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 13 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2013
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2026
Responsible principal firm
Community First Reference number: 311971 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.
- Community First Trading Limited (FRN 605748) is an AR of Community First (FRN 311971). When you use Community First Trading's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Community First Trading, 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
Wyndhams St Josephs Place, Devizes, Wilts, SN10 1DD, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01380 732803 is
- Who else gives the postcode SN10 1DD
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Community First, 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
- 08360063 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 14 January 2013 (13 years old)
- Registered office
- Unit C2 Beacon Business Centre, Hopton Park, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 2EY
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn Marie Gibson | Director | Jul 1969 | 1 Jun 2015 | 4 other companies |
| James Richard Moody | Director | Jun 1981 | 18 Dec 2020 | 2 other companies |
| Lynn Marie Gibson | Secretary | Not published | 18 Dec 2020 | – |
Other companies run by these 2 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
- 5
- closed down
- 2
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 5 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- The 1 company these 2 directors run together
- All 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Cash at bank
£134k
+2% from £132k
Owed within a year
£134k
+1.7% from £132k
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2026
- 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 08360063. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Community First Trading’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
6 April 2016
- Community First took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
13 August 2013
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
14 January 2013
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 11 events
- All 11 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 8
Firms connected to Community First Trading
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Community First Trading. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share a director
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: shared directors (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Community First Trading
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Devizes
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- 5 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 11 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