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 2 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2024
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2026
Responsible principal firm
Vitality Corporate Services Limited Reference number: 461107 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.
- Columbus Sixty One Limited (FRN 1019837) is an AR of Vitality Corporate Services Limited (FRN 461107). When you use Columbus Sixty One's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Columbus Sixty One, 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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
7 Waveney Road, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 4RU, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07793 123133 is
- Who else gives the postcode AL5 4RU
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- VC East Midlands Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Vitality Consulting East Midlands Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Vitality Corporate Services 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 name
- COLUMBUS SIXTY ONE LTD
- Company number
- 15789892 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 20 June 2024 (2 years old)
- Registered office
- 7 Waveney Road, Harpenden, AL5 4RU, England
- Nature of business
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- Activities of insurance agents and brokers (SIC 66220)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Matthew Ellis-Duveen | Director | Jul 1977 | 20 Jun 2024 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that its director runs no other company
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£26.5k
−36% from £41.4k
Employees (average)
12
+140% from 5
Owed within a year
£60.2k
+50% from £40.1k
Assets and liabilities
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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 15789892. 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
Columbus Sixty One’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
24 October 2024
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
20 June 2024
- Incorporated at Companies House
- James Matthew Ellis-Duveen took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 6 events
- All 6 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 1
Firms like Columbus Sixty One
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Harpenden
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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