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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
Unit 43, Gosport Business Centre, Frater Gate, Aerodrome Road, Gosport, Hampshire, PO13 0FQ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01329 848747 is
- Who else gives the postcode PO13 0FQ
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Hold or safeguard your money · 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.
- 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.
- 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)
- 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
- 03755036 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 20 April 1999 (27 years old)
- Registered office
- White Chapel Building 2nd Floor, 10 Whitechapel High Street, London, E1 8QS, England
- Nature of business
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- Non-life insurance (SIC 65120)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David John Mason | Director | Oct 1963 | 11 May 2005 | None |
| Ian Clifford Edwards | Director | Mar 1965 | 29 Oct 2024 | None |
| Ranjith Mohan Kanipayur | Director | Feb 1983 | 29 Oct 2024 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that these 3 directors run no other company
- All 9 people who have been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
£202k
+23% from £164k
Cash at bank
£150k
+7.8% from £139k
Employees (average)
2
+100% from 1
Owed within a year
£45.6k
−8.4% from £49.8k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2024
- 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 03755036. 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
Waterborne Underwriting Agency’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
20 April 2026
- Shipowners Management Limited gave up control
Companies House
2024
29 October 2024
- David John Mason gave up control
- Shipowners Management Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2016
13 April 2016
- David John Mason 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 April 1999
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 23 events
- All 23 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 13
Firms connected to Waterborne Underwriting Agency
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Waterborne Underwriting Agency. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share its postcode
- 2
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
Firms like Waterborne Underwriting Agency
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Gosport
In the Portsmouth (PO) postcode area
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- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 23 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