Laka Ltd
Reference number: 785971
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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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Website
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Phone number
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Address
55 Maltings Place, Tower Bridge Road, London, Southwark, SE1 3LJ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When laka.co first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01643 800989 is
- Who else gives the postcode SE1 3LJ
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Insure A Thing Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Hold or safeguard your money · 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.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Assisting in the administration and performance of a contract of insurance
- Dealing in investments as agent
- 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
- 10575209 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 20 January 2017 (9 years old)
- Registered office
- 55 Maltings Place, Tower Bridge Road, London, SE1 3LJ, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Business and domestic software development (SIC 62012)
- Activities of insurance agents and brokers (SIC 66220)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Tobias Alexander Taupitz | Director | Nov 1984 | 20 Jan 2017 | 2 other companies |
| Benjamin David Allen | Director | Aug 1982 | 20 Jan 2017 | 1 other company |
| Matthieu De Chanville | Director | Mar 1972 | 11 Oct 2023 | None |
| David Viet Le | Director | Apr 1981 | 13 Aug 2025 | None |
Other companies run by these 4 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
- 2
- closed down
- 1
- run together
- 1
In the full report: all 2 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 4 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 1 company these 4 directors run together
- All 10 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£5.36m
+269% from £1.45m
Cash at bank
£4.21m
+230% from £1.28m
Employees (average)
27
+42% from 19
Owed within a year
£1.01m
−5.9% from £1.07m
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 10575209. 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
Laka’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2020
30 January 2020
- Tobias Alexander Taupitz stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2018
7 June 2018
- Jens Arne Hartwig stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2017
19 December 2017
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
20 January 2017
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Jens Arne Hartwig became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Tobias Alexander Taupitz became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 27 events
- All 27 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 16
Firms connected to Laka
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Laka. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Laka
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In London
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- 2 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 27 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
- 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