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
Bionic Financial Services Limited Reference number: 544998 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.
- Business Essential Services Limited (FRN 535888) introduces customers to Bionic Financial Services Limited (FRN 544998). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Business Essential Services.
- Example: if Business Essential Services refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Business Essential Services 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.
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
5th Floor, 9 Appold Street, London, EC2A 2AP, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07775 897916 is, and the 2 other firms that give it
- Who else gives the postcode EC2A 2AP
Other names (4)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Bionic Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Bionic Services Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- MAKE IT CHEAPER LIMITED Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- MAKE IT CHEAPER LIMITED (Suspended) Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Bionic Financial Services 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
- 05949018 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 27 September 2006 (20 years old)
- Registered office
- 5th Floor, 9 Appold Street, London, EC2A 2AP, England
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul John Galligan | Director | Jan 1975 | 22 Mar 2019 | 25 other companies |
| Daniel Lee Teutsch | Director | May 1987 | 3 Mar 2025 | 26 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
- 28
- closed down
- 1
- are FCA-registered
- 6
In the full report: all 28 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 6 on the FCA register
- The 23 companies these 2 directors run together
- All 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Business Essential Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
15 July 2026
- Changed its registered name from "Bionic Services Limited"
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Bionic Services Group Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2015
27 May 2015
- Changed its registered name from "MAKE IT CHEAPER LIMITED"
FCA register
2013
1 February 2013
- Changed its registered name from "MAKE IT CHEAPER LIMITED (Suspended)"
FCA register
2010
15 November 2010
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2006
27 September 2006
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 15 events
- All 15 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 8
Firms connected to Business Essential Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Business Essential Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 5
- share a director
- 5
- share its phone number
- 2
In the full report: all 5 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (5), the same phone number (2), the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like Business Essential Services
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In London
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- 28 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 15 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