Samphire Services Limited
Reference number: 960805
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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 5 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2021
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2025
- On its latest accounts it owed £620k more than it owned
Responsible principal firm
DAVIES MGA SERVICES LIMITED Reference number: 597301 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.
- SAMPHIRE SERVICES LIMITED (FRN 960805) is an AR of DAVIES MGA SERVICES LIMITED (FRN 597301). When you use SAMPHIRE SERVICES's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from SAMPHIRE SERVICES, 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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Phone number
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Address
3rd Floor, 1 Ashley Road, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 2DT, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When samphirerisk.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 07808 788592 is
- Who else gives the postcode WA14 2DT
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Samphire Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Samphire Risk Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Davies Mga Services 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
- 13421262 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 26 May 2021 (5 years old)
- Registered office
- 3rd Floor 1 Ashley Road, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 2DT, United Kingdom
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Higgins Hanbury | Director | Apr 1978 | 26 May 2021 | 2 other companies |
| Christopher Stewart Butcher | Director | Oct 1962 | 26 May 2021 | 46 other companies |
| Matthew Gregory Dawes | Director | May 1973 | 26 Sep 2024 | 7 other companies |
| Mark James Skinner | Director | Oct 1985 | 7 Jan 2026 | None |
| Emma Louise Plush | Director | Dec 1989 | 8 Jan 2026 | 15 other companies |
| OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate secretary | Not published | 26 May 2021 | – |
Other companies run by these 5 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
- 64
- closed down
- 20
- are FCA-registered
- 24
In the full report: all 64 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 5 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 24 on the FCA register, including one no longer authorised
- The 6 companies these 5 directors run together
- All 6 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
−£620k
Down £138k from −£483k
Cash at bank
£203k
+875% from £20.9k
Employees (average)
5
+150% from 2
Owed within a year
£2.05m
+293% from £521k
Total equity is negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £620k more than it owned.
Assets and liabilities
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 13421262. 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
Samphire Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
30 September 2025
- Chc Insurance Services Limited gave up control
- Samphire Holdco Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2021
20 October 2021
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
26 May 2021
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Chc Insurance Services Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 14 events
- All 14 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 7
Firms connected to Samphire Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Samphire Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 12
- share a director
- 12
In the full report: all 12 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (12)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Samphire Services
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Altrincham
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- 64 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 14 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