Introducer appointed representative
This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.
- Appointed for under a year
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 1999
- Accounts filed up to 31 August 2025
Responsible principal firm
Ardonagh Specialty Limited Reference number: 449988 View firm →What does this mean?
- An introducer appointed representative can only pass your details to its principal firm. It cannot recommend products, give financial advice, or arrange deals on its own.
- Russell Group Limited (FRN 1053333) introduces customers to Ardonagh Specialty Limited (FRN 449988). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Russell Group.
- Example: if Russell Group refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Russell Group itself.
- 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
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Address
Russell Group Ltd, 2A Commerce Square, Nottingham, Nottingham, NG1 1HS, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 0870 600 0851 is
- Who else gives the postcode NG1 1HS
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Ardonagh Specialty Limited, 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
- 03881993 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 24 November 1999 (26 years old)
- Registered office
- 2a Commerce Square, The Lace Market, Nottingham, NG1 1HS
- Nature of business
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- Business and domestic software development (SIC 62012)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sukjinder Basi | Director | Sep 1964 | 24 Nov 1999 | 12 other companies |
| Mark Iain Anthony Howell | Director | Nov 1965 | 1 Dec 2007 | 16 other companies |
| Mark Iain Anthony Howell | Secretary | Not published | 1 Dec 2007 | 16 other companies |
Other companies run by these 2 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
- 20
- closed down
- 9
- run together
- 8
In the full report: all 20 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 8 companies these 2 directors run together
- All 4 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£2.10m
−3.5% from £2.17m
Profit before tax
£421k
+23% from £343k
Net assets
£4.42m
+14% from £3.88m
Cash at bank
£124k
+14% from £110k
Turnover and profit
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 03881993. 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
Russell Group’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
1 May 2026
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Mark Iain Anthony Howell gained significant control
- Sukjinder Basi took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
1999
24 November 1999
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 8 events
- All 8 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 4
Firms connected to Russell Group
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Russell Group. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 3
- share its postcode
- 3
In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (3)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Russell Group
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Nottingham
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- 20 other companies its directors have run, named
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- 3 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