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 20 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2006
- Accounts filed up to 28 February 2026
- Its whole board of directors changed in October 2024
Responsible principal firm
MOMENTUM BROKER SOLUTIONS LTD Reference number: 526435 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.
- Read Insurance Brokers Limited (FRN 448937) is an AR of MOMENTUM BROKER SOLUTIONS LTD (FRN 526435). When you use Read Insurance Brokers's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Read 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
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
Also given by 3 firms that are no longer authorised. Check you are dealing with the firm on this page.
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Address
Unit B Citrus House, 602 Wimborne Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH9 2EN, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 0116 238 8880 is, and the 100 other firms that give it
- Who else gives the postcode BH9 2EN
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Read Insurance Brokers Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Momentum Broker Solutions Ltd, 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 number
- 05726897 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 2 March 2006 (20 years old)
- Registered office
- Unit 3 Space Business Centre, Molly Millars Lane, Wokingham, RG41 2PQ, England
- Nature of business
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- Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 74909)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Charles Bowen | Director | Jan 1978 | 22 Oct 2024 | 1 other company |
| Nicola Marie Bowen | Secretary | Not published | 22 Oct 2024 | – |
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 company
- 1
- still active
- 1
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 1 company, 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
- All 2 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
£25.9k
+84% from £14.1k
Cash at bank
£29.5k
+766% from £3,402
Owed within a year
£9,552
+240% from £2,810
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2026
- 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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 05726897. 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
Read Insurance Brokers’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
22 October 2024
- Board replaced: its only director left and a new director took over
- Opal Black Insurance Services Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Peter Mark Read gave up control
- Samuel Charles Bowen gained significant control
Companies House
2019
6 March 2019
- Changed its registered name from "Read Insurance Brokers Ltd"
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Peter Mark Read took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2006
7 March 2006
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2 March 2006
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 11 events
- All 11 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
Firms connected to Read Insurance Brokers
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Read Insurance Brokers. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 12
- share a director
- 1
- share its phone number
- 12
In the full report: all 12 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (1), the same phone number (12)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Read Insurance Brokers
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Bournemouth
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- 1 other company its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 11 events in its history
- 12 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