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
6th Floor, Sackville House 143-149, Fenchurch Street, London, EC3M 6BN, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When sportscovereurope.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 7444 1771 is, and the 2 other firms that give it
- Who else gives the postcode EC3M 6BN
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Sportscover UK Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Active Underwriting Specialists 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.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
Show FCA detail (4 permissions)
- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- 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
- 03726678 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 4 March 1999 (27 years old)
- Registered office
- 6th Floor Sackville House, 143-149 Fenchurch Street, London, EC3M 6BN, England
- 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 |
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| Roger James Draper | Director | Jan 1970 | 19 Mar 2015 | 3 other companies |
| Martin John Crannis | Director | Jan 1963 | 17 Jun 2015 | 9 other companies |
| Steven Charles Gowland | Director | Oct 1969 | 7 May 2021 | 1 other company |
| Charles Wesley Singh | Director | Aug 1964 | 1 Jan 2023 | 25 other companies |
| Andrew Graham Morpeth | Director | Sep 1964 | 30 Jan 2024 | 26 other companies |
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
- 54
- closed down
- 15
- went insolvent
- 2
In the full report: all 54 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 2 that went into liquidation or administration
- The 9 on the FCA register
- The 7 companies these 5 directors run together
- All 18 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Profit before tax
£265k
+183% from £93.6k
Net assets
£1.02m
+32% from £772k
Cash at bank
£1.87m
+12% from £1.66m
Owed within a year
£2.04m
+27% from £1.61m
The accounts for the year to 31 December 2025 do not tag turnover in a form that can be read automatically, so it is not shown. The last tagged figure is £902k, for the year to 31 December 2021.
Profit before tax
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2025
- Both charts, 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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 03726678. 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
Sportscover Europe’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
20 October 2022
- Activerisk Group Limited gave up control
- Activerisk Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2021
7 May 2021
- Activerisk Group Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Christopher Peter Nash no longer has significant control
- Martin John Crannis no longer has significant control
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Christopher Peter Nash gained significant control
- Martin John Crannis gained significant control
Companies House
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Regulated by the Prudential Regulation Authority from this date
FCA register
2006
4 October 2006
- Changed its registered name from "Sportscover UK Ltd"
FCA register
2005
14 January 2005
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
1999
4 March 1999
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 51 events
- All 51 events in its history (13 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 33
Firms connected to Sportscover Europe
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Sportscover Europe. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 7
- share a director
- 5
- share its phone number
- 2
In the full report: all 7 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (5), the same phone number (2), the same postcode (5)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 4 past links through former directors
Firms like Sportscover Europe
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
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- 54 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 51 events in its history
- 7 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