HARMAN KEMP LIMITED
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Cash
£20M
+44% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£4.3M
+28.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
40
+17.6% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.2M
+254.5% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,331,538 | £8,075,922 | £9,958,963 | +23.3% | |
| Operating profit | £503,398 | £870,890 | £3,208,264 | +268.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £523,005 | £916,120 | £3,248,072 | +254.5% | |
| Net profit | £356,140 | £1,124,597 | £3,019,778 | +168.5% | |
| Cash | £7,445,266 | £13,984,373 | £20,132,221 | +44% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,636,502 | £3,366,727 | £4,357,320 | +29.4% | |
| Net assets | £1,442,130 | £3,366,727 | £4,337,480 | +28.8% | |
| Equity | £1,442,130 | £3,366,727 | £4,337,480 | +28.8% | |
| Average employees | 30 | 34 | 40 | +17.6% | |
| Wages | £2,347,785 | £4,787,666 | £3,967,887 | -17.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £772,878 | £976,203 | £1,063,054 | +8.9% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.6% | 10.8% | 32.2% | |
| Net margin | 8.2% | 13.9% | 30.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 30.8% | 25.9% | 73.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 90.3% | 83.8% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.12x | 1.15x | 1.13x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- HARMAN KEMP LIMITED 2023-12-29 → present
- HARMAN KEMP NORTH AMERICA LIMITED 1991-11-21 → 2023-12-29
- ADVISER (204) LIMITED 1991-09-25 → 1991-11-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “On 18 August 2025 Assured Partners International Limited's parent company was purchased by Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., an entity incorporated in the United States of America.”
- “The company has entered into forward currency contracts in order to minimise uncertainty around foreign exchange risk, specifically in relation to US Dollars.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUTLER, Alexander James Trelawney | Director | 2026-05-19 | Jun 1987 | British |
| CLOW, Allan George Kitchener | Director | 2005-01-01 | Jul 1970 | British |
| COUSINS, David Michael Edwin | Director | 2025-10-13 | Jan 1973 | British |
| CRAWFORD, Charles Robertson | Director | 2025-11-04 | Mar 1964 | British |
| DAVIS, Paul Mark | Director | 2024-04-08 | Jul 1962 | British |
| KERTON, Ian Michael James | Director | 2026-06-30 | Mar 1972 | British |
| MOORHOUSE, Nigel James | Director | 2024-10-23 | Oct 1958 | British |
| RIXON, Alan William Alfred | Director | 2023-08-01 | Jul 1947 | British |
| SLADE, Peter David | Director | 2006-03-01 | Feb 1961 | British |
| WOOD, Lorraine | Director | 2018-10-17 | Sep 1964 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHMET, Chet | Secretary | 1991-10-31 | 1993-05-05 |
| COOPER, Peter Arthur | Secretary | 1993-05-05 | 2007-09-27 |
| KEMP, Geoffrey James | Secretary | 1991-10-30 | 1991-10-31 |
| KEMP, Geoffrey James | Secretary | 1991-10-30 | 1991-10-31 |
| SMITH, Andrew George | Secretary | 2007-09-27 | 2008-07-31 |
| TSD NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1991-09-25 | 1991-10-30 |
| ANTILL, John Henry | Director | 1991-10-30 | 1998-12-31 |
| BENDER, Michael George | Director | 2022-05-03 | 2024-04-19 |
| GOUGH, Sean Nigel | Director | 2024-07-02 | 2026-03-09 |
| HARMAN, Christopher Gill | Director | 1991-10-31 | 2017-02-24 |
| HEATHFIELD, David James | Director | 2024-07-02 | 2025-10-31 |
| JOHNSON, Stephen Paul | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2002-06-12 |
| KEMP, Geoffrey James | Director | 1991-10-30 | 2009-12-31 |
| LANGHAM, David | Director | 2005-10-03 | 2022-03-29 |
| LYONS, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2025-10-13 | 2026-04-21 |
| OXFORD, Philip William | Director | 1991-10-30 | 1997-06-30 |
| PENTECOST, Paul Derek | Director | 1991-10-30 | 2018-04-01 |
| QUILTER, Stuart James | Director | 2024-07-02 | 2026-04-30 |
| STANLEY, Christopher John | Director | 1991-10-30 | 2007-01-02 |
| TSD NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1991-09-25 | 1991-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assuredpartners International Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-07-30 | Active |
| Harman Kemp Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-03-13 | Ceased 2024-07-30 |
| Allan George Kitchener Clow | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-03-13 |
| Peter David Slade | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-03-13 |
| David Langham | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-03-13 |
| Hebrides 2006 Llp | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-03-13 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 175 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-08-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-06-22 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-05-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-01 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2026-05-01 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2026-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-03-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 17
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 4
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.