MARSH SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£0
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£335M
-16.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
7,574
-3.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£45M
-21.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £923,000,000 | £1,023,000,000 | £1,019,000,000 | -0.4% | |
| Operating profit | £33,000,000 | £42,000,000 | £21,000,000 | -50% | |
| Profit before tax | £57,000,000 | £57,000,000 | £45,000,000 | -21.1% | |
| Net profit | £40,000,000 | £51,000,000 | £40,000,000 | -21.6% | |
| Cash | £0 | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £853,000,000 | £746,000,000 | -12.5% | |
| Net assets | £388,000,000 | £403,000,000 | £335,000,000 | -16.9% | |
| Equity | £388,000,000 | £403,000,000 | £335,000,000 | -16.9% | |
| Average employees | 8,028 | 7,844 | 7,574 | -3.4% | |
| Wages | £717,000,000 | £788,000,000 | £786,000,000 | -0.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,000,000 | £1,000,000 | £1,000,000 | 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.6% | 4.1% | 2.1% | |
| Net margin | 4.3% | 5.0% | 3.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 4.9% | 2.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.34x | 0.67x | 0.85x | |
| Interest cover | 1.27x | 1.35x | 0.78x |
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 4 times since incorporation
- MARSH SERVICES LIMITED 2002-04-02 → present
- MARSH CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED 1999-05-06 → 2002-04-02
- J&H MARSH & MCLENNAN (SERVICES) LIMITED 1997-10-01 → 1999-05-06
- C.T.B. SERVICES LIMITED 1995-08-03 → 1997-10-01
- TRUSHELFCO (N0.2094) LIMITED 1995-05-05 → 1995-08-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having assessed the responses to their enquiries the Directors have no reason to believe that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In July 2025, the Trustee of the MMC UK Pension Fund (the "Fund") invested in a £1.9 billion insurance policy (of which £1.4 billion is attributable to Marsh Services Limited) that will reimburse the Fund for all future benefit payments to the retirees and beneficiaries in one of the sections of the Fund (a "buy-in").”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 69 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAMSEYER, Ashton | Secretary | 2023-05-31 | — | — |
| BROWNE, Amanda Jean | Director | 2023-12-18 | Aug 1976 | British |
| CROFT, Aileen Johanna | Director | 2016-07-18 | Jan 1962 | Irish |
| FOWLER, Nicola | Director | 2021-07-05 | Jul 1983 | British |
| HERRING, Andrew Christopher | Director | 2012-10-08 | Dec 1963 | British |
| KING, Ailsa Jane | Director | 2026-03-02 | Jul 1965 | British |
| KNIGHT, Alison Pamela | Director | 2022-05-05 | Mar 1976 | British |
| MOODY, Paul Edward | Director | 2023-04-24 | Feb 1967 | British |
Show 69 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORMACK, Adrianne Helen Marie | Secretary | 2006-05-04 | 2007-09-04 |
| EDWARDS, Marie Elizabeth | Secretary | 2004-12-07 | 2006-05-04 |
| EDWARDS, Marie Elizabeth | Secretary | 2003-02-06 | 2003-12-01 |
| FOSTER, Toni Elisabeth | Secretary | 2003-12-01 | 2004-12-07 |
| FOSTER, Toni Elisabeth | Secretary | 2002-09-05 | 2003-02-06 |
| FOSTER, Toni Elisabeth | Secretary | 1995-11-23 | 1999-05-06 |
| MARSH, Wendy Patricia | Secretary | 2007-09-04 | 2019-07-31 |
| MELTON, Helen Marie | Secretary | 1999-05-06 | 2002-09-05 |
| NICHOLLS, Elizabeth Ann | Secretary | 2019-07-31 | 2023-05-31 |
| PEARSON, Christopher Matthew Robertson | Secretary | 1995-08-11 | 1995-11-23 |
| SIBLEY, Christopher Lindsay Ormond | Secretary | 1995-08-07 | 1995-08-11 |
| TRUSEC LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-05-05 | 1995-08-07 |
| ADAMS, Steven Henry | Director | 1997-12-10 | 1999-02-18 |
| ALLEN, John Marcus | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2017-08-31 |
| BASHFORD, Colin Dermot | Director | 2008-07-08 | 2013-03-11 |
