Bestford Insurance Brokers Ltd
Reference number: 951613
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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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Phone number
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Address
Cobalt Business Exchange, Fabriam Centre, Cobalt Business Centre, Cobalt Park Way, Wallsend, North Tyneside, NE28 9NZ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When bestfordinsurance.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0191 262 8872 is
- Who else gives the postcode NE28 9NZ
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Bestford Insurance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- C U Consultants Trading name: A name it trades under now.
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.
- Sell or arrange insurance FSCS may applyEligible insurance claims may be FSCS-protected, often 90%, or 100% for compulsory or long-term cover.
- Lend or arrange credit No FSCS coverConsumer credit is not covered by the FSCS, so there is no compensation scheme if the firm fails.
- 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
- Assisting in the administration and performance of a contract of insurance
- Credit Broking
- Debt Administration
- Debt-collecting
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
Limits on what they may do
- This firm may handle your money in passing but must not hold it, so payments should go to the product provider, never to a personal account.
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
- 13348589 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 21 April 2021 (5 years old)
- Registered office
- Bestford Insurance, Cobalt Park Way, Wallsend, NE28 9NZ, England
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simon John Bestford | Director | Nov 1977 | 21 Apr 2021 | None |
| Johanna Harker | Director | Oct 1983 | 18 Mar 2024 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that these 2 directors run no other company
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£93.6k
+74% from £53.8k
Cash at bank
£8,198
Up £7,766 from £432
Employees (average)
9
Same as 9
Owed within a year
£52.3k
−22% from £66.7k
Assets and liabilities
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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 13348589. 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
Bestford Insurance Brokers’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2021
1 November 2021
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- FCA imposed a requirement (May control but not hold client money)
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
21 April 2021
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Simon John Bestford took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 11 events
- All 11 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 2
Firms connected to Bestford Insurance Brokers
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Bestford Insurance Brokers. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 4
- share its postcode
- 4
In the full report: all 4 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (4)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Bestford Insurance Brokers
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Wallsend
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- Every company its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 11 events in its history
- 4 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