Introducer appointed representative
This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.
Responsible principal firm
Cycle Solutions (Cycle to Work) Limited Reference number: 722968 View firm →What does this mean?
- An introducer appointed representative can only pass your details to its principal firm. It cannot recommend products, give financial advice, or arrange deals on its own.
- BROWN & BROWN (EUROPE) LIMITED (FRN 949715) introduces customers to Cycle Solutions (Cycle to Work) Limited (FRN 722968). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not BROWN & BROWN (EUROPE).
- Example: if BROWN & BROWN (EUROPE) refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from BROWN & BROWN (EUROPE) itself.
- 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
7th Floor, 55 Mark Lane, London, City Of London, EC3R 7NE, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07748 114515 is
- Who else gives the postcode EC3R 7NE
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Global Risk Partners Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Cycle Solutions (Cycle to Work) 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
- 08613882 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 17 July 2013 (13 years old)
- Registered office
- 7th Floor 55 Mark Lane, London, EC3R 7NE, England
- Nature of business
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- Activities of financial services holding companies (SIC 64205)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Andrew Bruce | Director | Sep 1962 | 2 Jan 2019 | 138 other companies |
Other companies run by its director
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
- 138
- closed down
- 100
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 138 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
- The one that went into liquidation or administration
- The 8 on the FCA register, including one no longer authorised
- All 21 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Brown & Brown (Europe)’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
15 November 2023
- Changed its registered name from "Global Risk Partners Ltd"
FCA register
2021
23 April 2021
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2020
12 June 2020
- Brown & Brown (UK) Holdco Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Peter Geoffrey Cullum stopped being a part-owner
- Tosca Penta Endeavour Limited Partnership stopped being the majority owner
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Peter Geoffrey Cullum became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Tosca Penta Endeavour Limited Partnership became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
2013
17 July 2013
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 49 events
- All 49 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 41
Firms connected to Brown & Brown (Europe)
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Brown & Brown (Europe). A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share a director
- 2
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (2), the same postcode (1)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 6 past links through former directors
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- 138 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 49 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
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk