Armadillo Support Ltd
Reference number: 970218
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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 4 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2019
- Accounts filed up to 31 August 2025
Responsible principal firm
Markel International Insurance Company Limited Reference number: 202570 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.
- Armadillo Support Ltd (FRN 970218) introduces customers to Markel International Insurance Company Limited (FRN 202570). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Armadillo Support.
- Example: if Armadillo Support refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Armadillo Support 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
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Phone number
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Address
Unit 4, Dunnikier Business Park, Midfield Drive, Kirkcaldy, KY1 3LW, England
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When armadillo-academy.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01592 651636 is
- Who else gives the postcode KY1 3LW
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Armadillo Academy Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Markel International Insurance Company 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 name
- ARMADILLO SUPPORT LIMITED
- Company number
- 12178833 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 28 August 2019 (7 years old)
- Registered office
- Berry Smith Llp Haywood House, Dumfries Place, Cardiff, CF10 3GA, Wales
- Nature of business
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- Tax consultancy (SIC 69203)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Gordon William Berry | Director | Nov 1967 | 28 Aug 2019 | 3 other companies |
| Matthew Hall | Director | Aug 1974 | 28 Aug 2019 | 8 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
- 11
- closed down
- 10
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 11 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The one that went into liquidation or administration
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£126k
<1% from £125k
Cash at bank
£169k
−3.6% from £175k
Employees (average)
4
Same as 4
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2025
- 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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 12178833. 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
Armadillo Support’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
17 February 2022
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2019
28 August 2019
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Gordon William Berry became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Matthew Hall became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 7 events
- All 7 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 2
Firms connected to Armadillo Support
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Armadillo Support. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Armadillo Support
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In the Kirkcaldy (KY) 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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- 11 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 7 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, 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