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 12 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2014
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
- Confirmation statement is overdue at Companies House
- On its latest accounts it owed £189k more than it owned
- 1 thing worth a closer look in the background checks
Responsible principal firm
HISL Brokers Limited Reference number: 505452 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.
- HISL RE LIMITED (FRN 623971) is an AR of HISL Brokers Limited (FRN 505452). When you use HISL RE's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from HISL RE, 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
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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Phone number
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Address
124 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- When hislbrokers.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 07781 103820 is
- Whether EC1V 2NX is a shared office: 214 other firms give it
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Safeguard IP Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Saffeguard IP Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through HISL Brokers 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.
Concerns on the company record
- Confirmation statement is overdue at Companies House.
- Company number
- 09048290 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 20 May 2014 (12 years old)
- Registered office
- 124 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard John Tee | Director | Mar 1961 | 24 Feb 2015 | 26 other companies |
| AVANTIS SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate secretary | Not published | 3 Feb 2020 | – |
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
- 26
- closed down
- 11
- are FCA-registered
- 7
In the full report: all 26 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
- The 7 on the FCA register
- All 3 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
−£189k
Down £48.4k from −£141k
Cash at bank
£355
Down £429 from £784
Employees (average)
0
Same as 0
Owed within a year
£190k
−3.4% from £196k
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £189k more than it owned.
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 09048290. 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
Hisl Re’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
31 August 2025
- David Samuel Bloom stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2020
24 January 2020
- Richard John Tee became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
- Richard John Tee gained significant control
- Richard John Tee no longer has significant control
Companies House
2018
30 May 2018
- Heritage Management Holdings Limited stopped being the majority owner
Companies House
2017
6 April 2017
- Heritage Management Holdings Limited became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- David Bloom became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- David Bloom stopped being a part-owner
- David Samuel Bloom became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2015
27 April 2015
- Changed its registered name from "Safeguard IP Ltd"
FCA register
2014
4 June 2014
- Changed its registered name from "Saffeguard IP Ltd"
FCA register
22 May 2014
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
20 May 2014
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 18 events
- All 18 events in its history (13 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 5
Firms connected to Hisl Re
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Hisl Re. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 3
- share a director
- 3
- past links
- 4
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
- 4 past links through former directors
Firms like Hisl Re
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
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- 26 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- All 18 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