Claritas Tax Limited
Reference number: 1037374
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Introducer appointed representative
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- Appointed for 1 year
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2012
- Accounts filed up to 31 August 2025
Responsible principal firm
Markel International Insurance Company Limited Reference number: 202570 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.
- Claritas Tax Limited (FRN 1037374) introduces customers to Markel International Insurance Company Limited (FRN 202570). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Claritas Tax.
- Example: if Claritas Tax refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Claritas Tax itself.
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Website, phone number and address
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Phone number
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Address
9 George Square, Glasgow, Scotland, G2 1QQ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When claritastax.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0141 370 3011 is
- Who else gives the postcode G2 1QQ
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Markel International Insurance Company 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
- 08172052 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 8 August 2012 (14 years old)
- Registered office
- 3rd Floor Enterprise House, 115 Edmund Street, Birmingham, B3 2HJ, England
- Nature of business
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- Tax consultancy (SIC 69203)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Iain David Wright | Director | Aug 1972 | 8 Aug 2012 | 1 other company |
| Matthew John Hodgson | Director | Jan 1976 | 8 Apr 2021 | None |
| Andrew Phillip Pearson | Director | May 1958 | 26 Oct 2021 | 29 other companies |
Other companies run by these 3 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
- 30
- closed down
- 15
- are FCA-registered
- 3
In the full report: all 30 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 3 on the FCA register
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£8.73m
+26% from £6.92m
Profit before tax
£986k
+17% from £843k
Net assets
£918k
+15% from £800k
Cash at bank
£254k
+99% from £127k
Turnover and profit
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2025
- Both charts, 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.
Figures from the year to 31 August 2024 are for the group: the company and the businesses it owns. Earlier years are the company’s own accounts, from before it had a group.
The figures for the year to 31 August 2025 were read from the printed accounts, because the filing does not tag them in a form that can be read automatically. They were checked against the accounts’ own totals.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 08172052. 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
Claritas Tax’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
9 July 2025
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2021
8 April 2021
- Matthew John Hodgson became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2016
8 August 2016
- Iain David Wright became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
2012
8 August 2012
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 7 events
- All 7 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
Firms connected to Claritas Tax
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Claritas Tax. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- past links
- 3
In the full report: all 0 connected firms, named
- 3 past links through former directors
Firms like Claritas Tax
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Glasgow
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- 30 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 7 events in its history
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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