Accelerate Underwriting Limited
Reference number: 956721
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Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Website, phone number and address
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Address
Accelerate Underwriting Ltd, 153 Fenchurch Street, London, City Of London, EC3M 6BB, United Kingdom
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- What kind of line 020 3141 2600 is
- Who else gives the postcode EC3M 6BB
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Accelerate Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Shape Digital Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Manage or trade investments FSCS may applyEligible investment and pension claims are typically FSCS-protected up to £85,000 per person, depending on the product and your circumstances.
- Sell or arrange insurance FSCS may applyEligible insurance claims may be FSCS-protected, often 90%, or 100% for compulsory or long-term cover.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Assisting in the administration and performance of a contract of insurance
- Dealing in investments as agent
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
FCA disciplinary action and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action.
The Financial Ombudsman Service only publishes complaint figures for firms with 30 or more new complaints in six months, so there are none here for this firm.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- 09640934 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 16 June 2015 (11 years old)
- Registered office
- 1 Great Tower Street, London, EC3R 5AA, England
- Nature of business
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- Non-life insurance (SIC 65120)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Brown | Director | Nov 1973 | 17 Sep 2015 | None |
| Michael David Simon Edgeley | Director | Oct 1966 | 1 Nov 2024 | 78 other companies |
| Mandy Hunt | Director | Jul 1971 | 1 Nov 2024 | 3 other companies |
| Jitendra Patel | Secretary | Not published | 1 Sep 2024 | – |
Other companies run by these 3 directors
A firm is run by people, and their other companies are their track record: what they built, what closed, and anything that failed. It is the check most people never think to make.
- other companies
- 80
- closed down
- 33
- are FCA-registered
- 13
In the full report: all 80 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 13 on the FCA register, including one no longer authorised
- The 1 company these 3 directors run together
- All 12 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
−£390k
Up £589k from −£979k
Cash at bank
£548k
−47% from £1.04m
Employees (average)
12
+9.1% from 11
Owed within a year
£1.74m
−36% from £2.70m
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £390k more than it owned.
No turnover or profit for the year to 31 December 2023: the accounts print them but do not tag them. The last tagged figures are £1.68m turnover and £175k profit, for the year to 31 December 2019.
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 5 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2023
- The chart, over every year
- Every filed figure, year by year
About these figures
- Turnover
- Money taken from sales in the year, before any costs.
- Profit before tax
- What was left after the year’s costs, before corporation tax. A minus figure is a loss.
- Net assets, or total equity
- Everything the company owns minus everything it owes. A minus figure means it owes more than it owns.
- Total assets and total liabilities
- Everything the company owns, and everything it owes, on the last day of the year. The gap between them is its net assets.
- Cash at bank
- Money in the company’s accounts on the last day of the year.
- Owed within a year, owed after a year
- Debts and bills due in the next twelve months, and those due later.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 09640934. Every figure is as filed, apart from total assets and total liabilities, which are added up from filed figures. Nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Accelerate Underwriting’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
1 September 2024
- Clear Group (Holdings) Limited became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
- Scott Brown stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2022
22 March 2022
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2021
19 February 2021
- Minority Venture Partners 10 Limited became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Resolution Underwriting Holdings Ltd stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Resolution Underwriting Holdings Ltd became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Scott Brown became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Scott Brown stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2015
16 June 2015
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 34 events
- All 34 events in its history (10 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 21
Firms connected to Accelerate Underwriting
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Accelerate Underwriting. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 12
- share a director
- 12
In the full report: all 12 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (12)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Accelerate Underwriting
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In London
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- 80 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- 5 years of accounts, charted
- All 34 events in its history
- 12 connected firms, named, and who links them
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- Check your FSCS cover fscs.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk