Optimise Media (UK) Limited
Reference number: 313408
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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
Exchange Street Buildings, 35-37 Exchange Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1DP, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When optimisemedia.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01603 697700 is
- Who else gives the postcode NR2 1DP
Other names (9)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- OMG Servcies Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Online Media Group Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- 1st 4 Network Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Carinsureuk.Co.Uk Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- compareinsurers.com Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Cost2insure.Co.Uk Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Incomeprotectionuk.Co.Uk Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Mortgagepaymentprotectionuk.Co.Uk Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Quoteselect.Co.Uk 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.
- 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 (4 permissions)
- Advising on P2P agreements
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Credit Broking
- 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
- 04455319 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 6 June 2002 (24 years old)
- Registered office
- Exchange Street Buildings, 35-37 Exchange Street, Norwich, NR2 1DP, England
- Nature of business
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- Other information technology service activities (SIC 62090)
- Advertising agencies (SIC 73110)
- Media representation services (SIC 73120)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Richard David Syme | Director | May 1971 | 26 Jul 2002 | 43 other companies |
| Robert Paul Starkey | Director | Apr 1975 | 26 Jul 2002 | 29 other companies |
| Richard Antoni Savelli | Director | May 1969 | 8 Jul 2016 | 16 other companies |
| Emily Harriet Syme | Secretary | Not published | 26 Jul 2002 | – |
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
- 54
- closed down
- 37
- are FCA-registered
- 3
In the full report: all 54 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 3 on the FCA register
- The 32 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£56.8m
+15% from £49.4m
Profit before tax
£936k
+4.6% from £895k
Net assets
£2.01m
−3.3% from £2.07m
Cash at bank
£922k
−46% from £1.72m
Turnover and profit
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2025
- Both charts, 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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 04455319. 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
Optimise Media (UK)’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
6 October 2022
- Optimise Media (Europe) Limited gave up control
- Optimise Media Group Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2016
31 August 2016
- Optimise Media (Europe) Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2015
3 July 2015
- Changed its registered name from "OMG Servcies Limited"
FCA register
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2005
14 October 2005
- Changed its registered name from "Online Media Group Limited"
FCA register
14 January 2005
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2002
6 June 2002
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 31 events
- All 31 events in its history (9 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 5
Firms connected to Optimise Media (UK)
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Optimise Media (UK). A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 4
- share a director
- 3
- share its postcode
- 2
In the full report: all 4 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (3), the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Optimise Media (UK)
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Norwich
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- 54 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 31 events in its history
- 4 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
- 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