Riva Insurance Brokers Ltd
Reference number: 527657
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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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Website
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Phone number
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Address
Riva Insurance Brokers, 34-36 Lime Street, London, City Of London, EC3M 7AT, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- When rivaib.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 3544 4860 is
- Whether EC3M 7AT is a shared office: 35 other firms give it
Other names (4)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Riva IB Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Riva IB Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Implantsure Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- The Leisure and Construction Group Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
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.
- 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.
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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
- Credit Broking
- 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
- 07295729 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 25 June 2010 (16 years old)
- Registered office
- One, Bell Lane, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 1JU, England
- Nature of business
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- Non-life insurance (SIC 65120)
- Non-life reinsurance (SIC 65202)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Mark Lancaster | Director | Feb 1959 | 25 Jun 2010 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that its director runs no other company
- All 3 people who have been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Profit before tax
£57.2k
−7% from £61.5k
Net assets
£408k
+12% from £363k
Cash at bank
£1.18m
+74% from £678k
Owed within a year
£1.58m
+20% from £1.31m
The accounts for the year to 31 March 2025 do not tag turnover in a form that can be read automatically, so it is not shown. The last tagged figure is £595k, for the year to 31 March 2022.
Profit before tax
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 07295729. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Riva Insurance Brokers’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
6 April 2016
- Ian Mark Lancaster took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
8 January 2013
- Changed its registered name from "Riva IB Limited"
FCA register
2010
7 December 2010
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
25 June 2010
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 17 events
- All 17 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 5
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- Every company its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 17 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