Blackthorn Risk Group Limited
Reference number: 995548
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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
64-72 Leadenhall Market, London, EC3V 1LT, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- When blackthornrisk.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 07957 338946 is
- Who else gives the postcode EC3V 1LT
Other names (6)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Blackthorn Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Blackthorn Advisory Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Blackthorn Insurance Brokers Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Blackthorn Risk Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- CHC Insurance Services Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- CHC Global Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Hold or safeguard your money · 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.
- 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.
- 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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- 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
- 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
- 10942687 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 1 September 2017 (9 years old)
- Registered office
- 64-72 Leadenhall Market, London, EC3V 1LT, 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 |
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| Rupert Rowland Playfair Prichard | Director | Sep 1955 | 1 Oct 2018 | None |
| Steven Allen Harris | Director | Feb 1961 | 2 Feb 2022 | 15 other companies |
| Julian Geoffrey Wright Vero | Director | Jul 1983 | 26 Sep 2024 | None |
| Rafi Arafat Khan | Director | Mar 1995 | 26 Sep 2024 | 5 other companies |
| Jeremy Mark Norton Smith | Director | Jan 1968 | 26 Sep 2024 | 3 other companies |
| OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate secretary | Not published | 12 Nov 2021 | – |
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
- 23
- closed down
- 7
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 23 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 5 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The one that went into liquidation or administration
- The 2 on the FCA register
- All 9 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£2.41m
+29% from £1.87m
Cash at bank
£430k
−66% from £1.25m
Employees (average)
14
+7.7% from 13
Owed within a year
£206k
−4.2% from £215k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 4 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 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 10942687. 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
Blackthorn Risk Group’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
9 January 2026
- Changed its registered name from "CHC Insurance Services Limited"
FCA register
2024
1 February 2024
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2023
30 December 2023
- Christopher Holt stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2021
20 July 2021
- Mainspring Nominees (8) Limited became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2017
1 September 2017
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Christopher Holt became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 27 events
- All 27 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 13
Firms connected to Blackthorn Risk Group
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Blackthorn Risk Group. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- no longer authorised
- 1
- share a director
- 1
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (1), the same postcode (1)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like Blackthorn Risk Group
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
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- 23 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- 4 years of accounts, charted
- All 27 events in its history
- 2 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