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
Friars Oak House, Barden Road, Bidborough, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN3 0LJ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When goodtitle.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01892 863863 is
- Who else gives the postcode TN3 0LJ
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Goodtitle Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Bcd Underwriting Agency Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
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.
- 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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- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Advising on P2P agreements
- 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
- 02455684 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 28 December 1989 (36 years old)
- Registered office
- Friars Oak House, Bidborough, Tunbridge Wells, TN3 0LJ
- Nature of business
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- Non-life insurance (SIC 65120)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rupert Allen Daniell | Director | Apr 1971 | 1 Jul 2002 | None |
| William Jonathan Dresner | Director | May 1975 | 21 Sep 2015 | None |
| William Jonathan Dresner | Secretary | Not published | 21 Sep 2015 | – |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that these 2 directors run no other company
- All 5 people who have been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
£1.08m
+27% from £853k
Cash at bank
£87.9k
−1.4% from £89.1k
Employees (average)
25
Same as 25
Owed within a year
£3.48m
+9.6% from £3.17m
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 02455684. 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
Legal and Insurance Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
23 May 2023
- Richard Malcolm Dresner gave up control
- Rupert Allen Daniell became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- William Jonathan Dresner became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Richard Malcolm Dresner 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
1989
28 December 1989
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 18 events
- All 18 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 5
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- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 18 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