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White OAK Underwriting Agency Limited
Non-life insurance
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 12
- Justin Glass 2023-2026 View profile
- Jason Ray Saunders 2020-2022 View profile
- Shelley Christine Lyddon-Mills 2019-2020 View profile
- Guillaume Charles Nicolas Marie Bonnissent 2015-2019 View profile
- Sally Victoria Campbell 2015-2019 View profile
- Stuart Antony Bridge Simms 2015-2015 View profile
- Richard Colin Watson 2014-2019 View profile
- Dale Brooks Hendrix 2013-2022 View profile
- Graham Ward 2012-2019 View profile
- Matthew Peter Maxwell 2010-2015 View profile
- Charles Edmund Glass 2009-2012 View profile
- Jeffrey William Dolton 2009-2012 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Non-life insurance
- Incorporated
- 02/03/2009
- Registered office
- London
- Previous names
- EPG Underwriting Management Limited (until 28/08/2009)
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.
- Hiscox PLC
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06 - Shepherd Global Limited
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- White OAK Underwriting Agency Limited
is controlled by Hiscox PLC
Evidence
active 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Hiscox PLC.
31 other companies in this group
- Hiscox Connect Limited
- Hiscox 2004 UK Limited
- Hiscox Underwriting LTD
- Hiscox Insurance Holdings Limited
- Insurex Limited
- Hiscox SIP Limited
- Hiscox MGA LTD
- Hiscox Insurance Company Limited
- Amorphous Sugar Limited
- Hiscox Underwriting Group Services Limited
- Hiscox Dedicated Corporate Member Limited.
- Hiscox Trustees Limited
- Hiscox Syndicates Trustees Limited
- Hiscox Pension Trustees Limited
- Whitehall Insurance Services Limited
- Hiscox Syndicates Limited
- Insurex Expo-Sure Limited
- Hiscox EBT Trustees Limited
- Hiscox Investment Holdings Limited
- Applewell Limited
- Hiscox Europe Services Limited
- Hiscox Europe Underwriting Limited
- Hiscox Holdings Limited
- Roberts & Hiscox (Underwriting Agencies) Limited
- Expo-Sure Limited
- Hiscox ASM LTD.
- HIM Capital Limited
- Hiscox Qualifying Employee Share Ownership Trustee Limited
- Event Assured Limited
- 03294530
- Hiscox PLC
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
- £219,201
- Total assets
- £697,176
- Cash
- £355,848
- Employees
- 12
- Turnover
- £3,964,513
- Profit/loss
- -£434,350
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2024-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
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.
4 directors on the board
- John Shepherd Director · appointed 2009
- Holly Tamar Shepherd Director · appointed 2016
- Clare Elizabeth Murray Director · appointed 2023
- Lisa Jane Perry Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- John Shepherd Director · appointed 2009
- Holly Tamar Shepherd Director · appointed 2016
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (1)
- Lisa Jane Perry Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (3)
- John Shepherd Director · appointed 2009
- Holly Tamar Shepherd Director · appointed 2016
- Clare Elizabeth Murray Director · appointed 2023
Left in the last 12 months
- Justin Glass Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2026
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.
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
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 06832820
- 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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