APRILGRANGE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-08 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£16M
-13.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£174M
+15.5% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£20M
-16.5% 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 | £260,306,000 | £336,572,000 | |
| Operating profit | £23,924,000 | £19,977,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £23,924,000 | £19,977,000 | |
| Net profit | £23,424,000 | £14,669,000 | |
| Cash | £18,173,000 | £15,711,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £660,764,000 | £753,143,000 | |
| Net assets | £150,828,000 | £174,158,000 | |
| Equity | £150,828,000 | £174,158,000 | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.2% | 5.9% | |
| Net margin | 9.0% | 4.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.6% | 2.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 78.3% | 77.9% | |
| Current ratio | 5.33x | 5.84x | |
| Interest cover | 9.35x | 8.32x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company is a corporate member of Syndicate 5000 ("Syndicate"). The Directors have assessed the suitability of using the going concern assumption in preparing these accounts. In making this assessment, they have looked forward, taking into account all available information about the future which is at least, but not limited to, the twelve months following the date that these accounts were signed. In doing so, the Directors considered the Syndicate's 2025 through 2029 multi-year plan, financial performance to date during 2025, and the likely trading environment over the next twelve months. Neither the Company or the Syndicate has any external debt. As a result of this assessment, the Directors have prepared these accounts on the going concern basis of accounting.”
Significant events
- “The profit for the year after taxation amounted to £14.7m (2023 profit of £23.4m).”
- “During the current year the Company has not paid an interim dividend (2023 £Nil). The Directors do not recommend the payment of a final dividend (2023 £Nil).”
- “Investment return for the year is £12.8m (2023 £8.9m), driven primarily by strong returns and growth in the fixed income investment portfolio.”
- “Gross premiums written are up year on year by £76.3m (29.3%) and is mainly driven by the introduction of several strategic delegated authority initiatives across multiple lines of business, predominantly within the Property class of business totalling £47.4m and the acquisition of Corvus Agency Limited by The Travelers Companies, Inc., which has resulted in £6.0m of new cyber business being written through the Syndicate.”
- “During 2024, Lloyd's introduced changes to the syndicate accounts process to rationalise and standardise financial reporting across the market. As a result, certain comparative information has been restated to ensure consistency between the Company's Report and Accounts and the Syndicate's accounts.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOLEY, Jennifer Anne | Secretary | 2023-09-21 | — | — |
| HOWIE, Joanne | Director | 2022-09-30 | Jan 1980 | British |
| MCCONNELL, Peter Richard | Director | 2023-03-06 | Jun 1978 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRAMSON, John Matthew | Secretary | 2012-09-07 | 2022-09-30 |
| FIORE, Esterina Elena | Secretary | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-21 |
| HATHAWAY, Rodney Francis | Secretary | 2003-06-16 | 2005-03-11 |
| JONES, Graham Keith | Secretary | 2005-03-17 | 2012-06-22 |
| MASON, Kira | Secretary | 2005-03-17 | 2008-09-08 |
| VERNON, Michael David Lang | Secretary | 2006-03-09 | 2009-04-03 |
| CLIFFORD CHANCE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-04-07 | 2003-06-16 |
| ABRAMSON, John Matthew | Director | 2012-09-07 | 2022-09-30 |
| DILLEY, Anthony John | Director | 2003-06-16 | 2010-06-07 |
| ECCLES, Stephen Gordon | Director | 2011-11-21 | 2017-09-04 |
| GENT, Michael John | Director | 2003-06-16 | 2022-12-31 |
| GUNN, Alistair John Sinclair, Mr. | Director | 2003-06-16 | 2012-06-28 |
| HUDSON, Martin Peter | Director | 2003-06-16 | 2009-09-30 |
| HURST BANNISTER, Barnabas John | Director | 2009-10-06 | 2012-01-31 |
| LAYTON, Matthew Robert | Nominee Director | 2003-04-07 | 2003-06-16 |
| PUDGE, David John | Director | 2003-04-07 | 2003-06-16 |
| URNESS, Kent Douglas | Director | 2003-06-16 | 2005-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Travelers Companies, Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-13 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-10-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-13 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-10-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
+29.3%
£260,306,000 £336,572,000
-
Cash
-13.5%
£18,173,000 £15,711,000
-
Net assets
+15.5%
£150,828,000 £174,158,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-16.5%
£23,924,000 £19,977,000
-
Profit before tax
-16.5%
£23,924,000 £19,977,000
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