Compare The Market Limited
Reference number: 911617
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No longer authorised
This firm is still listed on the FCA register, but the record is closed. Cover on business done while it was authorised generally still applies, and it cannot take on new regulated business. Authorisation ended 2 August 2022.
This FCA record is no longer authorised, but the company is still on the register with full FCA authorisation under FRN 778488 →.
This company holds another FCA record
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Website, phone number and address
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Last known website
comparethemarket.com
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Last known phone number
0333 009 2584
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Last known 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 Trading name: A name it trades under now.
Past FCA permissions and consumer protection
- The record is closedCover you already have generally survives the cancellation: FSCS exists for firms that have failed, and the Financial Ombudsman Service can look at a complaint about a firm that has stopped trading, as long as the business was done while it was authorised. New business with this firm has no cover at all, because it is no longer permitted to carry it out.
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
- 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 |
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| 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.
2022
2 August 2022
- Status on the FCA register became "Cancelled - RAISP"
FCA register
2019
25 October 2019
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2017
23 February 2017
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Bgl Group Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 38 events
- All 38 events in its history (4 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
- 2
- no longer authorised
- 1
- share its postcode
- 2
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
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- 157 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 38 events in its history
- 2 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
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk