XBRIDGE LIMITED
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Cash
£82m
+0.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£62m
+11.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
763
+2.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£62m
+25.1% highest in 3 filed years
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Our short-form breakdown of XBRIDGE LIMITED's latest filing
Inside the latest accounts for Simply Business (filed as Xbridge Limited). Steady growth and a massive dividend for their US parent. 📊
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 | £169,385,000 | £197,017,000 | £216,273,000 | +9.8% | |
| Operating profit | £24,294,000 | £45,908,000 | £58,807,000 | +28.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £27,986,000 | £49,429,000 | £61,816,000 | +25.1% | |
| Net profit | £20,845,000 | £36,543,000 | £46,391,000 | +26.9% | |
| Cash | £77,240,000 | £81,413,000 | £81,857,000 | +0.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £56,159,000 | £72,346,000 | £77,128,000 | +6.6% | |
| Net assets | £48,950,000 | £55,495,000 | £61,886,000 | +11.5% | |
| Equity | £48,950,000 | £55,495,000 | £61,886,000 | +11.5% | |
| Average employees | 756 | 746 | 763 | +2.3% | |
| Wages | £55,762,000 | £55,293,000 | £56,025,000 | +1.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,415,000 | £1,530,000 | £1,486,000 | -2.9% |
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 | 14.3% | 23.3% | 27.2% | |
| Net margin | 12.3% | 18.5% | 21.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 43.3% | 63.5% | 76.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 62.7% | 63.4% | 60.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.54x | 1.60x | 1.66x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 83.53x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Auditor
- KPMG 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 12 months from signing the financial statements and thus continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 29th May 2026, a dividend was declared of £25,000,000 to be paid to the immediate and ultimate parent company, The Travelers Companies, Inc.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Marc Jamie | Secretary | 2024-12-31 | — | — |
| KELLY, David Thomas, Dr | Director | 2014-02-28 | Sep 1963 | British,Irish |
| SUMMERS, David | Director | 2021-09-30 | Aug 1981 | British |
| TOCZYDLOWSKI, Gregory | Director | 2017-09-11 | Nov 1966 | American |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARNOLD, Ralph Gerhard | Secretary | 2002-05-21 | 2003-04-15 |
| BRAKONIECKI, David | Secretary | 2003-04-15 | 2007-08-06 |
| FISCHER, Deno Wolf | Secretary | 2000-04-10 | 2002-05-21 |
| MANGAT, Arvinder Singh | Secretary | 2007-08-06 | 2014-11-28 |
| NELSON, James Lawrence | Secretary | 2000-04-04 | 2000-04-10 |
| THEODOULOU, Joanne Stella Maria | Secretary | 2018-09-05 | 2024-12-31 |
| ALLAN, Mark Andrew | Director | 2012-04-25 | 2013-07-17 |
| ARNOLD, Ralph Gerhard | Director | 2008-11-26 | 2013-07-17 |
| ARNOLD, Ralph Gerhard | Director | 2000-05-03 | 2003-06-17 |
| BRAKONIECKI, David | Director | 2004-10-12 | 2008-06-30 |
| BRAKONIECKI, David | Director | 2004-04-07 | 2004-10-12 |
| BROADWATER, Ian Dwight | Director | 2016-07-22 | 2017-08-04 |
| BURROWS, Peter Lawrence | Director | 2008-06-30 | 2010-11-03 |
| CARTWRIGHT, Peter Bramwell | Director | 2013-07-17 | 2015-10-22 |
| COOTER, Simon Joseph | Director | 2010-11-03 | 2012-04-03 |
| DEACON, Antony David | Director | 2003-08-14 | 2009-09-07 |
| DOYLE, David Colin | Director | 2002-07-17 | 2003-10-21 |
| EDWARDS, Neil John | Director | 2015-05-26 | 2017-09-11 |
| FISCHER, Deno Wolf | Director | 2000-04-10 | 2004-03-05 |
| FLEMING, Kevin | Director | 2013-07-17 | 2014-10-01 |
| GILKES, Robin Michael Heming | Director | 2008-11-26 | 2013-07-17 |
| GREENBERG, Jeffrey Wayne | Director | 2016-07-25 | 2017-08-04 |
| HOLLOWOOD, Ben James | Director | 2013-07-17 | 2016-07-15 |
| JONES, Olav | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2002-07-17 |
| LA RUFFA, Vincenzo | Director | 2016-07-22 | 2017-08-04 |
| LIEBMANN, Brad Hunter | Director | 2000-04-04 | 2013-07-17 |
| MAYNARD, Nicola Jane | Director | 2003-10-21 | 2005-02-24 |
| NELSON, James Lawrence | Director | 2000-04-04 | 2004-12-14 |
| OBERHUBER, Lukas | Director | 2013-07-17 | 2014-09-26 |
| SLATER, Christopher Paul | Director | 2013-07-17 | 2017-09-11 |
| STOCKWOOD, Jason | Director | 2010-05-13 | 2021-09-30 |
| VAN WAESBERGHE, Ignace Louis Ghislain | Director | 2016-07-22 | 2017-08-04 |
| WATSON, Christopher Eric | Director | 2016-07-22 | 2017-08-04 |
| WIGG, Andrew Miles | Director | 2004-04-07 | 2005-02-24 |
| ZEIDLER, Philip Douglas Burgoyne | Director | 2015-01-30 | 2016-07-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xbridge Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-07-10 | Ceased 2018-07-10 |
| Simply Business Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-07-10 | Ceased 2018-07-10 |
| Simply Business Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-07-10 | Ceased 2018-07-10 |
| The Travelers Companies, Inc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-07-10 | Active |
| Xbridge Acquisitions Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-07-10 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 263 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-01-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-06-11 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2021-06-07 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2021-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.