Sanctuary Insurance Brokers Limited
Registered name: SANCTUARY INSURANCE BROKERS LIMITED
Part of Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd groupSanctuary Insurance Brokers Limited made £1.1m revenue and a £196k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Sanctuary Insurance Brokers Limited’s revenue fell 14% to £1.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £196k and 12 employees. The company is classified under “non-life insurance” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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. From the filing: “For the year under review, the immediate parent undertaking was Kastor Holdings Limited, a company registered in the United Kingdom.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £593k | £843k | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Gross profit | £593k | £843k | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Operating profit | −£25.5k | £82.6k | £188k | −£203k |
| Profit before tax | −£25.6k | £87.7k | £191k | −£196k |
| Profit (best available) | −£25.6k | £87.7k | £191k | −£196k |
| Staff costs | £522k | £623k | £775k | £877k |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −4.3% | 10.4% | 15.4% | −18.3% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £84.8k | £76.6k | £113k | £88.9k |
| Profit per employee | −£3.7k | £8k | £17.4k | −£16.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲42% | ▲47.1% | ▼14% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲117.8% | ▼202.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲57.1% | 0% | ▲9.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £419k | £140k | £283k | £113k |
| Net assets | £402k | £485k | £676k | £522k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −18.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £88.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£16.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼23%
- Now £522k
- Cash at bank
- ▼60%
- Now £113k
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 12
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Kastor Holdings Limited75–100%
- Sanctuary Insurance Brokers Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Ramon International Insurance Brokers LimitedRev. £4.5m · Profit £319k
- BMG Insurance Brokers LimitedRev. £1m · Profit £151k
- Kastor Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£196k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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