Appointed representative
This firm does not hold FCA authorisation of its own, and acts under a principal firm, which is legally responsible for its regulated business.
- Appointed for 2 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2022
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2024
- One of its directors is also a director of a firm that is no longer authorised
- On its latest accounts it owed £429k more than it owned
Responsible principal firm
Independent Broking Solutions Limited Reference number: 312026 View firm →What does this mean?
- An appointed representative (AR) can carry out regulated financial services, but is not directly authorised by the FCA. A principal firm holds the authorisation and is legally responsible for the AR's conduct.
- Ardent Global Risks Limited (FRN 1011360) is an AR of Independent Broking Solutions Limited (FRN 312026). When you use Ardent Global Risks's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Ardent Global Risks, complaints and compensation usually follow the same rules as dealing with the principal, but this depends on the product and your circumstances.
- Before you proceed, confirm contact details match the official FCA register for both firms. Scammers sometimes clone legitimate AR names and FRNs but use fake phone numbers and websites.
Website, phone number and address
Compare these against whatever you were given. Scammers clone real firm names and reference numbers but use their own phone number and website, so a detail that does not match the register is the clearest warning sign there is.
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
Office 5036, 5th Floor Aldgate Tower, 2 Lemam Street, E1 8FA, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07407 716263 is
- Who else gives the postcode E1 8FA
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Ardent Global Risks Brokers Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Ardent GR Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Independent Broking Solutions Limited, the principal firm responsible for this firm's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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
- 14319313 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 26 August 2022 (4 years old)
- Registered office
- Medlar Bank, Cold Aston, Cheltenham, GL54 3BJ, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Activities of open-ended investment companies (SIC 64304)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Alan Sibthorpe | Director | May 1959 | 26 Aug 2022 | 6 other companies |
| Andrew David Edward Tebbs | Director | Jun 1971 | 2 Oct 2023 | 4 other companies |
| Nicholas Beresford Readings | Director | Jun 1952 | 29 Jul 2025 | 28 other companies |
| Jonathan David Sprules | Director | Jun 1968 | 29 Jul 2025 | 11 other companies |
Other companies run by these 4 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
- 41
- closed down
- 7
- are FCA-registered
- 24
In the full report: all 41 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 4 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 24 on the FCA register, including one no longer authorised
- The 8 companies these 4 directors run together
- All 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
−£429k
No earlier figure to compare
Cash at bank
£1,444
Up £1,444 from £0
Owed within a year
£484k
No earlier figure to compare
Total equity is negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £429k more than it owned.
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 14319313. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Ardent Global Risks’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
15 May 2024
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2022
26 August 2022
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Ardent Global Risks Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 11 events
- All 11 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 6
Firms connected to Ardent Global Risks
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Ardent Global Risks. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 10
- no longer authorised
- 1
- share a director
- 10
In the full report: all 10 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (10)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 2 past links through former directors
Firms like Ardent Global Risks
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In the East London (E) postcode area
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- 41 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 11 events in its history
- 10 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
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk