Acorn Limited
Reference number: 414761
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Introducer appointed representative
This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.
- Appointed for 21 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2002
- Accounts filed up to 31 August 2022
- One of its directors is also a director of a firm that is no longer authorised
Responsible principal firm
Global Property Ventures Limited Reference number: 797026 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.
- Acorn Limited (FRN 414761) introduces customers to Global Property Ventures Limited (FRN 797026). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Acorn.
- Example: if Acorn refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Acorn itself.
- 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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Phone number
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Address
Building 1, Meadows Business Park, Blackwater, Blackwater, GU17 9AB, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When acorngroup.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 8315 6909 is
- Who else gives the postcode GU17 9AB
Other names (19)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- John Payne Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Langford Rusell Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- The Acorn Estate Agency Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Acorn Estate Management Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Acorn Financial Consultants Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Acorn Financial Services Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Acorn Land And Strategic Property Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Acorn Land And Strategic Property Development Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Acorn Mortgage Consultants Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Acorn New Homes Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Acorn Property Management Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Langford Russell Estate Agents Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Langford Russell Property Management Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Start Conveyancing Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Start Financial Planning Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Start Financial Services Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Start Mortgages Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Start Mortgage Services Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Start Recruitment Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Global Property Ventures 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
- 04398269 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 19 March 2002 (24 years old)
- Registered office
- Building 1 Meadows Business Park, Blackwater, Camberley, GU17 9AB, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Real estate agencies (SIC 68310)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Stephen Deveney | Director | Sep 1971 | 1 May 2002 | 17 other companies |
| Neil Charles Louth | Director | Dec 1974 | 1 May 2002 | 25 other companies |
| Paul Leonard Aitchison | Director | Jul 1979 | 31 Aug 2022 | 241 other companies |
| Peter Kavanagh | Director | Jul 1962 | 31 Aug 2022 | 91 other companies |
| Michael Brian Cook | Director | Jun 1983 | 1 Jul 2024 | 108 other companies |
| Paul Leonard Aitchison | Secretary | Not published | 31 Aug 2022 | – |
Other companies run by these 5 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
- 259
- closed down
- 77
- are FCA-registered
- 15
In the full report: all 259 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 5 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 140 companies these 5 directors run together
- All 10 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£22.8m
Not compared: the previous accounts cover a different length of time
Profit before tax
£1.88m
Not compared: the previous accounts cover a different length of time
Net assets
£6.85m
−11% from £7.71m
Cash at bank
£3.26m
−71% from £11.2m
The previous accounts cover 12 months, so turnover and profit are not compared with them.
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 4 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2022
- 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.
The figures for the year to 31 August 2022 were read from the printed accounts, because the filing does not tag them in a form that can be read automatically. They were checked against the accounts’ own totals.
These are group figures: the firm and the companies it owns, combined.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 04398269. 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
Acorn’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2018
31 October 2018
- Acorn (Holdings) Ltd took control (75–100% of shares)
- Alan Stephen Cornish stopped being a part-owner
- Robert Sargent stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2016
1 July 2016
- Alan Stephen Cornish became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Robert Sargent became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2006
21 July 2006
- Changed its registered name from "The Acorn Estate Agency"
FCA register
2005
14 January 2005
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2002
19 March 2002
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 58 events
- All 58 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 15
Firms connected to Acorn
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Acorn. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 12
- no longer authorised
- 1
- share a director
- 12
In the full report: all 12 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (12), the same postcode (5)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Acorn
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In the Guildford (GU) postcode area
Firms are listed by type and location, best known first. Being listed is not a recommendation: check any firm before you deal with it.
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- 259 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 4 years of accounts, charted
- All 58 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