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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
Argyll Management Ltd, 1 Cornhill, London, City Of London, EC3V 3ND, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- What kind of line 07547 105091 is
- Whether EC3V 3ND is a shared office: 23 other firms give it
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Cobalt Underwriting 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.
- 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)
- Advising on P2P agreements
- 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
- 07979365 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 7 March 2012 (14 years old)
- Registered office
- 14 Bonhill Street, London, EC2A 4DJ, England
- Nature of business
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- Non-life insurance (SIC 65120)
- Non-life reinsurance (SIC 65202)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Caldicott Williams | Director | Apr 1958 | 22 Jan 2020 | 19 other companies |
| Sean James Dalton | Director | Sep 1965 | 1 Jan 2024 | 26 other companies |
Other companies run by these 2 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
- 39
- closed down
- 14
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 39 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The one that went into liquidation or administration
- The 3 on the FCA register
- The 6 companies these 2 directors run together
- All 7 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Profit before tax
£20.5k
From a loss of £224k
Total equity
£20.8k
+28% from £16.3k
Cash at bank
£11.1k
−61% from £28.6k
Employees (average)
0
Same as 0
The accounts for the year to 31 December 2025 do not tag turnover in a form that can be read automatically, so it is not shown. The last tagged figure is £105k, for the year to 31 December 2022.
Profit before tax
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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 07979365. 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
Cobalt Underwriting Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
8 January 2026
- Cobalt Insurance Holdings Limited gave up control
- Trebuchet Secure Group Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Cobalt Insurance Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
31 October 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2012
7 March 2012
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 22 events
- All 22 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 14
Firms connected to Cobalt Underwriting Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Cobalt Underwriting Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share a director
- 1
- past links
- 2
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: shared directors (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
- 2 past links through former directors
Firms like Cobalt Underwriting Services
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In London
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- 39 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 22 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, 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