Chaucer Syndicate Services Limited
Reference number: 620417
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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 12 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 1979
- 1 thing worth a closer look in the background checks
Responsible principal firm
Chaucer Syndicates Limited Reference number: 204915 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.
- Chaucer Syndicate Services Limited (FRN 620417) is an AR of Chaucer Syndicates Limited (FRN 204915). When you use Chaucer Syndicate Services's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Chaucer Syndicate 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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Phone number
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Address
52 Lime Street, London, EC3M 7AF, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- When chaucergroup.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 7105 8000 is
- Whether EC3M 7AF is a shared office: 31 other firms give it
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Chaucer Syndicates 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
- 01463304 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 27 November 1979 (46 years old)
- Registered office
- 52 Lime Street, London, EC3M 7AF, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding (SIC 66290)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel John Willis | Director | Jul 1973 | 21 Aug 2012 | 18 other companies |
| James Edward Wright | Director | Jun 1981 | 1 Jul 2024 | 10 other companies |
| Sonja Patricia Carnall | Director | Dec 1976 | 1 Jul 2024 | 13 other companies |
| Phillip John Hamer | Secretary | Not published | 1 May 2025 | – |
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
- 32
- closed down
- 15
- went insolvent
- 3
In the full report: all 32 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The 3 that went into liquidation or administration
- The 4 on the FCA register
- The 6 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 17 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Chaucer Syndicate Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2018
11 December 2018
- Chaucer Capital Investments Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Chaucer International Holdings Ltd gave up control
Companies House
10 December 2018
- Chaucer International Holdings Ltd took control (75–100% of shares)
- Chaucer Syndicates Limited gave up control
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Chaucer Syndicates Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2014
4 April 2014
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
1979
27 November 1979
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 35 events
- All 35 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 28
Firms connected to Chaucer Syndicate Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Chaucer Syndicate Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share a director
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: shared directors (1), the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
- 3 past links through former directors
Firms like Chaucer Syndicate Services
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- 32 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- All 35 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