claire | Secretary | 2003-03-31 | 2005-08-07 |
| CHANDLER, Michael John | Secretary | 1999-11-08 | 2003-03-31 |
| LAMPSHIRE, Philip John | Secretary | 2009-10-27 | 2015-06-09 |
| PORTER, Margaret Ann | Secretary | 2006-10-11 | 2009-05-29 |
| REYNOLDS, Marcus Edward | Secretary | 1999-09-16 | 1999-11-08 |
| STEVENS, Lindsey Anne | Secretary | 2009-05-29 | 2009-10-27 |
| WORTHINGTON, Paul Frank | Secretary | 2004-08-02 | 2007-09-28 |
| ANDERSON, Tracey Denise | Director | 2021-06-23 | 2023-12-01 |
| CAMPBELL, Peter Charles | Director | 2006-01-11 | 2014-07-31 |
| CHESSHER, Mark Christopher | Director | 2002-04-16 | 2006-01-12 |
| CREMIN, Ronan | Director | 2020-02-19 | 2022-12-12 |
| CULMER, Mark George | Director | 2000-06-08 | 2002-04-16 |
| DYKE, John Robert | Director | 2010-09-28 | 2013-12-31 |
| FARRELL, Georgina | Director | 2015-12-03 | 2017-12-18 |
| FERNQVIST, Siv Anita | Director | 2022-12-15 | 2025-07-15 |
| FLEET, Georgina Kaye | Director | 2024-03-12 | 2025-06-17 |
| FRESHWATER, Neil Andrew | Director | 2014-02-26 | 2016-09-30 |
| GIENAL, Claudio | Director | 2011-09-15 | 2013-12-31 |
| HARVEY, Andrew Wark | Director | 1999-11-08 | 2001-12-21 |
| HOWETT, Bryan James | Director | 1999-11-08 | 2000-04-19 |
| KEPPEL, John Herbert | Director | 2018-02-20 | 2025-01-31 |
| LEWINGTON, Keith Edward | Nominee Director | 1999-09-16 | 1999-11-08 |
| MARTIN, Kay | Director | 2014-07-16 | 2016-07-01 |
| MCLAUGHLAN, Derek Mcintyre | Director | 1999-11-08 | 2000-03-31 |
| NICHOLS, David Charles George | Director | 2016-09-19 | 2018-02-20 |
| OSULLIVAN, Patrick Henry | Director | 1999-11-08 | 2002-12-02 |
| OWEN, Ian Bruce, Dr | Director | 1999-11-08 | 2004-01-19 |
| PERKINS, Barry John | Director | 2014-07-16 | 2015-12-31 |
| PICKFORD, Helen Alison | Director | 2018-10-23 | 2020-02-19 |
| QUIN, James Barrington | Director | 2016-10-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| RIDDELL, Geoffrey Martin | Director | 2000-06-08 | 2004-09-16 |
| SMITH, Robert George | Director | 1999-11-08 | 2005-01-31 |
| STUART, Ian Charles Robert | Director | 2004-09-16 | 2006-12-31 |
| TORRY, Anne | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2011-09-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zurich Holdings (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-16 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 173 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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
+10.7%
£281,443,000 £311,659,000
-
Cash
-42.1%
£4,259,000 £2,467,000
-
Net assets
+1.6%
-£171,144,000 -£168,331,000
-
Employees
+0.9%
3,613 3,644
-
Operating profit
0%
-£139,000 -£139,000
-
Profit before tax
+22.8%
-£26,014,000 -£20,077,000
-
Wages
+10%
£223,181,000 £245,522,000
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