Hughes Plane Ltd
Reference number: 763248
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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 9 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2016
- Accounts filed up to 31 October 2025
Responsible principal firm
Arthur J. Gallagher Insurance Brokers Limited Reference number: 311786 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.
- Hughes Plane Ltd (FRN 763248) is an AR of Arthur J. Gallagher Insurance Brokers Limited (FRN 311786). When you use Hughes Plane's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Hughes Plane, 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
The Old School House, 24 Hook Street, Royal Wootton Bassett, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN4 8EF, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When hughesplane.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 07450 626604 is
- Who else gives the postcode SN4 8EF
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Hughes Plane Insurance Brokers Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Hughes Plane Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Arthur J. Gallagher Insurance 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.
- Company number
- 10270125 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 8 July 2016 (10 years old)
- Registered office
- 1st Floor County House, 100 New London Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 0RG, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward William Hughes | Director | Feb 1948 | 8 Jul 2016 | 12 other companies |
| Gareth John Hughes | Director | Aug 1978 | 3 Oct 2016 | 1 other company |
| Stuart James Plane | Director | Aug 1978 | 3 Oct 2016 | 1 other company |
| Edward Hughes | Secretary | Not published | 8 Jul 2016 | – |
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
- 13
- closed down
- 10
- run together
- 1
In the full report: all 13 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 1 company these 3 directors run together
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£287k
+5.9% from £271k
Cash at bank
£164k
+35% from £121k
Owed within a year
£135k
+15% from £117k
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 10270125. 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
Hughes Plane’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
21 February 2024
- Changed its registered name from "Hughes Plane Limited"
FCA register
2016
1 November 2016
- Gareth John Hughes became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Stuart James Plane became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Became an appointed representative
Companies House · FCA register
8 July 2016
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 9 events
- All 9 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
Firms connected to Hughes Plane
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Hughes Plane. 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 Hughes Plane
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Swindon
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- 13 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 9 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