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
Cycle Solutions (Cycle to Work) Limited Reference number: 722968 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.
- BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS LIMITED (FRN 1022245) introduces customers to Cycle Solutions (Cycle to Work) Limited (FRN 722968). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS.
- Example: if BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS 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
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Ltd, 7 Rushmills, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN4 7YB, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07814 823667 is
- Who else gives the postcode NN4 7YB
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Cycle Solutions (Cycle to Work) 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 number
- 02328679 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 15 December 1988 (37 years old)
- Registered office
- Britannia House, 3-5 Rushmills, Northampton, NN4 7YB, England
- Nature of business
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- Pre-primary education (SIC 85100)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Boland | Director | Aug 1959 | 14 Jun 2002 | 110 other companies |
| John Guy Casagrande | Director | Sep 1958 | 16 Apr 2020 | 61 other companies |
| John Francis Butler | Director | Nov 1967 | 2 May 2022 | 74 other companies |
| Philip John Smith | Director | Oct 1968 | 2 Apr 2025 | 60 other companies |
| John Francis Butler | Secretary | Not published | 2 Apr 2025 | – |
Other companies run by these 4 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
- 129
- closed down
- 70
- run together
- 68
In the full report: all 129 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 4 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 68 companies these 4 directors run together
- All 17 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Bright Horizons Family Solutions’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
20 November 2024
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2017
21 June 2017
- Bhfs Two Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2002
14 June 2002
- Board replaced: all 4 directors left and 5 new directors took over
Companies House
1988
15 December 1988
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 30 events
- All 30 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 26
Firms connected to Bright Horizons Family Solutions
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Bright Horizons Family Solutions. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 5
- share its postcode
- 5
In the full report: all 5 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (5)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
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- 129 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 30 events in its history
- 5 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