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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
3rd Floor, 14 Austin Friars, London, EC2N 2HE, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 020 7847 8600 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode EC2N 2HE
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Sanshin Europe Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
Show FCA detail (5 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
- 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
- 02702697 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 1 April 1992 (34 years old)
- Registered office
- 3rd Floor 14 Austin Friars, London, EC2N 2HE, 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 |
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| Keisaku Sano | Director | Feb 1943 | 25 Jun 1992 | 15 other companies |
| Daisuke Nakamura | Director | Jan 1969 | 2 Sep 2024 | None |
| Takayuki Sakai | Director | Nov 1969 | 5 Nov 2024 | None |
| Sam Pau Lau | Secretary | Not published | 21 Nov 2012 | – |
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
- 15
- closed down
- 5
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 15 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 one on the FCA register
- All 27 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
£645k
+2.4% from £630k
Cash at bank
£778k
−8.2% from £847k
Employees (average)
0
Same as 0
Owed within a year
£220k
−61% from £561k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 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 02702697. 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
MST Europe’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2020
20 May 2020
- Takayuki Otori no longer has significant control
Companies House
2019
26 July 2019
- Yasunori Sugiyama no longer has significant control
Companies House
25 July 2019
- Takayuki Otori gained significant control
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Keisaku Sano gained significant control
- Mst Insurance Services Co Ltd took control (75–100% of shares)
- Yasunori Sugiyama gained significant control
Companies House
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2006
14 November 2006
- Changed its registered name from "Sanshin Europe Limited"
FCA register
2005
14 January 2005
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
1992
1 April 1992
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 60 events
- All 60 events in its history (11 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 47
Firms connected to MST Europe
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with MST Europe. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share a director
- 1
- share its phone number
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: shared directors (1), the same phone number (1), the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like MST Europe
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
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- 15 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 60 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