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 11 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2014
- Accounts filed up to 30 September 2025
Responsible principal firm
Lifesearch Partners Limited Reference number: 656479 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.
- Launch Insurance Brokers Ltd (FRN 664258) is an AR of Lifesearch Partners Limited (FRN 656479). When you use Launch Insurance Brokers's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Launch Insurance Brokers, 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
Suite 6b Portmill House, Portmill Lane, Hitchin, Herts, SG5 1DJ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 020 4511 6552 is
- Who else gives the postcode SG5 1DJ
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Lifesearch Partners 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 name
- LAUNCH INSURANCE BROKERS LIMITED
- Company number
- 09238542 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 29 September 2014 (12 years old)
- Registered office
- Suite 6b Portmill House, Portmill Lane, Hitchin, SG5 1DJ, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Harvey | Director | Apr 1984 | 29 Sep 2014 | 3 other companies |
| Kathryn Victoria Harvey | Secretary | Not published | 31 Aug 2016 | – |
Other companies run by its director
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
- 3
- closed down
- 1
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 3 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£208k
+29% from £161k
Employees (average)
4
+33% from 3
Owed within a year
£78.8k
+93% from £40.8k
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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 09238542. 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
Launch Insurance Brokers’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
11 April 2016
- Scott Harvey took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2015
9 January 2015
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2014
29 September 2014
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Scott Harvey appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
Firms connected to Launch Insurance Brokers
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Launch Insurance Brokers. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 5
- no longer authorised
- 1
- share a director
- 1
In the full report: all 5 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (1), the same postcode (4)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Launch Insurance Brokers
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In the Stevenage (SG) postcode area
Firms are listed by type and location, best known first. Being listed is not a recommendation: check any firm before you deal with it.
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- 3 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 4 events in its history
- 5 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