James Hallam Limited

Reference number: 134435

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Authorised by the FCA

This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.

Website, phone number and address

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  • When jameshallam.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 020 7977 7888 is, and the 5 other firms that give it
  • Whether EC3R 7BB is a shared office: 28 other firms give it
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Other names (122)

If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.

  • 4Sight Risk Management Trading name
  • AIM Trading name
  • AIM Multimedia Trading name
  • AIM Risk Services Trading name
  • Arnold Fisher Trading name
  • Avant Garde Risk Solutions Trading name
  • BCS Hendricks Trading name
  • Beachhutinsurance.co.uk Trading name
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  • Broker Scotland Trading name
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  • B Sure Trading name
  • BTIC Trading name
  • CCRS Brokers Trading name
  • Christopher Rowe Trading name
  • Citrus Healthcare Trading name
  • Citrus Healthcare Consulting Trading name
  • CouncilGuard Trading name
  • CRL Trading name
  • CRS Insurance Services Trading name
  • Everard Insurance Brokers Trading name
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  • Gen2 Trading name
  • Gen2 Broking Trading name
  • Grandstand Trading name
  • Hendricks Trading name
  • Hendricks Insurance Trading name
  • Highland Insurance Brokers Trading name
  • James Hallam Automotive Trading name
  • James Hallam Beach Huts Trading name
  • James Hallam Charities Trading name
  • James Hallam Commercial Trading name
  • James Hallam Corporate Trading name
  • James Hallam Corporate Risks Trading name
  • James Hallam Council Guard Trading name
  • James Hallam Estates and Private Clients Trading name
  • James Hallam Estates & Private Clients Trading name
  • James Hallam Healthcare and Protection Trading name
  • James Hallam Healthcare & Protection Trading name
  • James Hallam Hospitality and Leisure Trading name
  • James Hallam Hospitality and Travel Trading name
  • James Hallam Hospitality & Leisure Trading name
  • James Hallam Hospitality & Travel Trading name
  • James Hallam Insurance Brokers Trading name
  • James Hallam London Markets Trading name
  • James Hallam Marine Trading name
  • James Hallam Private Clients Trading name
  • James Hallam Professional Risks Trading name
  • James Hallam ProMed Trading name
  • James Hallam Real Estate Trading name
  • James Hallam Real Estate & Construction Trading name
  • James Hallam Risk Management Trading name
  • James Hallam Shepherds Huts Trading name
  • James Hallam SME Trading name
  • James Hallam Sport Trading name
  • James Hallam Travel and Tour Trading name
  • James Hallam Travel & Tour Trading name
  • James Hallam YesQuote Trading name
  • Jannard Quadrant Trading name
  • Jannard Quadrant Insurance Brokers Trading name
  • JH London Markets Trading name
  • JHL YesQuote Trading name
  • JHRM Trading name
  • Keith Miller Trading name
  • Keith Miller Insurance Services Trading name
  • KMIS Trading name
  • Mark Hayman Trading name
  • MBR Risk Solutions Trading name
  • McGregor Trading name
  • McGregor Insurance Services Trading name
  • McGregor's Trading name
  • MINT Trading name
  • Mint Insurance Brokers Trading name
  • MISL Trading name
  • Mk1 Trading name
  • Motor Race Consultants Trading name
  • MRC Trading name
  • MRC at James Hallam Sport Trading name
  • Nairn Insurance Services Trading name
  • NEIB Trading name
  • Nelsons Insurance Services Trading name
  • North East Insurance Brokers Trading name
  • NW Risk Solutions Trading name
  • Pinner Risk Solutions Trading name
  • PRS Trading name
  • Renny Gold (Marine Trade) Consultants Trading name
  • Ryan's Trading name
  • Smith England Trading name
  • Taste of the West Insurance Services Trading name
  • TIS Trading name
  • Torbay Insurance Services Trading name
  • Trelawney Trading name
  • Trelawney Insurance Solutions Trading name
  • UK & Global Trading name
  • UK & Global Insurance Brokers Trading name
  • Whittit Trading name
  • Whittit Insurance Trading name
  • Wisemans Trading name
  • Wisemans Insurance Services Trading name
  • YesQuote Trading name
  • Annandale Insurance Brokers Former trading name
  • Burgoyne Hallam Former trading name
  • Complete Insurance Solutions Former trading name
  • Coverwell Former trading name
  • Gauntlet Former trading name
  • Graybrook Hallam Former trading name
  • HomeSpill Former trading name
  • James Hallam Care Homes Former trading name
  • James Hallam Financial Services Former trading name
  • James Hallam Marine & Credit Former trading name
  • Motor Race Consultants (Insurance Services) Limited Former trading name
  • my family guard Former trading name
  • Oil Spill Insurance Services Former trading name
  • Talisman Insurance Broking Former trading name
  • The Caterer Insurance Services Programme Former trading name
  • Total Insurance Services Former trading name
  • Westscott Insurance Brokers Former trading name
  • WorkSpill Former trading name
  • WPS Former trading name
  • WPS Hallam Former trading name
  • WPS Hallam Insurance Brokers Former trading name
  • WPS Insurance Brokers Former trading name

FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Hold or safeguard your money · Manage or trade investments FSCS may apply
    Eligible investment and pension claims are typically FSCS-protected up to £85,000 per person, depending on the product and your circumstances.
  • Give regulated advice FSCS may apply
    A claim for unsuitable advice is itself FSCS-protected, up to the limit that applies to the product you were advised on.
  • Sell or arrange insurance FSCS may apply
    Eligible insurance claims may be FSCS-protected, often 90%, or 100% for compulsory or long-term cover.
  • Lend or arrange credit No FSCS cover
    Consumer credit is not covered by the FSCS, so there is no compensation scheme if the firm fails.
  • Complaints Ombudsman, free
    You can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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  • Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
  • Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
  • Assisting in the administration and performance of a contract of insurance
  • Credit Broking
  • Dealing in investments as agent
  • Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments

Limits on what they may do

  • Not permitted to canvass off trade premises
    The firm is not permitted to canvass regulated borrower-lender-supplier agreements or regulated consumer hire agreements off trade premises

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
01632840
Company status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
4 May 1982 (44 years old)
Registered office
Old Printers Yard, 156 South Street, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 2HF
Nature of business
  • Life insurance (SIC 65110)
  • Non-life insurance (SIC 65120)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
David Noble Director Aug 1969 7 Mar 2011 5 other companies
Howard Ian Fryer Director Apr 1959 2 Feb 2016 1 other company
Ajay Tailor Director Apr 1984 4 Sep 2023 24 other companies
Roy Standish Director Oct 1967 12 Mar 2024 None
Oliver Valentine Thorne Director Feb 1985 1 Nov 2025 8 other companies
Paul Andrew Turner Director Sep 1961 Not published 43 other companies

Other companies run by these 6 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
70
closed down
34
are FCA-registered
10

In the full report: all 70 companies, named

  • What each company does, and whether it is still trading
  • Which of these 6 directors sit on each board, and since when
  • Any that went into liquidation or administration
  • The 10 on the FCA register
  • The 6 companies these 6 directors run together
  • All 15 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
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Filed accounts and finances

Year to 31 December 2025Full accountsAudited

Turnover

£49.3m

+10% from £44.8m

Profit before tax

£1.37m

+18% from £1.16m

Total equity

£16.2m

+7.1% from £15.1m

Cash at bank

£917k

+200% from £305k

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 01632840. 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

James Hallam’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

Key events (7) All events (184)

2016

6 April 2016

  • Seventeen Group Limited took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

2015

12 March 2015

  • FCA imposed a requirement (Not permitted to canvass off trade premises)

FCA register

2013

1 April 2013

  • Regulated by the FCA from this date

FCA register

2001

1 December 2001

  • Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
  • Became authorised by the FCA

FCA register

1999

8 September 1999

  • Regulated by the Personal Investment Authority from this date

FCA register

1982

4 May 1982

  • Incorporated at Companies House

Companies House

In the full report: all 184 events

  • All 184 events in its history (7 shown here)
  • Every director appointment and resignation: 21
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Firms connected to James Hallam

Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with James Hallam. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.

connected firms
9
share a director
9
share its phone number
5

In the full report: all 9 connected firms, named

  • How each is linked: shared directors (9), the same phone number (5), the same postcode (5)
  • Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
  • 1 past link through former directors
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  • 70 other companies its directors have run, named
  • 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
  • All 184 events in its history
  • 9 connected firms, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is James Hallam Limited FCA authorised?
Yes, James Hallam Limited (FRN 134435) is authorised by the FCA to carry out regulated activities. It has held its current authorisation since December 2001 and works as an insurance broker. The FCA has placed a limit on what it may do.
What is James Hallam’s phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 020 7977 7888 and the website jameshallam.co.uk for James Hallam. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further. The same number is also given by 5 other FCA firms.
Is James Hallam a scam or clone?
James Hallam is a genuine FCA-listed firm, and the FCA has published no warnings about fake versions of it. Scammers do copy real firms, though, so check that any contact details you were given match the ones on the register.
Is my money safe with James Hallam?
It is permitted to hold and control client money, which it must keep separate from its own. It depends on the product, but eligible claims may be protected by the FSCS. You can also refer complaints about James Hallam to the Financial Ombudsman Service, free of charge.
Who owns James Hallam?
James Hallam is owned by Seventeen Group Limited, which holds 75–100% of shares, 75–100% of votes and can appoint and remove the board, since 6 April 2016.
Who runs James Hallam?
Companies House lists 6 directors of James Hallam: David Noble, Howard Ian Fryer, Ajay Tailor, Roy Standish, Oliver Valentine Thorne and Paul Andrew Turner.
How long has James Hallam been in business?
The company was formed on 4 May 1982, and has held its current FCA authorisation since December 2001.
What do James Hallam’s latest accounts show?
Its latest accounts, to 31 December 2025, show turnover of £49.3m (+10% from £44.8m) and profit before tax of £1.37m (+18% from £1.16m).
Does James Hallam use any other names?
It trades as 4Sight Risk Management, AIM, AIM Multimedia, AIM Risk Services and Arnold Fisher, and 95 more names. It has previously used 22 other names, including Annandale Insurance Brokers, Burgoyne Hallam and Complete Insurance Solutions.

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