Somers Syndicate Services Limited
Registered name: SOMERS SYNDICATE SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Watford Holdings (UK) Limited groupSomers Syndicate Services Limited made £139k revenue and a £3.7m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Somers Syndicate Services Limited’s revenue was £139k in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £3.7m and 13 employees. The company is classified under “other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding” and is based in London.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 3 yrs · since 2023
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |
| Revenue (turnover) | £139k |
| Cost of sales | £0 |
| Gross profit | £139k |
| Operating profit | −£5m |
| Profit before tax | −£4.9m |
| Profit after tax | −£3.7m |
| Profit (best available) | −£3.7m |
| Employees (average) | 13 |
| Ratios | |
| Profit margin | −2679% |
| Gross margin | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £10.7k |
| Profit per employee | −£285k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |
| Cash at bank | £56.5k |
| Net assets | −£3.7m |
| Fixed assets | £900k |
| Current assets | £2m |
| Debtors | £166k |
| Deferred income | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2679%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £10.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£285k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 649.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 120%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now −£3.7m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £56.5k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 13
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £900k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Watford Holdings (UK) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Somers Syndicate Management Holdings Limited75–100%
- Somers Syndicate Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Somers Syndicate Management LimitedRev. £200k · Profit £56.6k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£3.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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