James & Lindsay Ltd
Reference number: 305945
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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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Phone number
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Address
201 Shrub End Road, Colchester, Essex, CO3 4RH, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When jameslindsay.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01206 761111 is
- Who else gives the postcode CO3 4RH
Other names (4)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Insure A Boat Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- James & Lindsay Insurance Brokers Incorporating Clifford Brown & Grimsey Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- James & Lindsay Insurance Brokers Incorporating J Gosling Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- James and Lindsay Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Give regulated advice FSCS may applyA claim for unsuitable advice is itself FSCS-protected, up to the limit that applies to the product you were advised on.
- Manage or trade investments FSCS may applyEligible investment and pension claims are typically FSCS-protected up to £85,000 per person, depending on the product and your circumstances.
- Sell or arrange insurance FSCS may applyEligible insurance claims may be FSCS-protected, often 90%, or 100% for compulsory or long-term cover.
- Lend or arrange credit No FSCS coverConsumer credit is not covered by the FSCS, so there is no compensation scheme if the firm fails.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
Show FCA detail (7 permissions)
- 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
- Debt Administration
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
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
- 04681610 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 28 February 2003 (23 years old)
- Registered office
- 201 Shrub End Road, Colchester, Essex, CO3 4RH, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Arthur Edward Nieuwenhuis | Director | Apr 1951 | 28 Feb 2003 | 5 other companies |
| Martin John Claydon | Director | Jul 1970 | 2 Apr 2003 | 4 other companies |
| Richard Leonard Nieuwenhuis | Director | Oct 1974 | 2 Apr 2003 | 3 other companies |
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
- 7
- closed down
- 5
- run together
- 4
In the full report: all 7 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 4 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 4 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£631k
+79% from £352k
Cash at bank
£684k
+55% from £441k
Employees (average)
19
+12% from 17
Owed within a year
£250k
<1% from £249k
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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 04681610. 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 & Lindsay’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
29 April 2024
- Changed its registered name from "James and Lindsay Ltd"
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- J & L General Holdings Ltd took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2005
14 January 2005
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2003
28 February 2003
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 17 events
- All 17 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 5
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In Colchester
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- 7 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 17 events in its history
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- Check your FSCS cover fscs.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk