HAMMER COURT (LIME STREET) LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£134k
+789.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£224k
+48.2% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-10-18.
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 | £1,280,558 | £1,365,510 | £1,569,052 | +14.9% | |
| Net earned premiums | £921,093 | £1,016,505 | £1,056,641 | +3.9% | |
| Claims incurred | £429,502 | £517,884 | £483,417 | -6.7% | |
| Investment return | £56,403 | £66,006 | £86,111 | +30.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £186,096 | £150,905 | £223,626 | +48.2% | |
| Net profit | £137,883 | £112,185 | £166,280 | +48.2% | |
| Insurance contract liabilities | £1,989,559 | £2,271,177 | £2,403,937 | +5.8% | |
| Total assets | £2,550,664 | £2,988,195 | £3,281,607 | +9.8% | |
| Total liabilities | £2,683,214 | £3,007,576 | £3,148,020 | +4.7% | |
| Equity | -£132,550 | -£19,381 | £133,587 | +789.3% | |
| 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) | 105.2% | 100.6% | 95.9% |
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
“The Directors consider the Company to be a going concern and have prepared the Financial Statements on that basis. The Company is continuing to underwrite at Lloyd's for the 2026 year of account.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARGENTA SECRETARIAT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2013-09-19 | — | — |
| FORREST, Ian John | Director | 2013-09-19 | Mar 1959 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Ian John Forrest | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 34 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-10 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-18 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-20 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.