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 1 year
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2025
- 1 thing worth a closer look in the background checks
Responsible principal firm
Bluefriars Brokers Limited Reference number: 604987 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.
- CAR AND CLASSIC FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED (FRN 1039497) is an AR of Bluefriars Brokers Limited (FRN 604987). When you use CAR AND CLASSIC FINANCIAL SERVICES's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from CAR AND CLASSIC FINANCIAL SERVICES, 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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
85 Great Portland Street, London, Westminster, W1W 7LT, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- What kind of line 07766 762124 is
- Whether W1W 7LT is a shared office: 43 other firms give it
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Car and Classic Insurance Services Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Bluefriars 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 number
- 16364993 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 4 April 2025 (1 year old)
- Registered office
- 167 169 Great Portland Street 167 169 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 5PF, England
- Nature of business
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- Activities of insurance agents and brokers (SIC 66220)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian James Clifford Bubb | Director | Jun 1978 | 4 Apr 2025 | 6 other companies |
| Tom Ryan Wood | Director | Aug 1983 | 4 Apr 2025 | 2 other companies |
| Anthony Robert Worton | Director | Feb 1986 | 4 Apr 2025 | 3 other companies |
Other companies run by these 3 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
- 10
- still active
- 10
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 10 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- The 1 company these 3 directors run together
Key dates in its history
Car and Classic Financial Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
9 September 2025
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
4 April 2025
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Car And Classic Holdings Ltd took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 7 events
- All 7 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
Firms connected to Car and Classic Financial Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Car and Classic Financial Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share a director
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: shared directors (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Car and Classic Financial Services
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In London
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- 10 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- All 7 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, 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