Blinc-UK Limited
Reference number: 587340
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Appointed representative
This firm does not hold FCA authorisation of its own, and acts under a principal firm, which is legally responsible for its regulated business.
- Appointed for 14 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2008
- Accounts filed up to 31 October 2025
Responsible principal firm
BRIAN JOHNSTON & CO (INSURANCE BROKERS) LIMITED Reference number: 307689 View firm →What does this mean?
- An appointed representative (AR) can carry out regulated financial services, but is not directly authorised by the FCA. A principal firm holds the authorisation and is legally responsible for the AR's conduct.
- Blinc-UK Limited (FRN 587340) is an AR of BRIAN JOHNSTON & CO (INSURANCE BROKERS) LIMITED (FRN 307689). When you use Blinc-UK's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Blinc-UK, complaints and compensation usually follow the same rules as dealing with the principal, but this depends on the product and your circumstances.
- 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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Phone number
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Address
Chancery House, 3 Hatchlands Road, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 6AA, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When blincref.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0333 344 1300 is
- Who else gives the postcode RH1 6AA
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Blinc Tenant Referencing Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Bignall and Leeson Inventories Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Brian Johnston & Co (Insurance Brokers) 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
- BLINC-UK LTD
- Company number
- 06635146 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 1 July 2008 (18 years old)
- Registered office
- Matches the FCA register address ✓
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Scott Bignall | Director | Oct 1984 | 1 Jul 2008 | 1 other company |
| Daniel Leeson | Director | Nov 1984 | 1 Jul 2008 | 1 other company |
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 company
- 1
- still active
- 1
- run together
- 1
In the full report: all 1 company, 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 1 company these 2 directors run together
- All 3 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£266k
+363% from £57.4k
Cash at bank
£40.2k
+24% from £32.5k
Employees (average)
23
+35% from 17
Owed within a year
£594k
+24% from £481k
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 06635146. 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
Blinc-UK’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
6 April 2016
- Daniel Leeson became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Darren Scott Bignall became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
4 April 2016
- Changed its registered name from "Bignall and Leeson Inventories Limited"
FCA register
2012
3 September 2012
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2008
1 July 2008
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 8 events
- All 8 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 2
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- 1 other company its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 8 events in its history
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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