Appointed representative
This firm does not hold FCA authorisation of its own, and acts under a principal firm, which is legally responsible for its regulated business.
- Appointed for 13 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 1992
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2021
Responsible principal firm
Summit Insurance Services Limited Reference number: 300172 View firm →What does this mean?
- An appointed representative (AR) can carry out regulated financial services, but is not directly authorised by the FCA. A principal firm holds the authorisation and is legally responsible for the AR's conduct.
- GBM Digital Technologies Ltd (FRN 590568) is an AR of Summit Insurance Services Limited (FRN 300172). When you use GBM Digital Technologies's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from GBM Digital Technologies, complaints and compensation usually follow the same rules as dealing with the principal, but this depends on the product and your circumstances.
- 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
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
Unit 2..3 - 2.4, Arbeta, 11 Northampton Road, Manchester, Manchester, M40 5BP, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 0161 605 3838 is
- Who else gives the postcode M40 5BP
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- SYNC Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Summit Insurance Services 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 name
- GBM DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
- Company number
- 02719704 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 2 June 1992 (34 years old)
- Registered office
- Unit 2.3-2.4, Arbeta Northampton Road, Manchester, M40 5BP, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Retail sale of computers, peripheral units and software in specialised stores (SIC 47410)
- Information technology consultancy activities (SIC 62020)
- Repair of computers and peripheral equipment (SIC 95110)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Lea-Ann Mclean | Director | Jan 1968 | 5 Jan 2024 | 10 other companies |
| Leon Hemani | Director | Nov 1971 | 5 Jan 2024 | 21 other companies |
| Luke William Pickering | Director | Feb 1986 | 17 Jun 2025 | 7 other companies |
| Luke Pickering | Secretary | Not published | 1 Jul 2025 | – |
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
- 23
- closed down
- 13
- are FCA-registered
- 3
In the full report: all 23 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
- The 9 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 19 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£147.3m
+13% from £130.1m
Profit before tax
£2.62m
+37% from £1.91m
Net assets
£5.35m
+27% from £4.21m
Cash at bank
£1.53m
−61% from £3.95m
Turnover and profit
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 02719704. 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
GBM Digital Technologies’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
6 April 2016
- Gbm Digital Technologies Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2012
1 November 2012
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
1992
2 June 1992
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 37 events
- All 37 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 33
Firms connected to GBM Digital Technologies
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with GBM Digital Technologies. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 3
- share a director
- 3
In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (3)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like GBM Digital Technologies
Other firms of the same type (retailer), nearest first.
In Manchester
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- 23 other companies its directors have run, named
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- All 37 events in its history
- 3 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
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk