Compare The Market Limited
Reference number: 778488
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Authorised by the FCA
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Website, phone number and address
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Phone number
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Address
Pegasus House, Southgate Park, Bakewell Road, Orton Southgate, Peterborough, PE2 6YS, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When comparethemarket.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0333 009 2584 is
- Who else gives the postcode PE2 6YS
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Comparethemarket.com Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Comparethemeerkat.com Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
Warning
Scammers have impersonated this firm
Fraudsters have used this firm's name or details with their own contact information to appear genuine. Check whatever you were given below, and against the firm's real details above.
Fake phone numbers (1)
- 0800 102 6100
Fake email addresses (3)
- info@comparethemarket-optin.com
- info@comparethemarketbonds.com
- promotions@compare-meerkat.com
Fake websites (4)
- comparethemarket-optin.com
- comparethemarketbonds.com
- comparethemarketrates.com
- meerkatcompare.com
The FCA warning these came from
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FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Manage or trade investments FSCS may applyEligible investment and pension claims are typically FSCS-protected up to £85,000 per person, depending on the product and your circumstances.
- Advise on or arrange mortgages FSCS may applyMortgage advice and arranging may be FSCS-covered, up to the limit that applies.
- Lend or arrange credit No FSCS coverConsumer credit is not covered by the FSCS, so there is no compensation scheme if the firm fails.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
Show FCA detail (6 permissions)
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Arranging (bringing about) regulated mortgage contracts
- Credit Broking
- Making arrangements with a view to regulated mortgage contracts
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
- Providing Credit Information Services
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.
The clone warnings above are scammers using this firm's name, not something the firm has done.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- 10636682 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 23 February 2017 (9 years old)
- Registered office
- Pegasus House Southgate Park, Bakewell Road, Orton Southgate, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 6YS, England
- Nature of business
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- Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 82990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David John Osborne | Director | Apr 1966 | 1 Aug 2018 | 1 other company |
| Alison Deborah Hewitt | Director | Aug 1963 | 1 Jun 2020 | 36 other companies |
| Mark Mccracken Bailie | Director | Mar 1973 | 1 Sep 2020 | 6 other companies |
| Timo Alexander Bernd Boldt | Director | Oct 1984 | 1 Jul 2021 | 7 other companies |
| Richard Hoskins | Director | Aug 1964 | 1 May 2022 | 22 other companies |
| Murray Alexander Raisbeck | Director | Feb 1978 | 1 Jun 2022 | 8 other companies |
| Andrej Babache | Director | Sep 1981 | 31 Jul 2023 | 2 other companies |
| Behzad Ahmad Arbabzadah | Director | Apr 1981 | 30 Sep 2023 | 2 other companies |
| Duncan Anthony Painter | Director | Feb 1970 | 1 Jan 2024 | 84 other companies |
| Hannah Yasmin Chouikhi | Secretary | Not published | 1 Dec 2022 | – |
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
- 157
- closed down
- 75
- went insolvent
- 7
In the full report: all 157 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 7 that went into liquidation or administration
- The 21 on the FCA register, including 2 no longer authorised
- The 5 companies these 9 directors run together
- All 19 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£602.0m
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Profit before tax
£236.2m
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Net assets
£292.3m
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Employees (average)
737
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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 10636682. 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
Compare The Market’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2021
24 September 2021
- FCA warned the public about a scam impersonating this firm
FCA warning list
2017
1 December 2017
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register · Companies House
23 February 2017
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Bgl Group Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 50 events
- All 50 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 31
Firms connected to Compare The Market
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Compare The Market. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 8
- no longer authorised
- 1
- share a director
- 6
In the full report: all 8 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (6), the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 6 past links through former directors
Firms like Compare The Market
Other firms of the same type (mortgage adviser or broker), nearest first.
In Peterborough
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- 157 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 50 events in its history
- 8 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
- FCA warning: Compare The Market Bonds / Compare Meerkat / compare-meerkat.com/ comparethemarketrates.com / Comparethemarket-optin.com fca.org.uk
- Check your FSCS cover fscs.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk