Devitt Insurance Services Limited
Reference number: 312328
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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
North House, St. Edwards Way, Romford, Essex, RM1 3PP, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When devittinsurance.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01403 327714 is, and the 13 other firms that give it
- Who else gives the postcode RM1 3PP
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Devitt Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Screentrade 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.
- Lend or arrange credit No FSCS coverConsumer credit is not covered by the FSCS, so there is no compensation scheme if the firm fails.
- 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
- Credit Broking
- Dealing in investments as agent
- Entering into regulated credit agreement as Lender (Excluding high-cost short-term credit, bill of sale agreement, and home collected credit agreement)
- Exercising/having right to exercise lender's rights and duties under a regulated credit agreement (excluding high-cost short-term credit, bill of sale agreement, and home collected credit agreement)
- 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
- 02438974 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 2 November 1989 (36 years old)
- Registered office
- The Walbrook Building, 25, Walbrook, London, EC4N 8AW, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Oliver Whittingham | Director | Aug 1977 | 2 Aug 2022 | 49 other companies |
| Nicholas George Robert Harris | Director | May 1974 | 2 Sep 2024 | 29 other companies |
| David Michael Edwin Cousins | Director | Jan 1973 | 15 May 2025 | 11 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
- 67
- closed down
- 34
- are FCA-registered
- 14
In the full report: all 67 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 14 on the FCA register, including one no longer authorised
- The 22 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 26 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Profit before tax
−£774k
−119% from £4.03m
Net assets
£13.4m
<1% from £13.5m
Cash at bank
£5.71m
−44% from £10.2m
Owed within a year
£9.03m
+13% from £7.97m
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 £14.4m, for the year to 31 December 2021.
Profit before tax
In the full report: all 6 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 02438974. 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
Devitt Insurance Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
6 April 2016
- Ckh Limited 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
1989
2 November 1989
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 52 events
- All 52 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 42
Firms connected to Devitt Insurance Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Devitt Insurance Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 12
- share a director
- 12
- share its phone number
- 6
In the full report: all 12 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (12), the same phone number (6)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Devitt Insurance Services
Other firms of the same type (lender), nearest first.
In Romford
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- 67 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 52 events in its history
- 12 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