ECIT Accountants Limited: FCA regulated?

Introducer appointed representative

This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.

Appointed for 21 years
Protected through the principal
No FCA actions
Active company since 1986
Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025

Responsible principal firm

CLEAR INSURANCE MANAGEMENT LIMITED Reference number: 307982 Authorised 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.
ECIT Accountants Limited (FRN 428270) introduces customers to CLEAR INSURANCE MANAGEMENT LIMITED (FRN 307982). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not ECIT Accountants.
Example: if ECIT Accountants refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from ECIT Accountants 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.

Website

ecit.com (opens in a new tab)
Phone number

020 8655 8500
Address

Palmerston House, 814 Brighton Road, Purley, Surrey, CR8 2BR, United Kingdom

In the full report: 3 background checks

When ecit.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
What kind of line 020 8655 8500 is
Who else gives the postcode CR8 2BR

Other names (1)

If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.

Palmerston Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.

FCA permissions and consumer protection

Protection through the principal firm
Protection works through Clear Insurance Management 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, free
You 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: 02061318 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
Company status: Active
Company type: Private limited company
Incorporated: 3 October 1986 (40 years old)
Registered office: Palmerston House, 814 Brighton Road, Purley, Surrey, CR8 2BR, England
Nature of business: Accounting and auditing activities (SIC 69201)
Bookkeeping activities (SIC 69202)
Tax consultancy (SIC 69203)
Management consultancy activities other than financial management (SIC 70229)

Directors and company secretaries

Name	Role	Born	Appointed	Other companies
Kevin John Bradford Moss	Director	Jun 1973	1 Oct 2014	9 other companies
Martin John Weston	Director	Oct 1969	1 Jan 2015	5 other companies
Peter Lauring	Director	Mar 1959	6 Jul 2018	2 other companies
Antony Victor Hawker	Director	May 1960	Not published	82 other companies
Fiona Ruth Hawker	Secretary	Not published	Not published	–

Other companies run by these 4 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: 90
closed down: 58
went insolvent: 2

In the full report: all 90 companies, named

What each company does, and whether it is still trading
Which of these 4 directors sit on each board, and since when
The 2 that went into liquidation or administration
The 4 companies these 4 directors run together
All 6 people who have ever been directors, with their dates

Filed accounts and finances

Year to 31 December 2025Full accountsNot audited

Net assets

£126k

+11% from £113k

Cash at bank

£245k

−26% from £332k

Owed within a year

£265k

−17% from £321k

Assets and liabilities

In the full report: all 7 years of accounts

Every year from 2019 to 2025
The chart, 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 02061318. 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

ECIT Accountants’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

Key events (4) All events (10)

2022

20 January 2022

Changed its registered name from "Palmerston Ltd"

FCA register

2016

6 April 2016

Interpalm Group Limited took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

2005

21 February 2005

Became an introducer appointed representative

FCA register

1986

3 October 1986

Incorporated at Companies House

Companies House

In the full report: all 10 events

All 10 events in its history (4 shown here)
Every director appointment and resignation: 6

Firms connected to ECIT Accountants

Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with ECIT Accountants. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.

connected firm: 1
share its postcode: 1

In the full report: the connected firm, named

How it is linked: the same postcode (1)
Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates

Firms like ECIT Accountants

Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.

In Purley

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90 other companies its directors have run, named
3 background checks on its contact details
7 years of accounts, charted
All 10 events in its history
1 connected firm, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is ECIT Accountants Limited FCA authorised?

ECIT Accountants Limited (FRN 428270) is not directly authorised. It is an appointed representative acting under the responsibility of a directly authorised principal firm.

What does introducer appointed representative mean for ECIT Accountants?

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. ECIT Accountants Limited (FRN 428270) introduces customers to CLEAR INSURANCE MANAGEMENT LIMITED (FRN 307982). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not ECIT Accountants. Example: if ECIT Accountants refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from ECIT Accountants 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.

What is ECIT Accountants’ phone number and website?

The FCA register lists the phone number 020 8655 8500 and the website ecit.com for ECIT Accountants. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.

Is ECIT Accountants a scam or clone?

ECIT Accountants is a genuine FCA-listed firm, and the FCA has published no warnings about fake versions of it. Scammers do copy real firms, though, so check that any contact details you were given match the ones on the register.

Is my money safe with ECIT Accountants?

Protection works through Clear Insurance Management Limited, the principal firm responsible for ECIT Accountants's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.

Who owns ECIT Accountants?

ECIT Accountants is owned by Interpalm Group Limited, which holds 75–100% of shares, 75–100% of votes and held through a firm, since 6 April 2016.

Who runs ECIT Accountants?

Companies House lists 4 directors of ECIT Accountants: Kevin John Bradford Moss, Martin John Weston, Peter Lauring and Antony Victor Hawker.

How long has ECIT Accountants been in business?

The company was formed on 3 October 1986.

What do ECIT Accountants’ latest accounts show?

Its latest accounts, to 31 December 2025, show net assets of £126k (+11% from £113k) and cash at bank of £245k (−26% from £332k).

Does ECIT Accountants use any other names?

It has previously used the name Palmerston Ltd.