Introducer appointed representative
This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.
- Appointed for 3 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2013
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2024
Responsible principal firm
SG Fleet UK Limited Reference number: 625294 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.
- Contino Solutions Limited (FRN 994266) introduces customers to SG Fleet UK Limited (FRN 625294). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Contino Solutions.
- Example: if Contino Solutions refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Contino Solutions 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
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
37 Commercial Road, Poole, BH14 0HU, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 020 3865 9964 is
- Who else gives the postcode BH14 0HU
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through SG Fleet UK 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
- 08788914 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 25 November 2013 (12 years old)
- Registered office
- 280 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 4AG, United Kingdom
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elisa De Rocca-Serra | Director | Jul 1976 | 31 Dec 2021 | 15 other companies |
| Yatin Kumar Mahandru | Director | May 1962 | 27 May 2022 | None |
| Simon James Watkinson | Director | Mar 1975 | 1 Sep 2023 | None |
Other companies run by these 3 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
- 15
- closed down
- 4
- went insolvent
- 4
In the full report: all 15 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The 4 that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- All 12 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Profit before tax
£6.83m
−94% from £120.5m
Net assets
£21.3m
−84% from £131.2m
Cash at bank
£32.2k
−97% from £960k
Owed within a year
£1.71m
−39% from £2.80m
Profit before tax
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 08788914. 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
Contino Solutions’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
2 April 2023
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2022
15 August 2022
- Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation gave up control
- Cognizant Worldwide Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2019
31 October 2019
- Board replaced: all 3 directors left and 2 new directors took over
- Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2016
16 November 2016
- Contino Holdings Inc gave up control
- Contino Holdings Inc took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
6 April 2016
- Matthew Farmer became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Matthew Farmer stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2013
25 November 2013
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 31 events
- All 31 events in its history (10 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 21
Firms connected to Contino Solutions
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Contino Solutions. 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 Contino Solutions
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Poole
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- 15 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 31 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