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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
Room 975, Gallery 9, Lloyd's, One Lime Street, London, EC3M 7DQ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- What kind of line 020 7036 8731 is
- Whether EC3M 7DQ is a shared office: 27 other firms give it
Other names (4)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Europe Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- SFME Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- SFM Europe Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Samsung Company of Europe Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Hold or safeguard your money FSCS may applyEligible deposits are typically protected by the FSCS up to £120,000 per person, per banking group.
- 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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- Accepting Deposits
- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Assisting in the administration and performance of a contract of insurance
- Carrying out contracts of insurance
- Effecting contracts of insurance
- 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
- 07308768 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 8 July 2010 (16 years old)
- Registered office
- Room 975, Gallery 9, Lloyd's, One Lime Street, London, EC3M 7DQ, United Kingdom
- 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 |
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| Jeewon Cheong | Director | Jul 1975 | 15 Aug 2017 | 1 other company |
| Stephen Alexander Liddell | Director | Nov 1963 | 1 Jun 2020 | None |
| Keith Vincent Andrew Wraight | Director | Feb 1966 | 27 Aug 2021 | None |
| Sungryeol Lee | Director | Jan 1977 | 7 Sep 2021 | None |
| Jahun Koo | Director | Jul 1983 | 24 Dec 2023 | None |
| Yoojin Lee | Director | Feb 1981 | 29 May 2025 | None |
| Peter Michael Laws (Dr) | Director | Oct 1964 | 21 Nov 2025 | None |
| Paul Martin | Director | Sep 1964 | 5 May 2026 | 5 other companies |
Other companies run by these 8 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
- 6
- closed down
- 1
- are FCA-registered
- 5
In the full report: all 6 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 8 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 5 on the FCA register
- All 34 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£26.3m
No earlier figure to compare
Cash at bank
£76.7m
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Employees (average)
13
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Owed within a year
£50.4m
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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 07308768. 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
This firm’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Regulated by the Prudential Regulation Authority from this date
FCA register
2011
11 April 2011
- Changed its registered name from "Samsung Company of Europe Limited"
FCA register
29 March 2011
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2010
8 July 2010
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 71 events
- All 71 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 60
Connected firms
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with this firm. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 3
- share a director
- 3
- past links
- 2
In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (3)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 2 past links through former directors
Similar firms
Other firms of the same type (insurer), nearest first.
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- 6 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- All 71 events in its history
- 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
- 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