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 2 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2023
- Accounts filed up to 30 November 2024
Responsible principal firm
MOMENTUM BROKER SOLUTIONS LTD Reference number: 526435 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.
- Hummingbird Insurance Services Ltd (FRN 1005113) is an AR of MOMENTUM BROKER SOLUTIONS LTD (FRN 526435). When you use Hummingbird Insurance Services's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Hummingbird Insurance Services, 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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
Unit 8, Sussex Business Village, Lake Lane, Barnham, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, PO22 0AL, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01234 268818 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode PO22 0AL
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Momentum Broker Solutions Ltd, 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
- 15318677 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 30 November 2023 (2 years old)
- Registered office
- Unit 8, Sussex Business Village Unit 8, Sussex Business Village,, Barnham, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, PO22 0AL, England
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Donald Peters | Director | Dec 1980 | 30 Nov 2023 | 3 other companies |
| Steven Zwinkels | Director | Aug 1985 | 30 Nov 2023 | 1 other company |
| Richard Bird | Director | Jan 1988 | 22 Dec 2025 | 1 other company |
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
- 5
- closed down
- 2
- still active
- 3
In the full report: all 5 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
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£7,170
No earlier figure to compare
Employees (average)
1
No earlier figure to compare
Owed within a year
£17.8k
No earlier figure to compare
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 15318677. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Hummingbird Insurance Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
30 November 2023
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Benjamin Donald Peters became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
- Steven Zwinkels became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
27 November 2023
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
In the full report: all 7 events
- All 7 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
Firms connected to Hummingbird Insurance Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Hummingbird Insurance Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its phone number
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same phone number (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Hummingbird Insurance Services
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Bognor Regis
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- 5 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 7 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, 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