DEVITT INSURANCE SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
—
Equity attributable
Employees
95
-22.1% lowest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
-£774k
-206% lowest in 4 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-10-20.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,067,411 | £14,431,789 | £15,262,168 | £14,999,655 | £13,133,309 | -12.4% | |
| Operating profit | £3,174,778 | £4,510,369 | £4,027,886 | £730,233 | -£774,211 | -206% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,177,218 | £4,510,369 | — | £730,233 | -£774,211 | -206% | |
| Net profit | £2,564,788 | £3,623,382 | £3,104,626 | £437,107 | -£510,116 | -216.7% | |
| Cash | £906,032 | £3,393,679 | £10,238,187 | £10,030,392 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,140,155 | £8,082,567 | £13,580,741 | £14,373,859 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £5,092,669 | £8,016,051 | £13,488,866 | £13,925,973 | — | — | |
| Equity | £5,092,669 | £8,016,051 | £13,488,866 | £13,925,973 | — | — | |
| Average employees | 135 | 132 | 129 | 122 | 95 | -22.1% | |
| Wages | £3,395,010 | £3,425,593 | £3,805,421 | £3,675,442 | £2,809,097 | -23.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £21,198 | £21,967 | £133,717 | £44,709 | — | — |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 24.3% | 31.3% | 26.4% | 4.9% | -5.9% | |
| Net margin | 19.6% | 25.1% | 20.3% | 2.9% | -3.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 61.8% | 55.8% | 29.7% | 5.1% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 52.9% | 42.8% | 37.4% | 56.3% | — | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 2.68x | 1.82x | — |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DEVITT INSURANCE SERVICES LIMITED 1989-12-15 → present
- SBJ GROUP PROPERTIES (NO. 2) LIMITED 1989-11-02 → 1989-12-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have assessed the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements... Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “On 20 July 2026, the Company completed the transfer of its insurance intermediary business to a fellow UK Group subsidiary under an intragroup business transfer agreement for a consideration of £1.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COUSINS, David Michael Edwin | Director | 2025-05-15 | Jan 1973 | British |
| HARRIS, Nicholas George Robert | Director | 2024-09-02 | May 1974 | British |
| WHITTINGHAM, James Oliver | Director | 2022-08-02 | Aug 1977 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATKINSON, Peter Jeremy | Secretary | 2003-12-31 | 2006-01-21 |
| BIRRELL, Christopher Ros Stewart | Secretary | 1992-03-06 | 1992-09-25 |
| CASSIDY, Paul Bernard | Secretary | 2002-03-05 | 2003-12-31 |
| COLE, Simon Lawrence Vernon | Secretary | 1992-09-25 | 1999-09-30 |
| HUTCHINGS, Penelope Ann | Secretary | 2005-04-14 | 2011-05-05 |
| PEEL, Alistair Charles | Secretary | 2023-03-17 | 2024-07-26 |
| TIMMIS, John Whittome | Secretary | 1999-09-30 | 2002-03-05 |
| VENUS, Peter Charles | Secretary | — | 1992-03-06 |
| AINSWORTH, Robert Edmund | Director | — | 1991-12-31 |
| BARRATT, William Melsom | Director | 1993-01-22 | 1999-09-30 |
| BODEN, George | Director | — | 2000-03-31 |
| BOLE, Peter Douglas | Director | 2008-05-14 | 2009-02-27 |
| CHAPMAN, Anthony Edward | Director | 1999-01-12 | 2022-06-24 |
| CRAWFORD, Charles Robertson | Director | 2005-04-14 | 2009-06-30 |
| DEVITT, Richard Howson | Director | — | 1996-10-17 |
| EVANS, Darrell Paul | Director | 2010-03-10 | 2011-05-05 |
| HIDDLESTON, David James | Director | 2001-02-22 | 2004-04-30 |
| HORWELL, John Malcolm | Director | — | 1991-03-31 |
| HOUGHTON, Richard David | Director | 2006-06-26 | 2007-01-22 |
| HUGHES, Louise | Director | 2022-08-04 | 2025-02-24 |
| HUGHES, William James | Director | 2002-06-25 | 2024-08-05 |
| HUTCHINSON, Linda Christine | Director | 1992-01-01 | 1998-12-31 |
| KIEFER, Stephen Charles Hirst | Director | — | 2012-10-31 |
| LUMSDEN, Alan Alexander Fagan | Director | 1992-06-15 | 1998-10-28 |
| MARSH, Bernard John | Director | 2000-03-30 | 2003-05-16 |
| O'ROARKE, John Brendan | Director | 1999-09-30 | 2005-04-14 |
| PRETLOVE, Martin George | Director | — | 2008-01-31 |
| REA, Michael Peter | Director | 2022-08-12 | 2024-09-02 |
| SMITH, Robert Stephen | Director | 2000-03-30 | 2003-01-31 |
| WEST, James Maclean | Director | 1996-07-22 | 1998-10-30 |
| WYNN, Herbert John | Director | — | 1999-01-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ckh Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 189 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
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.