NEPHILA SYNDICATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
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Equity attributable
Employees
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Average over period
Profit before tax
£28k
USD 38,000
+353.3% first positive since 2024
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 | £5,770,346 | £6,888,146 | £10,754,366 | +56.1% | |
| Operating profit | £29,729 | -£11,148 | -£83,984 | -653.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £32,702 | -£11,148 | £28,242 | +353.3% | |
| Net profit | £25,269 | -£8,175 | £21,553 | +363.6% | |
| Cash | £6,455,593 | £4,555,184 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,315,124 | £6,248,235 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £6,315,124 | £6,248,235 | — | — | |
| Equity | £6,315,124 | £6,248,235 | — | — | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Wages | £0 | £0 | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | — | — |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.743 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 | 0.5% | -0.2% | -0.8% | |
| Net margin | 0.4% | -0.1% | 0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.5% | -0.2% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 19.4% | 6.6% | — | |
| Current ratio | 4.84x | 14.66x | — |
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
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After consideration of the Company's financial performance and position and making all relevant enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months from the date of signing the annual accounts. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Effective 1 January 2026, NSML was appointed as managing agent for Lloyd's Syndicate 2359, which began underwriting on that date with stamp capacity of £100.0m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEATTY, Adam George | Director | 2017-12-08 | Dec 1968 | British |
| CARTWRIGHT, James Alexander Haggerston Gadsden | Director | 2023-01-25 | Jun 1982 | British |
| DRYSDALE, Samuel Graham | Director | 2024-01-05 | Jun 1986 | British |
| GUFFEY, William Alan | Director | 2019-09-06 | Dec 1963 | American |
| LAWTON-BRYCE, Davin | Director | 2026-04-02 | Aug 1979 | British |
| RIDDELL, Thomas Alexander | Director | 2019-09-06 | Aug 1952 | British,Australian |
| STREET, Jane Elizabeth | Director | 2022-08-01 | Jan 1960 | British |
| TAYLOR, Laura Ann Kirsten | Director | 2023-08-02 | Apr 1975 | Canadian |
| WILKINSON, Andrew James | Director | 2024-02-08 | May 1979 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARE, Charity Nomusa | Director | 2019-09-06 | 2023-04-22 |
| BUCKNALL, Richard John Stafford | Director | 2019-09-06 | 2026-04-30 |
| BUTTERWORTH, Gina Claire | Director | 2019-09-06 | 2023-04-01 |
| HAQ, Agha Irfan Ul | Director | 2019-09-06 | 2023-01-25 |
| MAJORS, William Franklin | Director | 2019-09-06 | 2023-12-07 |
| RAMAGE, James William | Director | 2019-09-06 | 2022-09-30 |
| SWAYNE, Guy Edward | Director | 2017-12-08 | 2019-09-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nephila Syndicate Management Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-05-27 | Active |
| Markel Group Inc | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2018-11-14 | Active |
| Mr Adam George Beatty | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-12-08 | Ceased 2018-11-14 |
| Mr Guy Edward Swayne | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-12-08 | Ceased 2017-12-08 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 61 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-13 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-03 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- 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.