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 14 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2003
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2026
Responsible principal firm
Safe & Secure Insurance Services Limited Reference number: 300564 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.
- Hannells Limited (FRN 574672) introduces customers to Safe & Secure Insurance Services Limited (FRN 300564). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Hannells.
- Example: if Hannells refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Hannells 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.
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
17-17a High Street, Chellaston, Derby, Derby, DE73 6TB, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01332 705505 is
- Who else gives the postcode DE73 6TB
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Hannells Estate Agents Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Safe & Secure 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 number
- 04865503 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 13 August 2003 (23 years old)
- Registered office
- C/O Pkf Smith Cooper Prospect House, 1 Prospect Place, Pride Park, Derby, DE24 8HG, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Real estate agencies (SIC 68310)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Alison Rachael Brain | Director | May 1972 | 21 Aug 2003 | 9 other companies |
| Michael Geoffrey Brain | Director | Jan 1960 | 21 Aug 2003 | 11 other companies |
| Alison Rachael Brain | Secretary | Not published | 21 Aug 2003 | 9 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
- 14
- closed down
- 10
- run together
- 6
In the full report: all 14 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 6 companies these 2 directors run together
- All 7 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£563k
+79% from £315k
Cash at bank
£671k
+17% from £572k
Owed within a year
£399k
−44% from £719k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2026
- 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 04865503. 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
Hannells’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
24 April 2024
- Alison Rachael Brain stopped being a part-owner
- Brain Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- John Bowler stopped being a part-owner
- Michael Geoffrey Brain stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Alison Rachael Brain became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- John Bowler became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Michael Geoffrey Brain became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2012
7 February 2012
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2003
13 August 2003
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 21 events
- All 21 events in its history (9 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 10
Firms connected to Hannells
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Hannells. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share its postcode
- 2
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Hannells
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Derby
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- 14 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 21 events in its history
- 2 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