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Willis Limited

Non-life insurance

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 96

  1. Alla Bashenko 2023-2026 Director View profile
  2. Neil Graham Kerr 2022-2025 Director View profile
  3. Richard Roy Goff 2020-2026 Director View profile
  4. Dipesh Mansukhlal Punja Ramji Shah 2019-2025 Director View profile
  5. Claire Elizabeth Turner 2019-2022 Director View profile
  6. James Edward Kent 2018-2021 Director View profile
  7. Dr Brendan Richard O'Neill 2017-2023 Director View profile
  8. Peter James Carter 2017-2020 Director View profile
  9. Peter Anderson Shaw 2016-2022 Director View profile
  10. James Henry Willens 2016-2019 Director View profile
  11. Eloise Marnie Martin 2016-2019 Director View profile
  12. John Paul Cavanagh 2016-2017 Director View profile
  13. Catherine Roy 2015-2022 Director View profile
  14. Nicolas Aubert 2015-2021 Director View profile
  15. Claire Powell 2014-2018 Director View profile
  16. Simon William Gaffney 2014-2015 Director View profile
  17. Sarah Joan Turvill 2014-2023 Director View profile
  18. David John Martin 2013-2015 Director View profile
  19. Mary Theresa O'Connor 2012-2018 Director View profile
  20. Alan Peter Dickinson 2012-2016 Director View profile
  21. Joseph Trotti 2012-2012 Director View profile
  22. David Victor Paige 2011-2016 Director View profile
  23. Neil Phillip Perry 2011-2017 Director View profile
  24. Rodney Pennington Baker-Bates 2011-2020 Director View profile
  25. Paul Anthony Owens 2011-2014 Director View profile
  26. Stephen Patrick Hearn 2010-2015 Director View profile
  27. Sir Jeremy Hanley 2008-2017 Director View profile
  28. Alistair James Christopher Rivers 2008-2016 Director View profile
  29. James Edward Douglas Vickers 2008-2018 Director View profile
  30. Brendan James Mcmanus 2008-2011 Director View profile
  31. Stephen Edward Wood 2007-2014 Director View profile
  32. Ian Charles Gale 2007-2008 Director View profile
  33. Thomas Colraine 2006-2006 Director View profile
  34. Patrick Charles Regan 2006-2010 Director View profile
  35. Thomas Anthony Bartleet 2006-2008 Director View profile
  36. Dominic Michael Adrian Samengo-Turner 2006-2014 Director View profile
  37. David Basil Margrett 2005-2011 Director View profile
  38. Michael Russel Rendle 2005-2011 Director View profile
  39. Iain Vyvyan Pocock 2004-2007 Director View profile
  40. Jeanette Scampas 2004-2007 Director View profile
  41. William Paul Bowden 2004-2006 Director View profile
  42. Allan Crawford Adamson Gribben 2004-2008 Director View profile
  43. Stephen Gerald Maycock 2004-2007 Director View profile
  44. James Anthony Ratcliffe 2001-2004 Director View profile
  45. Robert Heydon Gayner 1999-2007 Director View profile
  46. Guy Maurice Bessis 1998-2006 Director View profile
  47. Michael Patrick Chitty 1997-2010 Director View profile
  48. Grahame John Millwater 1996-2008 Director View profile
  49. Peter Taliaferro Pruitt 1995-1998 Director View profile
  50. Roderick Stewart Gray 1995-1998 Director View profile
  51. Michael Norman Bone 1994-1998 Director View profile
  52. Henry Vanier White-Smith 1993-1998 Director View profile
  53. Simon David Wilson 1993-1996 Director View profile
  54. John Nicholas Wheeler 1993-1993 Director View profile
  55. James Francis Dowd 1993-1995 Director View profile
  56. George Frederick Nixon 1993-1998 Director View profile
  57. George Peter Reeth 1992-1998 Director View profile
  58. Leslie Guy Mark Morant 1995 Director View profile
  59. Robert Gerald Warde Dixon 2001 Director View profile
  60. Robert Brian Keville 1993 Director View profile
  61. Peter William Fane 1997 Director View profile
  62. Edward James Sutcliffe Garrett 1995 Director View profile
  63. Christopher Michael London 2008 Director View profile
  64. Colin Neil Finlayson Methven 1998 Director View profile
  65. Edward Ian James Gray Moss 1999 Director View profile
  66. Michael David Tufnell Faber 2005 Director View profile
  67. Michael Henry Woods 1998 Director View profile
  68. Stephen Andrew Crane 1995 Director View profile
  69. John Marriott Pelly 2004 Director View profile
  70. John Nicholas Wheeler Wooderson 1998 Director View profile
  71. Nicholas Peter Davenport 1998 Director View profile
  72. Philip Alan Cassan Tuite-Dalton 1999 Director View profile
  73. Richard Chiverrell 2003 Director View profile
  74. Christopher Norman Clark 2006 Director View profile
  75. Donald Hedley Payne 1995 Director View profile
  76. John Sanderson 1998 Director View profile
  77. Mervyn Harvey Duder 1997 Director View profile
  78. Martyn Anthony Hedley 2002 Director View profile
  79. Maureen Sylvia Swage 1995 Director View profile
  80. Oliver Charles Prior 1998 Director View profile
  81. Paul Hastings 1996 Director View profile
  82. Anthony Dudley Montague Proctor 1995 Director View profile
  83. John Maxwell Percy Taylor 1997 Director View profile
  84. Alan Milsom 1994 Director View profile
  85. Richard John Stafford Bucknall 2007 Director View profile
  86. Raymond Huir Salter 1993 Director View profile
  87. John Alfred Churchill Myers 1998 Director View profile
  88. Alan Bertie Hedgecock 2004 Director View profile
  89. Michael Charles White 1995 Director View profile
  90. John Wilkes 1998 Director View profile
  91. Fahrin Jivraj Ribeiro 2019-2021 Secretary View profile
  92. Marcus Philip Dowding 2016-2019 Secretary View profile
  93. Alistair Peel 2011-2016 Secretary View profile
  94. Sarah Lewis 2010-2011 Secretary View profile
  95. Shaun Kevin Bryant 2007-2010 Secretary View profile
  96. Leo Murphy 1997 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

17 contracts · £3,879,762 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • Insurance Broker Services Buyer: MAG AIRPORT LIMITED £3,000,000 2026-09-08 Source: Find a Tender

    Manchester Airports Group (MAG) required long-term Insurance Broker Services. MAG operates within a complex commercial and regulatory environment while maintaining a diverse, evolving risk profile. Effective insurance arrangements are essen…

  • Insurance Broker Services Buyer: ASTER GROUP LIMITED Value not published 2026-07-10 Source: Find a Tender

    Provision of Insurance and Risk Related Services to Aster Group Limited and Subsidiary Organisations. The Contract is for the provision of general insurance and risk related services, including claims handling, loss control services and gen…

  • Insurance Brokerage Services - ACS and Ancillaries Buyer: H M REVENUE & CUSTOMS £80,000 2026-04-29 CPV 66518100 Source: Contracts Finder

    HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) require an insurance broker to source motor vehicle insurance policies, and provide associated support services.

  • General Insurance Advice Buyer: Home Office £20,000 2026-03-16 CPV 66510000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Providing insurance advice for procurements and negotiations.

  • APHA PI Insurance - through brokerage services Buyer: DEFRA £25,000 2026-01-27 CPV 66518100 Source: Contracts Finder

    APHA PI Insurance - through brokerage services

  • Provision of Insurance Brokerage Buyer: County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust £2,500 2025-12-30 CPV 66510000 Source: Contracts Finder

    County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust has awarded a contract to Willis Limited for insurance brokerage services. The contract has been awarded by a call off without competition utilising CCS RM6023 Insurance and Related Service…

  • Provision of Insurance Brokerage Services Buyer: SYNCHRONICITY CARE LTD. £2,500 2025-12-12 CPV 66510000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Synchronicity Care Limited (SCL) have awarded a contract to Willis Limited to provide insurance brokerage services. The contract has been awarded by a call off without competition utilising CCS RM6023 Insurance and Related Services 4 - Lot…

  • Overseas Vehicle Insurance Brokerage Services Buyer: Home Office £400,000 2025-11-17 CPV 66510000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Contract awarded for Overseas Vehicle Insurance Brokerage Services

  • 2025-057 Insurance Adviser for OFTO TR13 Buyer: Ofgem £74,400 2025-08-22 CPV 66510000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Ofgem is required to run a tender exercise for all offshore transmission (OFTO) projects that qualify under the OFTO Tender Regulations 2015. The next offshore tender round - Tender Round 13 (TR13) - Ofgem is launching in September 2025. Pr…

  • Insurance Advice Services Buyer: WILLIS LIMITED £50,000 2023-08-22 CPV 66510000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Insurance Advice Services

  • AHVLA (Wildlife Unit): Provision of Fleet Insurance & Brokerage Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS £23,479 2015-04-01 CPV 73000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Defra procuring on behalf of the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) formally AHVLA. This is a call-off contract under the Government Framework Contract CTLBC/1837. AHVLA (Wildlife Unit): Provision of Fleet Insurance & Brokerage

  • DRIP I-015: Traffic Officer Fleet insurance 2015/16 Buyer: Highways Agency £99,114 2015-03-27 CPV 71311000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Provision of insurance for Traffic Officer fleet due to loss of Crown Indemnity.

  • DRIP I-014 Hire Car Insurance 2015/16 Buyer: Highways Agency £27,817 2015-03-27 CPV 71311000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Provision of insurance for Hire Car use due to loss of Crown Indemnity.

  • Insurance Buyer: Met Office £57,505 2015-02-02 CPV 66500000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Insurance

  • Insurance Services Buyer: FCO SERVICES £17,448 2014-12-01 CPV 66000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    http://ccs.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/contracts/rm958 Additional information: N/A

  • Provision of Insurance Brokerage Services Buyer: DFT OPERATOR LIMITED Value not published Date not published CPV 66518100 Source: Find a Tender

    The provision of insurance brokerage services for DFT Operator Limited and Subsidiaries.

  • Insurance Brokerage and related Services Buyer: THE FINANCIAL REPORTING COUNCIL LIMITED Value not published Date not published CPV 66518000 Source: Find a Tender

    THIS IS A CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) regulates auditors, accountants and actuaries and sets the UK's Corporate Governance and Stewardship Codes. As the Competent Authority for audit in the UK, we set auditi…

About

What it does
Non-life insurance; Non-life reinsurance
Incorporated
12/04/1922
Registered office
London

Ownership

Owned by (2) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

  • Willis Group Limited
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2024-12-16
  • Willis Faber Limited ceased 2024-12-16
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06

Group

  1. Willis Limited is controlled by Willis Group Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2024-12-16 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Willis Group Limited is controlled by Trinity Acquisition PLC
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. Trinity Acquisition PLC is controlled by Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2024-12-16 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited.

76 other companies in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Financials

Net assets
£793,000,000
Total assets
£615,000,000
Cash
£110,000,000
Employees
3,106
Turnover
£1,127,000,000
Profit/loss
£189,000,000

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

3 grants · £66,000 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Education · £66,000 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Education £3,0002023-04-01
  • Department for Education £22,0002020-04-01
  • Department for Education £41,0002020-04-01

Contracts awarded

1 contract · £50,000 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender (Open Government Licence v3.0), where this organisation is recorded as the buyer. Suppliers are matched to a Governance Register company or charity page at confidence 0.7 or higher; below that they are shown by name only.

Top suppliers

Most recent

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

8 directors on the board

5.7y median 5.3y
average tenure
10.1y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (8)

0
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Finance 9Arts and leisure 1Business services 1Tech and media 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00181116
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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