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 7 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2019
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2024
- On its latest accounts it owed £1.61m more than it owned
Responsible principal firm
Independent Broking Solutions Limited Reference number: 312026 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.
- Sophro MGA Limited (FRN 836347) is an AR of Independent Broking Solutions Limited (FRN 312026). When you use Sophro MGA's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Sophro MGA, 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
Compare these against whatever you were given. Scammers clone real firm names and reference numbers but use their own phone number and website, so a detail that does not match the register is the clearest warning sign there is.
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
Also given by a firm that is no longer authorised. Check you are dealing with the firm on this page.
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Address
The Plaza, 100 Old Hall Street, Liverpool, L3 9QJ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 020 3621 4759 is, and the 23 other firms that give it
- Who else gives the postcode L3 9QJ
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Independent Broking Solutions 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
- 11785810 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 24 January 2019 (7 years old)
- Registered office
- The Plaza C/O O'Connors Legal Services Limited, 100 Old Hall Street, Liverpool, L3 9QJ, England
- Nature of business
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- Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 82990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Ignatius O'Connor | Director | Mar 1956 | 24 Jan 2019 | None |
| Nicholas Beresford Readings | Director | Jun 1952 | 8 Mar 2019 | 28 other companies |
| Nigel Bartrum Wallis | Director | May 1960 | 2 Jul 2019 | 12 other companies |
| Paul O'Connor | Director | Dec 1952 | 2 Jul 2019 | 1 other company |
| Rupert Edward Alabaster | Director | Jul 1968 | 2 Sep 2019 | 3 other companies |
| Lourene Lopez | Secretary | Not published | 23 Apr 2025 | – |
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
- 44
- closed down
- 10
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 44 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 5 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The one that went into liquidation or administration
- The 19 on the FCA register, including one no longer authorised
- All 6 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
−£1.61m
−233% from £1.21m
Cash at bank
£6,025
No earlier figure to compare
Employees (average)
4
+100% from 2
Owed within a year
£1.75m
+34% from £1.30m
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £1.61m more than it owned.
Net assets
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2024
- 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 11785810. 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
Sophro MGA’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2019
2 July 2019
- Mark Ignatius O'Connor gave up control
- Philip James Hodgkinson became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
13 March 2019
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
24 January 2019
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Mark Ignatius O'Connor took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 12 events
- All 12 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 7
Firms connected to Sophro MGA
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Sophro MGA. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 12
- share a director
- 12
- share its phone number
- 8
In the full report: all 12 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (12), the same phone number (8)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Sophro MGA
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Liverpool
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- 44 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 12 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