Champneys Group of Companies

Reference number: 953159

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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

Switcha Limited Reference number: 828963 Authorised 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.
  • Champneys Group of Companies (FRN 953159) introduces customers to Switcha Limited (FRN 828963). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Champneys Group of Companies.
  • Example: if Champneys Group of Companies refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Champneys Group of Companies 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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In the full report: 3 background checks

  • When champneys.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 0343 210 1462 is
  • Who else gives the postcode WC2B 5AH
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Other names (7)

If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.

  • Champneys Eastwell Trading name
  • Champneys Forest Mere Trading name
  • Champneys Henlow Trading name
  • Champneys Mottram Hall Trading name
  • Champneys Springs Trading name
  • Champneys Tring Trading name
  • Champneys Henlow Limited Former name

FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Protection through the principal firm
    Protection works through Switcha 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, free
    You 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 name
CHAMPNEYS HENLOW LIMITED
Company number
01297142
Company status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
4 February 1977 (49 years old)
Registered office
16 Great Queen Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2B 5AH, United Kingdom
Nature of business
  • Hotels and similar accommodation (SIC 55100)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
Alan Nader Whiteley Director Sep 1975 12 Nov 2014 16 other companies
Theo Hajoglou Director May 1985 5 Nov 2025 28 other companies
Paul Raymond Mitchell Director Feb 1958 6 Nov 2025 None
Stephen James Purdew Director May 1959 Not published 17 other companies
Paul Raymond Mitchell Secretary Not published 21 Jan 2020 –

Other companies run by these 4 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
46
closed down
3
run together
15

In the full report: all 46 companies, named

  • What each company does, and whether it is still trading
  • Which of these 4 directors sit on each board, and since when
  • Any that went into liquidation or administration
  • The 15 companies these 4 directors run together
  • All 7 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
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Filed accounts and finances

Year to 30 April 2025Group accountsAudited

Net assets

£44.3m

No earlier figure to compare

Cash at bank

£1.21m

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Owed within a year

£27.7m

No earlier figure to compare

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.

The figures for the year to 30 April 2025 were read from the printed accounts, because the filing does not tag them in a form that can be read automatically. They were checked against the accounts’ own totals.

These are group figures: the firm and the companies it owns, combined.

Accounts filed at Companies House for company 01297142. 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

Champneys Group of Companies’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

Key events (12) All events (26)

2025

5 November 2025

  • Ann-Marie Cleghorn became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
  • Ann-Marie Cleghorn stopped being the majority owner
  • Beverley Ruth Strong became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
  • Beverley Ruth Strong stopped being the majority owner
  • Champneys Holdco Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
  • Dorothy Rose Purdew stopped being the majority owner
  • Stephen James Purdew stopped being a part-owner

Companies House

2021

8 August 2021

  • Changed its registered name from "Champneys Henlow Limited"

FCA register

18 June 2021

  • Became an introducer appointed representative

FCA register

2016

6 April 2016

  • Dorothy Rose Purdew became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
  • Stephen James Purdew became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)

Companies House

1977

4 February 1977

  • Incorporated at Companies House

Companies House

In the full report: all 26 events

  • All 26 events in its history (12 shown here)
  • Every director appointment and resignation: 8
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  • 46 other companies its directors have run, named
  • 3 background checks on its contact details
  • All 26 events in its history

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Champneys Group of Companies FCA authorised?
Champneys Group of Companies (FRN 953159) is not directly authorised. It is an appointed representative acting under the responsibility of a directly authorised principal firm.
What does introducer appointed representative mean for Champneys Group of Companies?
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. Champneys Group of Companies (FRN 953159) introduces customers to Switcha Limited (FRN 828963). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Champneys Group of Companies. Example: if Champneys Group of Companies refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Champneys Group of Companies 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.
What is Champneys Group of Companies’ phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 0343 210 1462 and the website champneys.com for Champneys Group of Companies. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.
Is Champneys Group of Companies a scam or clone?
Champneys Group of Companies is a genuine FCA-listed firm, and the FCA has published no warnings about fake versions of it. Scammers do copy real firms, though, so check that any contact details you were given match the ones on the register.
Is my money safe with Champneys Group of Companies?
Protection works through Switcha Limited, the principal firm responsible for Champneys Group of Companies's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
Who owns Champneys Group of Companies?
Champneys Group of Companies is owned by Champneys Holdco Limited, which holds 75–100% of shares, 75–100% of votes and can appoint and remove the board, since 5 November 2025. Before that, it was controlled by Beverley Ruth Strong, Ann-Marie Cleghorn and Mrs Dorothy Rose Purdew.
Who runs Champneys Group of Companies?
Companies House lists 4 directors of Champneys Group of Companies: Alan Nader Whiteley, Theo Hajoglou, Paul Raymond Mitchell and Stephen James Purdew.
How long has Champneys Group of Companies been in business?
The company was formed on 4 February 1977.
What do Champneys Group of Companies’ latest accounts show?
Its latest accounts, to 30 April 2025, show net assets of £44.3m (no earlier figure to compare) and cash at bank of £1.21m (no earlier figure to compare).
Does Champneys Group of Companies use any other names?
It trades as Champneys Eastwell, Champneys Forest Mere, Champneys Henlow, Champneys Mottram Hall and Champneys Springs, and 1 more names. It has previously used the name Champneys Henlow Limited.

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