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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Website
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Phone number
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Address
One America Square, 17 Crosswall, London, EC3N 2LB, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When ageco.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0800 055 6205 is
- Who else gives the postcode EC3N 2LB
Other names (13)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Age UK Trading Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Age Concern Enterprises Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Age UK Enterprises Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Age Co Insurance Services Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Age Concern Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Age Concern Insurance Services Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Age UK Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Age UK Enterprises Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Age UK Free Spirit Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Age UK Insurance Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Age UK Insurance Services Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Age UK Trading CIC Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Heyday Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Investments & pensions FSCS may applyEligible investment and pension claims are typically FSCS-protected up to £85,000 per person, depending on the product and your circumstances.
- 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
- 03156159 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 7 February 1996 (30 years old)
- Registered office
- One America Square,, 17 Crosswall, London, EC3N 2LB, England
- Nature of business
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- Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 82990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Toby Emil Strauss | Director | Oct 1959 | 11 Feb 2022 | 73 other companies |
| Caroline Susan Hunter | Director | May 1972 | 6 Mar 2026 | 1 other company |
| Patrick Watt | Director | Feb 1975 | 4 Sep 2026 | None |
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
- 74
- closed down
- 25
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 74 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The one that went into liquidation or administration
- The 18 on the FCA register
- All 57 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
AgeCo’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
31 January 2022
- Changed its registered name from "Age UK Enterprises Limited"
FCA register
2016
30 June 2016
- Age UK took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2010
23 November 2010
- Changed its registered name from "Age Concern Enterprises Limited"
FCA register
2005
14 January 2005
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
1996
7 February 1996
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 142 events
- All 142 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 111
Firms connected to AgeCo
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with AgeCo. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 3
- no longer authorised
- 1
- share a director
- 1
In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (1), the same postcode (3)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 11 past links through former directors
Firms like AgeCo
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In London
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- 74 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 142 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
- 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