BARRETT UNDERWRITING LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2.2m
+21.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£567k
+23.3% highest in 3 filed years
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross written premiums | £2,635,965 | £2,865,575 | £3,446,972 | +20.3% | |
| Net earned premiums | £1,921,741 | £2,126,649 | £2,343,580 | +10.2% | |
| Claims incurred | £891,470 | £1,086,609 | £1,063,401 | -2.1% | |
| Investment return | £303,250 | £337,286 | £408,479 | +21.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £519,802 | £459,725 | £566,880 | +23.3% | |
| Net profit | £397,816 | £352,288 | £419,786 | +19.2% | |
| Insurance contract liabilities | £4,345,150 | £3,747,463 | £3,798,830 | +1.4% | |
| Total assets | £6,931,026 | £8,201,479 | £9,229,842 | +12.5% | |
| Total liabilities | £5,455,926 | £6,369,278 | £7,004,142 | +10% | |
| Equity | £1,475,100 | £1,832,201 | £2,225,700 | +21.5% | |
| Average employees | 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 78.7% | 77.7% | 75.9% |
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
- PKF Littlejohn LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Accordingly, the going concern concept has been adopted in the preparation of the Financial Statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAMPDEN LEGAL PLC | Corporate Secretary | 2001-04-17 | — | — |
| BARRETT, Peter Robin Hamilton | Director | 1998-09-22 | Apr 1950 | British |
| NOMINA PLC | Corporate Director | 2002-12-31 | — | — |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEWIS, Nicholas David | Secretary | 1998-09-22 | 2001-04-17 |
| EXCELLET INVESTMENTS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1998-09-22 | 1998-09-22 |
| HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-09-22 | 1998-09-22 |
| CANT, David Antony | Director | 1998-09-22 | 1998-12-31 |
| HANBURY, Nigel John | Director | 1998-09-22 | 1998-12-31 |
| HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-09-22 | 1998-09-22 |
| QUICKNESS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1998-09-22 | 1998-09-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Peter Robin Hamilton Barrett | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 359 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2018-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2017-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2017-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2016-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.