ARTes Specialty Limited
Reference number: 964002
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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 4 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2021
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
Responsible principal firm
Asta Underwriting Management Ltd Reference number: 657311 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.
- ARTes Specialty Limited (FRN 964002) is an AR of Asta Underwriting Management Ltd (FRN 657311). When you use ARTes Specialty's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from ARTes Specialty, 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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Phone number
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Address
Saxon House, Moseley's Farm Business Centre, Fornham All Saints, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 6JY, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When artes-specialty.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 4558 0409 is
- Who else gives the postcode IP28 6JY
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Asta Underwriting Management Ltd, 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
- 13530935 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 26 July 2021 (5 years old)
- Registered office
- Saxon House Moseley's Farm Business Centre, Fornham All Saints, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 6JY, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Activities of insurance agents and brokers (SIC 66220)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher James Thomas | Director | Dec 1982 | 26 Jul 2021 | 1 other company |
| Richard Anthony Brown | Director | Oct 1986 | 25 Feb 2022 | 1 other company |
| Giles Richard Ward | Director | Nov 1966 | 15 Jan 2025 | 3 other companies |
| Maurits Hugh Kleingeld | Director | Dec 1974 | 15 Jan 2025 | 1 other company |
| Emma Louise Plush | Director | Dec 1989 | 7 Feb 2025 | 15 other companies |
Other companies run by these 5 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
- 21
- closed down
- 1
- are FCA-registered
- 13
In the full report: all 21 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 5 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 13 on the FCA register
- All 7 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£250k
−58% from £601k
Cash at bank
£872k
−65% from £2.52m
Owed within a year
£1.79m
−52% from £3.70m
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 4 years of accounts
- Every year from 2022 to 2025
- 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 13530935. 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
ARTes Specialty’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
30 October 2025
- Luminary Holdings Limited stopped being a part-owner
- Maurits Hugh Kleingeld stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2024
24 December 2024
- Luminary Holdings Limited became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Maurits Hugh Kleingeld became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2021
15 November 2021
- Jpo Ventures Limited stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
12 November 2021
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
26 July 2021
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Castara Limited became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Jpo Ventures Limited became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 20 events
- All 20 events in its history (9 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 11
Firms connected to ARTes Specialty
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with ARTes Specialty. 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 ARTes Specialty
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Bury St. Edmunds
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- 21 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 4 years of accounts, charted
- All 20 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
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk