ActiveQuote Limited
Reference number: 501109
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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
Activequote Ltd, Global Reach, Dunleavy Drive, Cardiff, CF11 0SN, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When activequote.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 029 2009 0439 is
- Who else gives the postcode CF11 0SN
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Fortify Insurance Solutions Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- ActiveQuote Health Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Give regulated advice FSCS may applyA claim for unsuitable advice is itself FSCS-protected, up to the limit that applies to the product you were advised on.
- 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.
- 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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- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- 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.
Concerns on the company record
- Accounts are overdue at Companies House.
- Company number
- 06765845 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 4 December 2008 (17 years old)
- Registered office
- Global Reach, Dunleavy Drive, Cardiff, CF11 0SN
- Nature of business
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- Business and domestic software development (SIC 62012)
- Activities of insurance agents and brokers (SIC 66220)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Robert James Saunders | Director | Sep 1980 | 1 Sep 2017 | 3 other companies |
| Michael Dalby | Director | May 1972 | 8 Aug 2024 | 15 other companies |
| David James Rosewall Edmands | Director | Nov 1968 | 8 Aug 2024 | 62 other companies |
| Graeme Robert Manning | Secretary | Not published | 1 Oct 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
- 69
- closed down
- 55
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 69 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The one that went into liquidation or administration
- The 6 on the FCA register
- The 8 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 15 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Profit before tax
£864k
From a loss of £469k
Net assets
£1.84m
+48% from £1.24m
Cash at bank
£1.35m
+80% from £748k
Employees (average)
141
+2.9% from 137
Its next accounts are overdue at Companies House.
The accounts for the year to 30 September 2023 do not tag turnover in a form that can be read automatically, so it is not shown. The last tagged figure is £14.6m, for the year to 30 September 2022.
Turnover and profit
In the full report: all 5 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2023
- Both charts, 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 06765845. 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
ActiveQuote’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
1 March 2025
- Help Me Compare Group Limited gave up control
- Howden Uk&I Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2023
13 October 2023
- Help Me Compare Group Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Help Me Compare Limited gave up control
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Help Me Compare Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Richard Byron Theodossiades became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
- Richard Byron Theodossiades stopped being the majority owner
Companies House
2014
27 November 2014
- Changed its registered name from "ActiveQuote Health Ltd"
FCA register
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2009
2 September 2009
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
28 August 2009
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
FCA register
2008
4 December 2008
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 40 events
- All 40 events in its history (12 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 25
Firms connected to ActiveQuote
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with ActiveQuote. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 6
- share a director
- 3
- share its postcode
- 3
In the full report: all 6 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (3), the same postcode (3)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 3 past links through former directors
Firms like ActiveQuote
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Cardiff
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- 69 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 5 years of accounts, charted
- All 40 events in its history
- 6 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