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Cash

Latest balance sheet

Net assets

£18m

-2.3% lowest in 3 filed years

Employees

Average over period

Profit before tax

-£139k

+2.8% highest in 3 filed years

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover
Operating profit
Profit before tax -£167,000-£143,000-£139,000 +2.8%
Net profit -£523,000-£419,000-£399,000 +4.8%
Cash
Total assets less current liabilities £22,722,000£21,481,000£20,181,000 -6.1%
Net assets £19,030,000£18,373,000£17,958,000 -2.3%
Equity £19,030,000£18,373,000£17,958,000 -2.3%
Average employees
Wages
Directors' remuneration £0£0£0

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show . About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 27.7%25.5%
Current ratio 6.69x6.44x6.14x

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.

Name history

Renamed 3 times since incorporation

  1. OVAL INSURANCE BROKING LIMITED 2005-09-29 → present
  2. BLAND BANKART (UK) LIMITED 2001-12-19 → 2005-09-29
  3. BLAND BANKART (LEICESTER) LIMITED 1997-09-30 → 2001-12-19
  4. P. & G. BLAND LIMITED 1975-01-01 → 1997-09-30

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Ernst & Young LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of twelve months from the date of the approval of the financial statements and, therefore, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

2 active · 42 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
HARRIS, Nicholas George Robert Director 2024-08-01 May 1974 British
SCOTT, Charles Douglas Knowles Director 2018-07-09 Dec 1973 British
Show 42 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BENEV, Stefan Benkov Secretary 2004-07-27 2014-04-01
BLAND, Gilbert Lawrence Secretary 1997-09-12
MCGOWAN, William Lindsay Secretary 2014-04-01 2018-08-10
PEEL, Alistair Charles Secretary 2018-08-10 2024-07-26
SANDERS, Janet Kathryn Secretary 1997-09-12 2004-07-27
BALL, David Ian Director 2002-01-14 2004-04-30
BLANC, Peter William Director 2011-03-29 2014-10-27
BLAND, Gilbert Lawrence Director 2000-12-31
BLAND, Philip Anthony Director 2005-10-31
BRADLEY, Richard John Director 2002-01-14
BRIGHT, Stephen Michael Director 2004-04-30 2006-02-02
CHILTON, Grahame David Director 2015-05-01 2016-10-07
CLARK, Paul Kingsley Director 1990-02-28 2004-04-30
CUSWORTH, Leslie Director 1995-04-30
DALGARNO, Sarah Director 2014-04-01 2015-03-17
ELLIOTT, Paul Andrew Director 2012-09-28 2014-04-01
ELWELL, Karen Marie Director 2002-09-17 2003-05-29
EMERSON, Neil Director 2002-01-14 2004-04-30
GALLAGHER, Thomas Joseph Director 2014-04-01 2016-10-07
GIMSON, Elaine Director 1994-04-12 1998-12-31
GIMSON, Elaine Director 1993-08-10
HERDMAN, Jeffrey Niven Director 1999-06-01 2012-03-19
HODSON, Richard Phillip Director 2004-04-30 2014-04-01
HOPKINS, John Richard Director 2002-01-14 2004-04-30
KING, Richard Buckland Director 1994-10-07
LUNSON, Nicholas Clive Director 1993-08-16 2004-04-30
MAHON, Kevin Michael Director 1994-03-31
MUGGE, Mark Stephen Director 2014-04-01 2015-01-26
NORRIS-JONES, David Colin Director 2002-09-01 2004-04-30
O'CONNELL, Patrick Director 2010-06-22 2014-04-01
PIKE, Matthew William Director 2014-04-01 2016-10-07
PINSENT, Antony Andrew Mcpherson Director 2006-02-27 2006-03-01
REA, Michael Peter Director 2016-07-18 2024-08-01
RICHMOND, Carol Ann Director 2016-07-18 2023-04-14
ROSS, David Christopher Director 2014-04-01 2015-02-09
SHAW, Simon Andrew Director 2006-05-08 2011-08-31
STEELE, Anthony Director 1995-05-09 2002-01-14
STORY, Ian Graham Director 2015-04-29 2018-06-30
STORY, Ian Graham Director 2011-10-21 2014-06-24
SWANN, Sally Anne Director 2002-01-14 2004-04-30
WEBB, Stephen Robert Director 1993-08-16 2002-01-14
WHEELER, Peter John Director 1996-01-08

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Friary Intermediate Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2021-09-20 Active
Oval Management Services Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100% 2016-04-06 Ceased 2021-09-20

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 237 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-07-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-11-04 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-08-14 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-07-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-04-22 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-09-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-08-06 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2024-08-06 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-08-06 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-04-22 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-03-28 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-11-10 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-10-02 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2023-08-18 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-04-25 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-04-25 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2022-10-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-04-22 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2022-01-07 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2021-11-01 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
3

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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