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 3 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2011
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2026
Responsible principal firm
KOZE GROUP LTD Reference number: 811281 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.
- CARTHY'S PLUMBING & HEATING SERVICES LIMITED (FRN 991170) is an AR of KOZE GROUP LTD (FRN 811281). When you use CARTHY'S PLUMBING & HEATING SERVICES's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from CARTHY'S PLUMBING & HEATING 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
Eppingdene Farm Buildings, Ivy Chimneys, Epping, Essex, CM16 4EL, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07850 411868 is
- Who else gives the postcode CM16 4EL
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Koze Group Ltd, 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
- 07606814 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 18 April 2011 (15 years old)
- Registered office
- Bailiff's Cottage Gardeners Farm, Flux's Lane, Epping, Essex, CM16 7PF, England
- Nature of business
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- Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation (SIC 43220)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Henry Carthy | Director | Apr 1974 | 18 Apr 2011 | 2 other companies |
| Victoria Carthy | Director | Oct 1972 | 18 Jul 2022 | None |
| Helena Carthy | Director | Aug 1999 | 28 Mar 2023 | None |
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
- 2
- closed down
- 1
- still active
- 1
In the full report: all 2 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
- All 4 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£117k
−7.8% from £127k
Cash at bank
£107k
−15% from £126k
Employees (average)
7
Same as 7
Owed within a year
£61.2k
−21% from £77.1k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2026
- 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 07606814. 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
Carthy's Plumbing & Heating Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
3 February 2023
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Thomas Henry Carthy took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2011
18 April 2011
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 8 events
- All 8 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 5
Firms like Carthy's Plumbing & Heating Services
Other firms of the same type (home improvement or trades), nearest first.
In Epping
In the Chelmsford (CM) postcode area
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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