GREENHILL UNDERWRITING ESPANA LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-16 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£459K
+2.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£35K
+65.2% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£14K
+34.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- GREENHILL UNDERWRITING ESPANA LIMITED 2001-08-16 → present
- WILSCO 351 LIMITED 2001-02-28 → 2001-08-16
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 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £10,283 | £13,825 | |
| Net profit | £10,283 | £13,825 | |
| Cash | £447,651 | £458,748 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,216 | £35,041 | |
| Net assets | £21,216 | £35,041 | |
| Equity | £21,216 | £35,041 | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 95.4% | 92.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.05x | 1.08x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have reasonable expectations, having made appropriate enquiries, that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Directors 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 12 months from the date on which the financial statements are authorised for issue. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The principal activity of the Company is that of an approved insurance underwriting agent for QBE UK Limited, underwriting and distributing QBE UK Limited's insurance products throughout Spain. The Company is currently inactive, and its insurance portfolio is in run-off.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Alexandra Jane | Secretary | 2017-06-26 | — | — |
| BECKERSON, Ian David | Director | 2005-04-29 | Mar 1967 | British |
| RIPPON, Nigel Lee | Director | 2026-01-05 | Mar 1970 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOLAND, Sharon Maria | Secretary | 2007-05-15 | 2015-06-29 |
| FELTON SMITH, Esther | Secretary | 2015-06-29 | 2017-06-26 |
| PALLOT, Hugh Glen | Secretary | 2005-04-29 | 2006-12-08 |
| WILLIAMS, Adrian Charles Harold | Secretary | 2006-12-08 | 2007-05-15 |
| WILSONS (COMPANY SECRETARIES) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-02-28 | 2005-04-29 |
| ASSO, Piero | Director | 2006-11-24 | 2011-08-31 |
| BALY, Robert Seton Nickson | Director | 2001-09-03 | 2005-04-29 |
| BASSET, Jean | Director | 2005-09-30 | 2006-10-18 |
| BURNS, Steven Paul | Director | 2005-04-29 | 2013-07-22 |
| DAVENPORT, Nicholas Peter | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2005-02-16 |
| DAVENPORT, Nicholas Peter | Director | 2001-09-03 | 2003-03-26 |
| DOBBYN, Laura Frances | Director | 2022-10-24 | 2026-01-05 |
| GALLEGOS DE LAS HERAS, Constanza | Director | 2011-12-02 | 2021-03-05 |
| LOPEZ, Patricia Inmaculada Puerta | Director | 2021-09-02 | 2024-04-02 |
| MENGOTTI, Alvaro | Director | 2001-09-03 | 2004-07-30 |
| NEAL, John David | Director | 2005-09-30 | 2010-12-31 |
| PRICE, Steven Michael | Director | 2005-04-29 | 2005-08-09 |
| ROUBERTIE, Marylene Claudette | Director | 2001-09-03 | 2005-04-29 |
| SAMUELSON, Nicholas Peter | Director | 2001-09-03 | 2005-04-29 |
| TURNER, Ian Andrew | Director | 2013-02-25 | 2022-09-30 |
| VEGA GAMARA, Fernando Miguel | Director | 2004-09-15 | 2005-09-30 |
| WINKETT, David James | Director | 2005-04-29 | 2013-02-27 |
| WILSONS (COMPANY AGENTS) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-02-28 | 2001-09-03 |
| WILSONS (COMPANY SECRETARIES) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-02-28 | 2001-09-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenhill International Insurance Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 132 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-12-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2021-12-22 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-12-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-12-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-09-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+2.5%
£447,651 £458,748
-
Net assets
+65.2%
£21,216 £35,041
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
+34.4%
£10,283 £13,825
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