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 4 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2020
- Accounts filed up to 31 January 2026
- Its whole board of directors changed in September 2026
Responsible principal firm
COVERSURE MIDLANDS LIMITED Reference number: 308065 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.
- Thousand Trades Limited (FRN 977314) is an AR of COVERSURE MIDLANDS LIMITED (FRN 308065). When you use Thousand Trades's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Thousand Trades, 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
Virginia House, 56 Warwick Road, Solihull, West Midlands, B92 7HX, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 0121 439 6504 is
- Who else gives the postcode B92 7HX
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Cafe Insurance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Coversure Insurance Services (Solihull) Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Coversure Midlands 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 number
- 12407370 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 16 January 2020 (6 years old)
- Registered office
- 9-11 Vittoria Street, Birmingham, B1 3ND, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward George Fitzgerald Hannan | Director | Sep 1978 | 3 Sep 2026 | None |
| Graeme Neal Lalley | Director | Jul 1980 | 3 Sep 2026 | 36 other companies |
| Jordan Maskell | Director | May 1980 | 3 Sep 2026 | 4 other companies |
Other companies run by these 3 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
- 36
- closed down
- 1
- are FCA-registered
- 15
In the full report: all 36 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 15 on the FCA register, including one no longer authorised
- The 4 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 8 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
£100
Same as £100
Employees (average)
0
Same as 0
These accounts were filed as dormant: the company reported no significant trading in the period.
Total equity
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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 12407370. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Thousand Trades’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
3 September 2026
- Board replaced: both directors left and 3 new directors took over
Companies House
2022
13 June 2022
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2020
16 January 2020
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Thousand Trades Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 19 events
- All 19 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 13
Firms connected to Thousand Trades
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Thousand Trades. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 12
- share a director
- 12
In the full report: all 12 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (12)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Thousand Trades
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Solihull
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- 36 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 19 events in its history
- 12 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