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 6 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2020
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2026
Responsible principal firm
GAUNTLET RISK MANAGEMENT LIMITED Reference number: 308081 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.
- Star IC Ltd (FRN 931571) is an AR of GAUNTLET RISK MANAGEMENT LIMITED (FRN 308081). When you use Star IC's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Star IC, 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
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Address
Suite C2, Knowll Business Centre, Oldshoreham Road, East Susssex, BN3 7GS, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07769 907631 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode BN3 7GS
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Star Insurance Consultants Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Gauntlet Risk Management 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 name
- STAR IC LIMITED
- Company number
- 12763918 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 23 July 2020 (6 years old)
- Registered office
- 255 Old Shoreham Road, Hove, BN3 7ED, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marc Bernard Shaw | Director | Feb 1973 | 23 Jul 2020 | 1 other company |
Other companies run by its director
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 company
- 1
- closed down
- 1
In the full report: all 1 company, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 2 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£63.6k
+98% from £32.2k
Cash at bank
£73.4k
+89% from £38.8k
Employees (average)
1
Same as 1
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2021 to 2026
- 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 12763918. 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
Star IC’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2020
7 August 2020
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
23 July 2020
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Star Property Investment & Management Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 7 events
- All 7 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
Firms connected to Star IC
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Star IC. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 4
- share its phone number
- 1
- share its postcode
- 3
In the full report: all 4 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same phone number (1), the same postcode (3)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Star IC
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In the Brighton (BN) postcode area
Firms are listed by type and location, best known first. Being listed is not a recommendation: check any firm before you deal with it.
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- 1 other company its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 7 events in its history
- 4 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