The Institute of Advanced Motorists Limited
Reference number: 403526
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Introducer appointed representative
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- Appointed for 21 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 1956
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2023
Responsible principal firm
Cornmarket Insurance Services Limited Reference number: 308099 View firm →What does this mean?
- An introducer appointed representative can only pass your details to its principal firm. It cannot recommend products, give financial advice, or arrange deals on its own.
- The Institute of Advanced Motorists Limited (FRN 403526) introduces customers to Cornmarket Insurance Services Limited (FRN 308099). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not The Institute of Advanced Motorists.
- Example: if The Institute of Advanced Motorists refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from The Institute of Advanced Motorists itself.
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Website, phone number and address
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Phone number
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Address
Building 1, Albany Place, Hyde Way, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 3BT, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When iam.org.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 8996 9600 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode AL7 3BT
Other names (6)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Advanced Driving Magazine Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- IAM Road Smart Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Advanced Driving Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- IAM Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- IAM Group Services Ltd Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Institute of Advanced Motorcyclists Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Cornmarket Insurance Services 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
- INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED MOTORISTS LIMITED(THE)
- Company number
- 00562530 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 10 March 1956 (70 years old)
- Registered office
- Orion House, Bessemer Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 1HH, England
- Nature of business
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- Driving school activities (SIC 85530)
- Activities of other membership organisations not elsewhere classified (SIC 94990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Nicholas John Antony Stein | Director | Jul 1960 | 27 Feb 2020 | 1 other company |
| Nicholas David John Lomas | Director | May 1967 | 27 Feb 2020 | 10 other companies |
| Thomas Kelman | Director | Dec 1961 | 1 Jan 2023 | 12 other companies |
| Mark Jonathan Powell | Director | Jun 1962 | 28 Sep 2023 | 3 other companies |
| Sarah Jennifer Whiteside-Jones | Director | Jan 1984 | 28 Sep 2023 | None |
| Angela Bell | Director | Jan 1967 | 28 Sep 2023 | None |
| Shona Fay Johnstone | Director | May 1962 | 29 Jan 2025 | 10 other companies |
| Kimberley Bird | Director | Feb 1970 | 24 Jun 2026 | 5 other companies |
| Thomas Henry Leggett | Director | Apr 1993 | 23 Sep 2026 | None |
| Hassan Joudi | Director | May 1990 | 23 Sep 2026 | 1 other company |
| Bruce Philip Pritchard | Director | Aug 1972 | 23 Sep 2026 | None |
| Andrew Jasper Stuart Griffith | Director | Aug 1968 | 8 Oct 2026 | 2 other companies |
| Andrew Mclachrie | Secretary | Not published | 30 Mar 2023 | – |
Other companies run by these 12 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
- 14
- went insolvent
- 2
In the full report: all 44 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 12 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The 2 that went into liquidation or administration
- The 5 on the FCA register
- All 87 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£4.22m
No earlier figure to compare
Profit before tax
−£2.08m
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Net assets
£5.48m
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Cash at bank
£520k
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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 00562530. 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 Institute of Advanced Motorists’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2004
31 October 2004
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
1956
10 March 1956
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 153 events
- All 153 events in its history (2 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 141
Firms connected to The Institute of Advanced Motorists
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with The Institute of Advanced Motorists. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 3
- share a director
- 3
- share its phone number
- 1
In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (3), the same phone number (1), the same postcode (1)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 2 past links through former directors
Firms like The Institute of Advanced Motorists
Other firms of the same type (credit broker), nearest first.
In Welwyn Garden City
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- 44 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 153 events in its history
- 3 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