First Central Insurance Management Limited
Registered name: FIRST CENTRAL INSURANCE MANAGEMENT LIMITED
First Central Insurance Management Limited made £301m revenue and £17.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
First Central Insurance Management Limited’s revenue fell 18% to £301m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £17.7m profit and 766 employees. The company is classified under “activities of insurance agents and brokers” and is based in Haywards Heath; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Haywards Heath, South East
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £345m | £366m | £301m |
| Cost of sales | −£205m | −£204m | −£159m |
| Gross profit | £141m | £162m | £142m |
| Operating profit | £12.1m | £21.9m | £18.4m |
| Profit before tax | £14.2m | £26.8m | £23.6m |
| Profit after tax | £10.8m | £20.3m | £17.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £10.8m | £20.3m | £17.7m |
| Employees (average) | 845 | 776 | 766 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.1% | 5.5% | 5.9% |
| Gross margin | 40.7% | 44.3% | 47.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £408k | £472k | £393k |
| Profit per employee | £12.7k | £26.2k | £23.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.2% | ▼17.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲88.9% | ▼13.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8.2% | ▼1.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 47.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £393k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £23.1k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 766
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- 1st Central Law LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £17.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026