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
Independent Broking Solutions Limited Reference number: 312026 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.
- CHAMPION CONTRACT SERVICES LIMITED (FRN 1051313) introduces customers to Independent Broking Solutions Limited (FRN 312026). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not CHAMPION CONTRACT SERVICES.
- Example: if CHAMPION CONTRACT SERVICES refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from CHAMPION CONTRACT 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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Phone number
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Address
1 Worsley Court, High Street, Worsley, Manchester, Salford, M28 3NJ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When champion-contractors.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0161 703 254 is
- Who else gives the postcode M28 3NJ
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Independent Broking Solutions 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
- 06845130 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 12 March 2009 (17 years old)
- Registered office
- 1 Worsley Court, High Street, Worsley, Manchester, M28 3NJ
- Nature of business
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- Other service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 96090)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Karen Lesley Baird | Director | May 1971 | 12 Mar 2009 | 13 other companies |
| Gerard Cosgrove | Director | Apr 1958 | 12 Mar 2009 | 23 other companies |
| Karen Lesley Baird | Secretary | Not published | 12 Mar 2009 | 13 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
- 25
- closed down
- 10
- are FCA-registered
- 3
In the full report: all 25 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 3 on the FCA register
- The 11 companies these 2 directors run together
Key dates in its history
Champion Contract Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
10 February 2026
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Champion Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2009
12 March 2009
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Gerard Cosgrove appointed as a director
- Karen Lesley Baird appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
Firms connected to Champion Contract Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Champion Contract Services. 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
Firms like Champion Contract Services
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Manchester
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- 25 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 5 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