Access welcomes Ladbrook

25 March 2025

Access Insurance has recently acquired Derbyshire-based charity insurance broker, Ladbrook Insurance.

What this means for Access

This acquisition will help Access in its vision to ‘grow to give’, as part of the Benefact Group, with all available profits given back to good causes. Simon Hickman, CEO and founder at Access Insurance said:

“Acquiring Ladbrook Insurance is a key milestone in our growth strategy over the next 5 years and reflects our appetite for growth. With increasing consumer duty requirements, we are open to further opportunities to acquire books of charity clients that align with our expertise in the third sector.”

“We look forward to welcoming the Ladbrook staff and almost 2000 clients into the Access family. We are also pleased to now have a hub in Derbyshire for the advantage of our staff and clients based in the North.”

Ladbrook Insurance

Ladbrook Insurance is itself a charity-specialist insurance broker advising nearly 2000 clients from its Barlborough office. Ladbrook share Access’ ethical values and commitment to providing excellent service and insurance advice to charities, voluntary and community organisations. In the last quarter, Ladbrook worked with 325 third sector groups and made 13 charitable donations.

Tim Larden, CEO at Ladbrook, said:

“I am pleased that Ladbrook is becoming part of a larger group which prides itself in educating and advising charities on managing risk and am excited about the additional benefits it will bring to our own client base as well as jumping into helping Access achieve ambitious growth goals.”

As part of the merger, Tim becomes the Sales & Marketing Director at Access, strengthening the board and our ambition to serve more charities across the UK.