Division 66 of the UK SIC 2007 list. It holds 5 codes, listed in full below with the number of active UK companies filed under each.
This division gathers the middlemen of financial services. Insurance agents and brokers sit under 66220. Fund managers use 66300. Security and commodity dealing firms use 66120. A wide population of advisers and support businesses sits under 66190, which covers auxiliary financial intermediation not classified elsewhere. Many independent financial advisers and mortgage intermediaries pick 66190 or 66290. So the auxiliary codes are a mix. You get one-adviser practices, appointed representatives and back-office service firms, not one recognisable trade.
Plenty of suppliers work this water. They sell compliance support, professional indemnity cover, CRM and back-office platforms, paraplanning services and recruitment. Acquirers consolidating adviser books hunt here too. Three signals help. A brand new company often means an adviser has gone independent. A looming confirmation statement or accounts deadline hints at thin admin support. And the poor-website filter finds firms still trading on referrals, which makes them a strong fit for marketing services.
66120, Security and commodity contracts dealing activities66190, Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation n.e.c.66220, Activities of insurance agents and brokers66290, Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding66300, Fund management activitiesMost IFAs register 66190, activities auxiliary to financial intermediation n.e.c. Insurance-focused advisers often use 66220 or 66290 instead. There is no official mapping and no approval step. Directors choose their own codes at incorporation and can amend them on the next confirmation statement (CS01). A company may hold up to 4 codes, so many adviser firms list a financial code and an insurance code.
No. The FCA grants permissions on your application and the regulated activities you plan to carry on. What Companies House records has no bearing. Choosing a broking or fund management SIC code gives you no permission to trade. The two systems are separate. Data and compliance firms do cross-check the FCA register against SIC data to spot newly authorised businesses.
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