Costco Online UK Limited
Reference number: 1056750
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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.
Responsible principal firm
Costco Wholesale UK Limited Reference number: 735258 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.
- Costco Online UK Limited (FRN 1056750) is an AR of Costco Wholesale UK Limited (FRN 735258). When you use Costco Online UK's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Costco Online UK, 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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Phone number
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Address
Hartspring Lane, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD25 8JS, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When costco.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01923 830411 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode WD25 8JS
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Costco Online Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Costco Wholesale 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
- 08055444 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 2 May 2012 (14 years old)
- Registered office
- Uk Home Office, Hartspring Lane, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD25 8JS
- Nature of business
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- Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets (SIC 47990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Carlos Silveira | Director | Apr 1969 | 15 Nov 2019 | 5 other companies |
| Peter Robert Kelly | Director | Nov 1969 | 25 Oct 2021 | 7 other companies |
| Cristina Maria Januario | Secretary | Not published | 30 Sep 2024 | – |
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
- 7
- still active
- 7
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 7 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 5 companies these 2 directors run together
- All 8 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Costco Online UK’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
13 July 2026
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Costco UK Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2012
2 May 2012
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 18 events
- All 18 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 14
Firms connected to Costco Online UK
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Costco Online UK. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share a director
- 1
- share its phone number
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: shared directors (1), the same phone number (1), the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Costco Online UK
Other firms of the same type (retailer), nearest first.
In Watford
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- 7 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 18 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