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 2019
- Accounts filed up to 30 September 2025
- Its whole board of directors changed in January 2024
- On its latest accounts it owed £56.5k more than it owned
Responsible principal firm
Insure Life Limited Reference number: 913606 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.
- The Broking Group (FRN 932268) is an AR of Insure Life Limited (FRN 913606). When you use The Broking Group's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from The Broking Group, 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
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
4, Alvaston Business Park, Middlewich Road, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 6PF, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07917 106589 is
- Who else gives the postcode CW5 6PF
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Insure Life 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
- THE BROKING GROUP LIMITED
- Company number
- 11800803 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 1 February 2019 (7 years old)
- Registered office
- Nantwich Court, Hospital Street, Nantwich, CW5 5RH, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Alexander Lewis Clapp | Director | Mar 1976 | 18 Jan 2024 | 34 other companies |
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 companies
- 34
- closed down
- 21
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 34 companies, 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
- The one on the FCA register
- All 3 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
−£56.5k
Down £26.1k from −£30.3k
Cash at bank
£21.8k
+255% from £6,120
Owed within a year
£78.9k
+116% from £36.5k
Total equity is negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £56.5k more than it owned.
Total equity
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2025
- 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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 11800803. 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
The Broking Group’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
18 January 2024
- Board replaced: its only director left and a new director took over
Companies House
2023
1 March 2023
- Alliance Investment Group Limited stopped being the majority owner
- Gms Investment Group Limited became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
- Mark Jonathan Hawkins stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2020
18 August 2020
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
10 July 2020
- Alliance Investment Group Limited became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
2019
1 February 2019
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Mark Jonathan Hawkins became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 13 events
- All 13 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 5
Firms connected to The Broking Group
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with The Broking Group. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share its postcode
- 2
- past link
- 1
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like The Broking Group
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Nantwich
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- 34 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 13 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
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk