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
Cycle Solutions (Cycle to Work) Limited Reference number: 722968 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.
- Close Brothers Group plc (FRN 931092) introduces customers to Cycle Solutions (Cycle to Work) Limited (FRN 722968). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Close Brothers Group.
- Example: if Close Brothers Group refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Close Brothers Group 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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
10 Crown Place, London, EC2A 4FT, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 020 7655 3879 is
- Who else gives the postcode EC2A 4FT
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Cycle Solutions (Cycle to Work) 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
- 00520241 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Public limited company
- Incorporated
- 3 June 1953 (73 years old)
- Registered office
- Matches the FCA register address ✓
- Nature of business
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- Activities of head offices (SIC 70100)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Nicholas Biggs | Director | Aug 1952 | 14 Mar 2017 | 24 other companies |
| Michael Bartlett Morgan | Director | Nov 1965 | 15 Nov 2018 | 9 other companies |
| Sally Angela Helen Williams | Director | Jul 1966 | 1 Jan 2020 | 28 other companies |
| Mark Andrew Pain | Director | Jun 1961 | 1 Jan 2021 | 168 other companies |
| Tesula Mohindra | Director | Nov 1966 | 15 Jul 2021 | 17 other companies |
| Patricia Marie Halliday | Director | Sep 1966 | 1 Aug 2021 | 5 other companies |
| Tracey Graham | Director | Jul 1965 | 22 Mar 2022 | 22 other companies |
| Kari Antony Hale | Director | Oct 1964 | 28 Jun 2023 | 1 other company |
| Fiona Louise Mccarthy | Director | Jul 1970 | 29 Aug 2025 | 3 other companies |
| Sarah Kimberley Peazer-Davies | Secretary | Not published | 28 Jun 2023 | – |
Other companies run by these 9 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
- 266
- closed down
- 60
- went insolvent
- 4
In the full report: all 266 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 9 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The 4 that went into liquidation or administration
- The 28 on the FCA register
- The 4 companies these 9 directors run together
- All 48 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Close Brothers Group’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2020
30 July 2020
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
1953
3 June 1953
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 81 events
- All 81 events in its history (2 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 79
Firms connected to Close Brothers Group
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Close Brothers Group. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 12
- share a director
- 11
- share its postcode
- 2
In the full report: all 12 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (11), the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 1 past link through former directors
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- 266 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 81 events in its history
- 12 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