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WPS Capital Ltd

ActiveCompany number 00214549Private limited companyEst. 192665202 · Non-life reinsuranceSt Nicholas, Wales
Official record ↗
Age100 years
older than 99% of its sector
Same activity, United Kingdom136live companies · the oldest
In St Nicholas39live companies
At this address2live companies incl. this one
Latest accounts2024group accounts, made up to 31 Dec 2024

In brief

WPS Capital Ltd is a private limited company incorporated in England and Wales on 22 June 1926. At 100 years old it is older than 99% of the 136 live companies whose main activity is non-life reinsurance. Its registered office is in St Nicholas, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, at an address shared with one other live company. Its latest accounts were made up to 31 December 2024 and filed as group accounts. It was previously called William Powell & Sons,limited, a name it changed on 7 June 2023.

Register details

Registered nameWPS CAPITAL LTD
Company number00214549
Company typePrivate Limited Company
Registered officeCottrell Park, St Nicholas, CF5 6SJ Cardiff
JurisdictionEngland and Wales
Nature of business (UK SIC 2007)65202 Non-life reinsurance
International sector (ISIC Rev.4)K · 65 Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security

Timeline

Register events, newest first.

  • Confirmation statement made up
  • Accounts made upGroup accounts
  • Name changedPreviously William Powell & Sons,limited
  • Incorporated

Filings and charges

Deadlines and charge counts from the register.

Next accounts due31 December 2026
Accounting reference date31 December
Next confirmation statement4 September 2027
Last confirmation statement21 August 2026
Charges registered9
Outstanding · satisfied3 · 6

Charges are security interests (such as mortgages) registered against the company.

Non-life reinsurance in the United Kingdom

Live companies whose main activity is 65202: 136 in total, median age 18 years, 5 incorporated in the past 12 months.

All 136 companies
This company's decadeOther decades
0102030401920s: 111920s1950s: 221950s1960s: 331960s1970s: 10101970s1980s: 661980s1990s: 23231990s2000s: 30302000s2010s: 29292010s2020s: 32322020s
Incorporated per year, still live
0358102011: 520112012: 32013: 320132014: 32015: 520152017: 32018: 320182019: 32020: 420202021: 42022: 220222023: 42024: 920242025: 52026: 42026

Location

Registered office in St Nicholas, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.

St Nicholas
Live companies in St Nicholas39
Same activity in St Nicholas1
Live companies in Vale of Glamorgan7,061
New in St Nicholas, past 12 months3

Also registered at this address

1 other live company shares this registered office.

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Sources

Register data: Companies House, Free Company Data Product, delivery of 1 October 2026. Places: ONS Postcode Directory (Open Government Licence v3.0). Sector names: Eurostat NACE Rev. 2. Context figures are computed by FirmsDB from these sources. This page is not an official register; check the official record before relying on it.