Introducer appointed representative
This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.
Responsible principal firm
Holiday Extras Cover Limited Reference number: 828848 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.
- Cosmos Tours Limited (FRN 492035) introduces customers to Holiday Extras Cover Limited (FRN 828848). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Cosmos Tours.
- Example: if Cosmos Tours refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Cosmos Tours 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
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
Cosmos Tours Ltd, 28 The Quadrant, Fourth Floor, Gateway House, Richmond, Richmond Upon Thames, TW9 1DN, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 0330 058 8237 is
- Who else gives the postcode TW9 1DN
Other names (4)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Avalon Waterways Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Cosmos Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Globus Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Cosmos Coach Tours Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Holiday Extras Cover 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
- 01175122 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 25 June 1974 (52 years old)
- Registered office
- Fourth Floor, Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant, Richmond, TW9 1DN, England
- Nature of business
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- Tour operator activities (SIC 79120)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Lesley Anne Smith | Director | Nov 1971 | 17 Dec 2013 | 2 other companies |
| Samuel Kodjo Parker | Director | Jun 1969 | 1 Sep 2015 | 3 other companies |
| Tristram Henry John Yarde-Leavett | Director | Oct 1964 | 16 Oct 2018 | 1 other company |
| Samuel Kodjo Parker | Secretary | Not published | 14 Nov 2014 | – |
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
- 5
- closed down
- 2
- run together
- 1
In the full report: all 5 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 1 company these 3 directors run together
- All 25 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Cosmos Tours’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
21 December 2022
- Fabio Antonio Massimo Mantegazza stopped being a part-owner
- Mario Albek stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2021
11 February 2021
- Fabio Antonio Massimo Mantegazza became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Sergio Antonio Mantegazza stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2018
23 May 2018
- Fabio Mantegazza no longer has significant control
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Fabio Mantegazza gained significant control
- Mario Albek became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Sergio Antonio Mantegazza became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2014
30 June 2014
- Changed its registered name from "Cosmos Coach Tours Limited"
FCA register
2008
27 November 2008
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
1974
25 June 1974
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 58 events
- All 58 events in its history (11 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 44
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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