Riverside Underwriting Limited
Reference number: 466942
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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
Riverside Underwriting Ltd, 3rd Floor Riverside House, 40 - 46 High Street, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1JH, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When questor-insurance.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01622 391700 is
- Who else gives the postcode ME14 1JH
Other names (5)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- CheapExcess Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- www.insuranceandmore.co.uk Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- www.questor-insurance.co.uk Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Questor Insurance Services Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- www.insurewithmax.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.
- 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
- 06201617 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 3 April 2007 (19 years old)
- Registered office
- Bryant House, Bryant Road, Strood, Rochester, Kent, ME2 3EW
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew William John Lawrence | Director | Aug 1966 | 3 Apr 2007 | 19 other companies |
| David Charles Kent | Secretary | Not published | 19 Jul 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 companies
- 19
- closed down
- 15
- still active
- 4
In the full report: all 19 companies, 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
- All 2 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£918k
+31% from £699k
Cash at bank
£885k
+91% from £464k
Employees (average)
10
+25% from 8
Owed within a year
£393k
+140% from £164k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 6 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 06201617. 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
Riverside Underwriting’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2019
2 January 2019
- Changed its registered name from "Questor Insurance Services Limited"
FCA register
2018
31 July 2018
- Andrew William John Lawrence gave up control
- Riverside International Holdings Ltd took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Andrew William John Lawrence took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2007
2 July 2007
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
3 April 2007
- 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: 3
Firms like Riverside Underwriting
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In Maidstone
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- 19 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 6 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