Argos Limited
Reference number: 713206
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Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
This company holds another FCA record
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Website, phone number and address
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Website
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Phone number
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Address
Sainsburys Supermarkets Ltd, 33 Charterhouse Street, London, Islington, EC1M 6HA, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When argos.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0345 124 0044 is
- Who else gives the postcode EC1M 6HA
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Argos Personal Loans Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Habitat Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Lend or arrange credit No FSCS coverConsumer credit is not covered by the FSCS, so there is no compensation scheme if the firm fails.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
Show FCA detail (1 permission)
- Credit Broking
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
- 01081551 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 13 November 1972 (53 years old)
- Registered office
- 33 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1M 6HA, England
- Nature of business
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- Other retail sale in non-specialised stores (SIC 47190)
- Retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores (SIC 47540)
- Retail of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised store (SIC 47599)
- Activities of call centres (SIC 82200)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Mark Given | Director | Aug 1976 | 29 May 2020 | 7 other companies |
| Blathnaid Bergin | Director | May 1975 | 10 Jan 2022 | 15 other companies |
| Graham Ross Biggart | Director | Jun 1986 | 10 Feb 2024 | 1 other company |
| SAINSBURY'S CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate secretary | Not published | 7 May 2021 | – |
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
- 21
- closed down
- 2
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 21 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 3 on the FCA register
- The 1 company these 3 directors run together
- All 49 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Argos’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2019
6 December 2019
- Board replaced: all 3 directors left and 4 new directors took over
Companies House
2016
15 September 2016
- Board replaced: all 4 directors left and 3 new directors took over
Companies House
1 September 2016
- Tumblecrest 2 Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2015
12 November 2015
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
1972
13 November 1972
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 97 events
- All 97 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 86
Firms connected to Argos
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Argos. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 4
- share a director
- 1
- share its postcode
- 4
In the full report: all 4 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (1), the same postcode (4)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 2 past links through former directors
Firms like Argos
Other firms of the same type (retailer), nearest first.
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- 21 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 97 events in its history
- 4 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