Charles Watts Engineering Limited: FCA regulated?

Introducer appointed representative

This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.

Appointed for 10 years
Protected through the principal
No FCA actions
Active company since 1949
Accounts filed up to 31 March 2025

Responsible principal firm

BOC LIMITED Reference number: 715528 Caution 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.
Charles Watts Engineering Limited (FRN 752010) introduces customers to BOC LIMITED (FRN 715528). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Charles Watts Engineering.
Example: if Charles Watts Engineering refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Charles Watts Engineering 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.

Website

charleswatts.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Phone number

01788 543152
Address

94 Somers Road, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV22 7DH, United Kingdom

In the full report: 3 background checks

When charleswatts.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
What kind of line 01788 543152 is
Who else gives the postcode CV22 7DH

FCA permissions and consumer protection

Protection through the principal firm
Protection works through Boc 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 number: 00466266 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
Company status: Active
Company type: Private limited company
Incorporated: 26 March 1949 (77 years old)
Registered office: Matches the FCA register address ✓
Nature of business: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures (SIC 25110)

Directors and company secretaries

Name	Role	Born	Appointed	Other companies
Richard Bernard Watts	Director	Apr 1978	9 Jul 2018	None
Bernard Sidney Watts	Director	Nov 1951	Not published	None
Marion Worthington	Secretary	Not published	20 Oct 2003	–

In the full report: every company its directors have run

Confirmation that these 2 directors run no other company
All 4 people who have been directors, with their dates

Filed accounts and finances

Year to 31 March 2025Full accountsNot audited

Net assets

£1.66m

−4.7% from £1.75m

Cash at bank

£117k

+986% from £10.8k

Employees (average)

25

Same as 25

Owed within a year

£382k

−4.3% from £399k

Assets and liabilities

In the full report: all 6 years of accounts

Every year from 2020 to 2025
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.

Accounts filed at Companies House for company 00466266. 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

Charles Watts Engineering’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

Key events (3) All events (6)

2016

1 September 2016

Bernard Sidney Watts took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

7 July 2016

Became an introducer appointed representative

FCA register

1949

26 March 1949

Incorporated at Companies House

Companies House

In the full report: all 6 events

All 6 events in its history (3 shown here)
Every director appointment and resignation: 3

Firms connected to Charles Watts Engineering

Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Charles Watts Engineering. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.

connected firms: 3
share its postcode: 3

In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named

How each is linked: the same postcode (3)
Who links each one: the named directors, with dates

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3 background checks on its contact details
6 years of accounts, charted
All 6 events in its history
3 connected firms, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Charles Watts Engineering Limited FCA authorised?

Charles Watts Engineering Limited (FRN 752010) 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 Charles Watts Engineering?

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. Charles Watts Engineering Limited (FRN 752010) introduces customers to BOC LIMITED (FRN 715528). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Charles Watts Engineering. Example: if Charles Watts Engineering refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Charles Watts Engineering 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 Charles Watts Engineering’s phone number and website?

The FCA register lists the phone number 01788 543152 and the website charleswatts.co.uk for Charles Watts Engineering. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.

Is Charles Watts Engineering a scam or clone?

Charles Watts Engineering 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 Charles Watts Engineering?

Protection works through Boc Limited, the principal firm responsible for Charles Watts Engineering's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.

Who owns Charles Watts Engineering?

Companies House lists one person with significant control of Charles Watts Engineering: Mr Bernard Sidney Watts (75–100% of shares).

Who runs Charles Watts Engineering?

Companies House lists 2 directors of Charles Watts Engineering: Richard Bernard Watts and Bernard Sidney Watts.

How long has Charles Watts Engineering been in business?

The company was formed on 26 March 1949.

What do Charles Watts Engineering’s latest accounts show?

Its latest accounts, to 31 March 2025, show net assets of £1.66m (−4.7% from £1.75m) and cash at bank of £117k (+986% from £10.8k).