Compass Underwriting Limited
Reference number: 304908
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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
71-75 Shelton Street, London, WC2H 9JG, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When compass-uw.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 07872 176966 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode WC2H 9JG
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Compass International Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Compass Solutions Trading name: A name it trades under now.
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
Limits on what they may do
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Hold and control client money
The firm may hold and control client money.
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
- 03332314 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 12 March 1997 (29 years old)
- Registered office
- 71-75 Shelton Street, London, WC2H 9JG, 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 |
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| Ortho Thomas David Barnes | Director | Jan 1964 | 1 Sep 2003 | 23 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
- 23
- closed down
- 19
- still active
- 4
In the full report: all 23 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 9 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£279k
+5.2% from £265k
Cash at bank
£61.3k
−97% from £2.02m
Employees (average)
1
Same as 1
Owed within a year
£819k
−71% from £2.80m
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 03332314. 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
Compass Underwriting’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
10 January 2023
- Kari Yanai stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2016
11 July 2016
- FCA imposed a requirement (Hold and control client money)
FCA register
6 April 2016
- Kari Yanai became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Ortho Thomas David Barnes took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2005
14 January 2005
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
1997
12 March 1997
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 27 events
- All 27 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 15
Firms connected to Compass Underwriting
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Compass Underwriting. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its phone number
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same phone number (1), the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Compass Underwriting
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In London
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- 23 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 27 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