AV Bodies Limited: FCA regulated?

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 2014
Accounts filed up to 31 March 2026

Responsible principal firm

First Business Finance (UK) Ltd Reference number: 685879 Authorised 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.
AV Bodies Limited (FRN 971104) introduces customers to First Business Finance (UK) Ltd (FRN 685879). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not AV Bodies.
Example: if AV Bodies refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from AV Bodies 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.

Website

avbodies.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Phone number

0161 654 4354
Address

Knott Booth Farm, Burnedge, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, OL16 4QJ, United Kingdom

In the full report: 3 background checks

When avbodies.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
What kind of line 0161 654 4354 is
Who else gives the postcode OL16 4QJ

Other names (1)

If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.

Topline Horse Boxes Trading name: A name it trades under now.

FCA permissions and consumer protection

Protection through the principal firm
Protection works through First Business Finance (UK) Ltd, 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, free
You 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: 08945460 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
Company status: Active
Company type: Private limited company
Incorporated: 18 March 2014 (12 years old)
Registered office: 4 Haslam Street, Middleton, Manchester, M24 2AP, England
Nature of business: Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 82990)

Directors and company secretaries

Name	Role	Born	Appointed	Other companies
Andrew Vaughn Rosebury	Director	Apr 1961	18 Mar 2014	3 other companies
Jill Louise Rosebury	Director	Nov 1963	18 Mar 2014	2 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: 3
still active: 3
run together: 2

In the full report: all 3 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
The 2 companies these 2 directors run together

Filed accounts and finances

Year to 31 March 2026Abridged accountsNot audited

Net assets

£83.2k

−8.4% from £90.8k

Cash at bank

£40.4k

−63% from £108k

Employees (average)

5

−17% from 6

Owed within a year

£168k

−23% from £218k

Assets and liabilities

In the full report: all 7 years of accounts

Every year from 2020 to 2026
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 08945460. 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

AV Bodies’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

Key events (4) All events (7)

2022

3 March 2022

Became an introducer appointed representative

FCA register

2017

18 March 2017

Andrew Vaughn Rosebury became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Jill Louise Rosebury became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)

Companies House

2014

18 March 2014

Incorporated at Companies House

Companies House

In the full report: all 7 events

All 7 events in its history (4 shown here)
Every director appointment and resignation: 2

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3 other companies its directors have run, named
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7 years of accounts, charted
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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is AV Bodies Limited FCA authorised?

AV Bodies Limited (FRN 971104) is not directly authorised. It is an appointed representative acting under the responsibility of a directly authorised principal firm.

What does introducer appointed representative mean for AV Bodies?

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. AV Bodies Limited (FRN 971104) introduces customers to First Business Finance (UK) Ltd (FRN 685879). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not AV Bodies. Example: if AV Bodies refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from AV Bodies 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.

What is AV Bodies’ phone number and website?

The FCA register lists the phone number 0161 654 4354 and the website avbodies.co.uk for AV Bodies. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.

Is AV Bodies a scam or clone?

AV Bodies is a genuine FCA-listed firm, and the FCA has published no warnings about fake versions of it. Scammers do copy real firms, though, so check that any contact details you were given match the ones on the register.

Is my money safe with AV Bodies?

Protection works through First Business Finance (UK) Ltd, the principal firm responsible for AV Bodies's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.

Who owns AV Bodies?

Companies House lists 2 people with significant control of AV Bodies: Mrs Jill Louise Rosebury (25–50% of shares) and Mr Andrew Vaughn Rosebury (25–50% of shares).

Who runs AV Bodies?

Companies House lists 2 directors of AV Bodies: Andrew Vaughn Rosebury and Jill Louise Rosebury.

How long has AV Bodies been in business?

The company was formed on 18 March 2014.

What do AV Bodies’ latest accounts show?

Its latest accounts, to 31 March 2026, show net assets of £83.2k (−8.4% from £90.8k) and cash at bank of £40.4k (−63% from £108k).

Does AV Bodies use any other names?

It trades as Topline Horse Boxes.