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First Underwriting Limited

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Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 15

  1. Jonathan Anthony Costello 2023-2025 Director View profile
  2. Paul Comley 2023-2025 Director View profile
  3. Ajay Tailor 2022-2023 Director View profile
  4. Thomas Donachie 2021-2023 Director View profile
  5. William Michael Clinton 2019-2020 Director View profile
  6. James Frederick Corrigan-Stuart 2018-2023 Director View profile
  7. William Thomas Mckernan 2018-2023 Director View profile
  8. Geoffrey Mckernan 2018-2023 Director View profile
  9. Mark Haviland Bacon 2018-2020 Director View profile
  10. John Robert Newman Collyear 2018-2020 Director View profile
  11. Dean Stuart Bartlett 2017-2018 Director View profile
  12. Robin Mellish 2012-2017 Director View profile
  13. Shaun Foulds 2012-2018 Director View profile
  14. Trevor Dixon 2012-2014 Director View profile
  15. Colin Hart 2011-2018 Director View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
23/11/2011

Ownership

Owned by (4) 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.

  • Colin Hart ceased 2017-07-01
    25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Colin Hart ceased 2018-12-20
    25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Kingfisher UK Holdings Limited
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2020-12-18
  • NSM MGA Holdings Limited ceased 2020-12-18
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2018-12-20

Group

  1. First Underwriting Limited is controlled by Colin Hart
    Evidence
    ceased 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2017-07-01 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Colin Hart.

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
£3,807,894
Total assets
£6,988,001
Cash
£14,373,745
Employees
0.43
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Profit/loss
£401,803

Filed as Full accounts.

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.

6 directors on the board

2.9y median 2.8y
average tenure
5.2y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (4)

0
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

  • Paul Comley Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2025

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 43Professional services 8Tech and media 7Business services 4Construction 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
07857938
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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