Introducer appointed representative
This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.
Responsible principal firm
Continuum (Financial Services) LLP Reference number: 802331 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.
- Apex Associates LLP (FRN 1050162) introduces customers to Continuum (Financial Services) LLP (FRN 802331). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Apex Associates.
- Example: if Apex Associates refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Apex Associates 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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
Apex Associates LLP, 58A Ilford Lane, Ilford, Redbridge, IG1 2JY, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 020 3327 6340 is
- Who else gives the postcode IG1 2JY
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Continuum (Financial Services) LLP, 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
- OC377567 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Limited liability partnership
- Incorporated
- 10 August 2012 (14 years old)
- Registered office
- Apex Chambers, 58-A Ilford Lane, Ilford, Essex, IG1 2JZ, United Kingdom
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farrukh Jamal Islam | LLP designated member | Sep 1948 | 10 Aug 2012 | 3 other companies |
| Aftab Ahmed Khan | LLP designated member | Feb 1969 | 10 Aug 2012 | 4 other companies |
Other companies run by these 2 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
- 7
- closed down
- 4
- still active
- 3
In the full report: all 7 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
Key dates in its history
Apex Associates’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
22 January 2026
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Aftab Ahmed Khan took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2012
10 August 2012
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Aftab Ahmed Khan appointed as a director
- Farrukh Jamal Islam appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
Firms connected to Apex Associates
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Apex Associates. 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 Apex Associates
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
In Ilford
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- 7 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 5 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
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk