Temple Legal Protection Limited
Reference number: 303704
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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
One Bell Court, Leapale Lane, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 4LY, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When temple-legal.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01483 577877 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode GU1 4LY
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Temple Trading name: A name it trades under now.
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.
- 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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- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Advising on P2P agreements
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Assisting in the administration and performance of a contract of insurance
- 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
- 03698194 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 20 January 1999 (27 years old)
- Registered office
- Ranger House, Walnut Tree Close, Guildford, GU1 4UL, England
- Nature of business
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- Non-life insurance (SIC 65120)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Joanne Lane | Director | Feb 1978 | 19 Mar 2004 | 5 other companies |
| David Alan Pipkin | Director | Apr 1954 | 1 Aug 2006 | None |
| Sona Suryakant Whyte | Director | Feb 1966 | 30 Sep 2008 | 5 other companies |
| Laurence James Pipkin | Director | Jun 1984 | 1 Jul 2017 | None |
| Matthew James Best | Director | Oct 1984 | 8 Nov 2022 | None |
| Matthew Stephen Pascall | Director | Apr 1961 | 2 Dec 2022 | 2 other companies |
| Sean William Fayle | Director | Sep 1974 | 10 Mar 2026 | None |
| Sona Suryakant Whyte | Secretary | Not published | 22 Oct 2008 | 5 other companies |
Other companies run by these 7 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
- 8
- closed down
- 1
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 8 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 7 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- The 4 companies these 7 directors run together
- All 17 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
£49.9m
+8.4% from £46.0m
Cash at bank
£10.7m
−67% from £32.6m
Owed within a year
£293k
−62% from £778k
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 03698194. 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
Temple Legal Protection’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
16 October 2026
- Joanne Lane gave up control
- Joanne Lane took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2023
18 December 2023
- Christopher John Wait gave up control
- Joanne Lane took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Christopher John Wait took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2005
14 January 2005
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
1999
20 January 1999
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 39 events
- All 39 events in its history (9 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 27
Firms connected to Temple Legal Protection
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Temple Legal Protection. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share a director
- 1
- share its phone number
- 1
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (1), the same phone number (1), the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Temple Legal Protection
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Guildford
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- 8 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 39 events in its history
- 2 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