GCUBE UNDERWRITING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-04 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
—
Equity attributable
Employees
29
-12.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£32M
+3,183% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- GCUBE UNDERWRITING LIMITED 2007-05-23 → present
- GCUBE UNDERWRITINGS LIMITED 2007-05-14 → 2007-05-23
Profit before tax
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,924,000 | £6,701,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,309,000 | £2,520,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,044,000 | £32,187,000 | |
| Net profit | -£891,000 | £31,242,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | — | |
| Equity | — | — | |
| Average employees | 33 | 29 | |
| 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 | -22.1% | 37.6% | |
| Net margin | -15.0% | 466.2% |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having assessed the principal risks (see note 5), the Directors considered it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “During the year, the Company sold its Customer-related intangible assets to its parent company HCC International Insurance Company plc, which were being used in the underwriting of renewable business for £29,441,000 ($37,000,000).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLLIDAY, Jenna | Secretary | 2020-05-29 | — | — |
| BUTTON, Simon Abbott | Director | 2020-05-29 | Mar 1965 | British |
| HERVY, Thibaud Jacques Gerard | Director | 2025-06-30 | Jan 1974 | French |
| MCLACHLAN, Fraser Graham | Director | 2007-06-14 | Dec 1966 | British |
| O'NEILL, Jean Margaret, Mrs. | Director | 2024-12-01 | Aug 1977 | Irish |
| RAND, Alan | Director | 2016-02-08 | Sep 1978 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HORNSEY, Siobhan | Secretary | 2007-11-21 | 2017-12-19 |
| JOHNSON, Stephanie | Secretary | 2007-05-14 | 2007-11-21 |
| JLT SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2017-12-19 | 2020-04-01 |
| MARSH SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2020-04-01 | 2020-05-29 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2007-05-14 | 2007-05-14 |
| BARNES, Andrew Seton | Director | 2015-12-31 | 2020-05-29 |
| COLDERWOOD, Andrew Colin | Director | 2007-05-14 | 2014-06-25 |
| COLLINS, Kevin Patrick | Director | 2008-02-04 | 2013-07-26 |
| COOK, Barry John | Director | 2020-05-29 | 2025-06-30 |
| GIRLING, Adrian Brian | Director | 2013-03-27 | 2015-12-31 |
| HILLER, Martin William | Director | 2007-05-14 | 2016-05-03 |
| LETSINGER, Katherine Lee | Director | 2020-05-29 | 2024-12-31 |
| WILSON, Mark Gerrard | Director | 2014-01-31 | 2015-05-14 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2007-05-14 | 2007-05-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hcc International Insurance Company Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-05-29 | Active |
| Mmc Uk Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-12-02 | Ceased 2020-05-29 |
| Jlt Insurance Group Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-07-20 | Ceased 2019-12-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 111 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-21 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2026-03-21 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2026-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-06 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2023-02-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-06-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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
+13.1%
£5,924,000 £6,701,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
—
Not reported
-
Employees
-12.1%
33 29
-
Operating profit
+292.5%
-£1,309,000 £2,520,000
-
Profit before tax
+3,183%
-£1,044,000 £32,187,000
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