LAVENHAM UNDERWRITING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-14 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-31
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2M
-14.2% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£315K
-23.5% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- LAVENHAM UNDERWRITING LIMITED 2002-09-05 → present
- MINMAR (613) LIMITED 2002-08-15 → 2002-09-05
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross written premiums | — | — | |
| Net earned premiums | — | — | |
| Claims incurred | — | £287,000 | |
| Investment return | £71,000 | £9,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£255,000 | -£315,000 | |
| Net profit | -£462,000 | -£315,000 | |
| Insurance contract liabilities | — | — | |
| Total assets | £2,211,000 | £1,931,000 | |
| Total liabilities | — | £35,000 | |
| Equity | £2,211,000 | £1,896,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — |
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) | 0.0% | 1.8% |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company continues to exist as a dormant corporate capital vehicle and these accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “On 12th August 2024, Neon Holdings (U.K.) Limited entered into a share purchase agreement with RiverStone Holdings Limited for the sale of the Company. This sale completed on 17th March 2025.”
- “Subsequent to the balance sheet date a share capital reduction of £1.8 million was undertaken which was immediately followed by a dividend of £1.8 million paid to Riverstone Holdings Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HENRY, Fraser | Secretary | 2021-10-01 | — | — |
| CAIN, Michael Roger | Director | 2023-10-30 | Mar 1972 | British |
| CREED, Andrew Robert | Director | 2020-12-31 | Jun 1983 | British |
| INSLEY, James Christopher Paul | Director | 2026-02-19 | Oct 1974 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARK MCKAY, Alastair George | Secretary | 2020-06-19 | 2020-09-30 |
| DLABOHA, Larysa Alla | Secretary | 2019-01-01 | 2020-05-29 |
| DURKIN, Anne Carol | Secretary | 2005-09-23 | 2011-07-29 |
| CALLIDUS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2020-10-01 | 2021-09-30 |
| CALLIDUS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2017-09-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| CLYDE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2002-08-15 | 2003-05-06 |
| LEADENHALL INSURANCE CONSULTANTS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2003-05-06 | 2005-09-23 |
| LEADENHALL INSURANCE CONSULTANTS LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2011-07-29 | 2017-08-25 |
| AGGREY, Rodney | Director | 2015-05-19 | 2017-04-28 |
| BELLINGHAM, Holly Jane Currie | Director | 2002-09-10 | 2013-10-16 |
| CUTLER ROSEN, Eve Lynne | Director | 2013-09-17 | 2017-05-02 |
| DOUBTFIRE, Roger Alan | Director | 2005-05-12 | 2011-12-31 |
| DUFFY, Christopher William | Nominee Director | 2002-08-15 | 2002-09-10 |
| HARMAN, Ian James | Director | 2017-05-08 | 2020-06-30 |
| HEPPELL, Richard Emlyn | Director | 2019-06-06 | 2021-06-30 |
| PAGE, David William | Nominee Director | 2002-08-15 | 2002-09-10 |
| TANZER, Luke Robert | Director | 2020-12-31 | 2026-01-05 |
| TURNER, Simon George | Director | 2002-09-10 | 2013-10-16 |
| WALSH, Robin Lawrence | Director | 2011-12-20 | 2015-05-20 |
| WASHINGTON, Matthew Steven David | Director | 2020-12-31 | 2021-06-30 |
| WITZGALL, David John | Director | 2017-05-08 | 2020-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverstone Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2025-03-17 | Active |
| Neon Holdings (U.K.) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-03-17 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 170 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-02-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-12 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-07 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-05-07 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-05-07 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-05-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-24 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2022-11-24 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2022-11-24 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 2
- 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
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Gross written premiums
—
Not reported
-
Net earned premiums
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
-23.5%
-£255,000 -£315,000
-
Equity
-14.2%
£2,211,000 £1,896,000
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Investment return
-87.3%
£71,000 £9,000
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