| CAMERON, Angus Kenneth | Director | 2008-09-22 | 2011-01-31 |
| CHESSHER, Mark Christopher | Director | 2012-03-06 | 2014-01-09 |
| CLARKE, Ian | Director | 2011-02-22 | 2011-09-12 |
| CLAYDEN, Paul Francis | Director | 2014-01-09 | 2018-08-03 |
| COOPER MITCHELL, Michael William | Director | 2001-03-28 | 2005-12-31 |
| CURTIS, Simon | Director | 2010-03-03 | 2010-11-02 |
| DAVIES, George Edward | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2010-10-25 |
| DAVISON, Victoria Catherine | Director | 2011-09-12 | 2017-06-20 |
| DICK, Andrew John | Director | 2010-12-06 | 2012-03-10 |
| DRUITT, David Harvey | Director | 1999-05-06 | 2000-04-01 |
| ELMS, Janet Ann | Director | 2002-03-27 | 2007-01-23 |
| FARRELL, Karen Anne | Director | 2010-03-03 | 2013-12-19 |
| FITZGERALD, Michael Henry | Director | 2007-12-14 | 2008-06-24 |
| FOSTER, Toni Elisabeth | Director | 1999-05-06 | 2005-05-24 |
| FOSTER, Toni Elisabeth | Director | 1995-08-07 | 1995-09-28 |
| GIBSON, Iain William | Director | 2017-02-10 | 2018-09-01 |
| HAMILTON, Katherine Jane | Director | 2018-03-06 | 2021-06-30 |
| HARLEY, Robert Dryburgh Nisbet | Director | 1998-03-23 | 1999-02-03 |
| HARRISON, Carol Lisa | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2018-11-26 |
| HARRISON, Michael Charles | Director | 2000-03-27 | 2000-12-31 |
| HENDERSON, Anne Josephine | Director | 2019-03-01 | 2022-02-28 |
| HIBBERD, Sally-Ann | Director | 2006-09-20 | 2007-09-25 |
| HOLDEN, Mary Elizabeth | Director | 1996-02-13 | 1997-09-15 |
| HORTON, Timothy William | Director | 1996-02-13 | 1999-05-04 |
| HOWETT, Bryan James | Director | 2005-05-20 | 2008-01-08 |
| HYLAND, Athol Alexander | Director | 2000-03-27 | 2005-03-30 |
| KIDDIE, Colin Francis | Director | 2012-06-26 | 2018-09-01 |
| KING, Ailsa Jane | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2026-03-01 |
| LARSEN, Ulf | Director | 2007-01-23 | 2007-12-21 |
| MACMILLAN, Graeme | Director | 2013-02-01 | 2016-07-18 |
| MANSFIELD, Lynsey Jane | Director | 2008-01-23 | 2011-05-17 |
| MARSH, Byron Timothy | Director | 1996-02-13 | 2000-04-01 |
| MAX, Daniel Simon | Director | 2016-07-18 | 2018-09-23 |
| NETHERTON, Charles | Director | 2019-02-22 | 2022-12-12 |
| PEARSON, Christopher Matthew Robertson | Director | 1995-08-11 | 1999-03-11 |
| PERRY, David Richard | Director | 2011-02-22 | 2013-02-01 |
| PIGOT, David Kearsley | Director | 2010-03-03 | 2016-03-07 |
| REEVE, Robert Arthur | Nominee Director | 1995-05-05 | 1995-08-07 |
| REYNOLDS, John Edwin | Director | 1996-02-13 | 1997-12-10 |
| ROSEN, Michael | Director | 1996-02-13 | 1998-10-01 |
| ROWE, Drusilla Charlotte Jane | Nominee Director | 1995-05-05 | 1995-08-07 |
| RYCRAFT, Richard | Director | 1996-02-13 | 2000-02-29 |
| SIBLEY, Christopher Lindsay Ormond | Director | 1995-08-07 | 1995-09-26 |
| THOMAS, Geoffrey David | Director | 1995-08-11 | 2000-04-01 |
| THORNTON, Michael John | Director | 1997-09-17 | 2000-04-01 |
| VASSANELLI, Marc | Director | 2008-01-30 | 2008-09-22 |
| WHEELER, Dennis Bruce | Director | 1996-02-13 | 2000-04-01 |
| WHITE, Roy Ian | Director | 2016-03-07 | 2021-12-31 |
| WHITE, Roy Ian | Director | 2011-02-22 | 2012-10-15 |
| WOOD, Teresa Mary | Director | 2017-11-16 | 2018-01-31 |
| WOOD, Teresa Mary | Director | 2013-02-01 | 2017-03-31 |
| WOODHOUSE, Stephen Robert | Director | 2019-12-01 | 2023-12-18 |
| WOODHOUSE, Stephen Robert | Director | 2013-02-01 | 2017-02-10 |
| WROUGHTON, Philip Lavallin | Director | 1995-08-11 | 1996-02-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mmc Uk Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 258 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-22 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-06-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-15 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2022-11-15 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2022-08-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.