SSP BIDCO LIMITED
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Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£196M
+31.6% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£47M
+76% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £26,863,000 | £47,286,000 | +76% | |
| Net profit | £26,863,000 | £47,126,000 | +75.4% | |
| Cash | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £149,322,000 | £196,448,000 | +31.6% | |
| Net assets | £149,322,000 | £196,448,000 | +31.6% | |
| Equity | £149,322,000 | £196,448,000 | +31.6% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 23.8% | 21.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.71x | — |
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
- SSP BIDCO LIMITED 2015-03-28 → present
- H&F SENSOR BIDCO LIMITED 2008-07-15 → 2015-03-28
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PM+M Solutions for Business 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.”
Group structure
- SSP BIDCO LIMITED · parent
- SSP Holdings Limited 100%
- SSP Limited 100%
- SSP (Africa) Pty Limited 100%
- SSP (Africa) Holdings Pty Limited 100%
- SSP Sirius Solutions Limited 100%
- SSP Sirius Limited 100%
- Sirius Financial Systems Group Limited 100%
- SSP (New Zealand) Limited 100%
- SSP (India) Private Limited 99.99%
- SSP (Asia Pacific) Pty Limited 100%
- Key Choice Insurance Marketing Limited 100%
- Keychoice Underwriting Limited 100%
- Holdgrove Limited 100%
- Sectornet Limited 100%
- Mediquote Health Solutions Limited 100%
- Policy Master Group Limited 100%
- Loop Portal UK Limited 100%
Significant events
- “An impairment reversal was made against investments of £43.7m in the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUFTON, Michael Joseph | Director | 2021-02-17 | Sep 1964 | Canadian |
| PARTINGTON, Nathan | Director | 2024-12-12 | Dec 1981 | Canadian |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORREST, Neil Andrew | Secretary | 2020-10-01 | 2021-02-17 |
| FORREST, Richard Charles | Secretary | 2011-10-27 | 2020-09-30 |
| BATE, Nicholas John | Director | 2009-05-12 | 2011-10-01 |
| BEATTIE, Brian | Director | 2021-02-17 | 2024-12-12 |
| CARGILL, Stephen Peter | Director | 2014-12-05 | 2018-05-02 |
| DUCKETT, Stephen Patrick | Director | 2008-07-15 | 2011-10-26 |
| GREENHILL, Colin Steven | Director | 2024-12-12 | 2025-11-10 |
| HENSKE, Robert Bradshaw | Director | 2011-10-27 | 2012-12-15 |
| KLEINMAN, Blake Christopher | Director | 2008-07-15 | 2015-03-12 |
| LATHROPE, Stephen Michael | Director | 2017-10-01 | 2021-02-17 |
| MILLER, Mark Robert | Director | 2021-02-17 | 2024-12-12 |
| PENNINGTON, Christopher | Director | 2018-09-04 | 2021-02-17 |
| THOMPSON, Carol | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2014-10-16 |
| WALKER, Laurence John Brian | Director | 2011-10-27 | 2018-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ssp Midco 1 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 97 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-24 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2023-06-20 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2023-03-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-22 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2022-05-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.