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 3 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2003
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2020
Responsible principal firm
SME HCI Limited Reference number: 626422 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.
- Bureau Veritas Commodities UK Limited (FRN 994921) introduces customers to SME HCI Limited (FRN 626422). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Bureau Veritas Commodities UK.
- Example: if Bureau Veritas Commodities UK refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Bureau Veritas Commodities UK 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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
Unit 206, Fort Dunlop, Fort Parkway, Birmingham, Warwickshire, B24 9FD, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07968 932987 is
- Who else gives the postcode B24 9FD
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through SME HCI 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
- 04966988 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 18 November 2003 (22 years old)
- Registered office
- Suite 206 Fort Dunlop, Fort Parkway, Birmingham, B24 9FD
- Nature of business
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- Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 74909)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Darren John Davies | Director | May 1965 | 22 Apr 2021 | None |
| Aurelie Micheline Marie-Jeanne Chanussot | Director | Aug 1983 | 8 Jun 2026 | 9 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
- 9
- still active
- 9
In the full report: all 9 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
- All 21 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£1
Same as £1
Cash at bank
£1
Same as £1
These accounts were filed as dormant: the company reported no significant trading in the period.
Net assets
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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 04966988. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Bureau Veritas Commodities UK’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
17 April 2023
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2021
22 April 2021
- Board replaced: both directors left and 3 new directors took over
Companies House
2019
31 January 2019
- Bureau Veritas UK Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2010
1 January 2010
- Board replaced: both directors left and 2 new directors took over
Companies House
2008
8 February 2008
- Board replaced: all 3 directors left and 2 new directors took over
Companies House
2003
18 November 2003
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 42 events
- All 42 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 36
Firms connected to Bureau Veritas Commodities UK
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Bureau Veritas Commodities UK. 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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- 9 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
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- 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