Countrywide Estate Agents Limited

Reference number: 478250

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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

CONNELLS GROUP PRINCIPAL SERVICES LIMITED Reference number: 301684 Authorised 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.
  • Countrywide Estate Agents Limited (FRN 478250) is an AR of CONNELLS GROUP PRINCIPAL SERVICES LIMITED (FRN 301684). When you use Countrywide Estate Agents's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
  • Example: if you take financial advice from Countrywide Estate Agents, 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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  • When countrywide.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 01908 961000 is, and the other firm that gives it
  • Who else gives the postcode MK9 1GF
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Other names (238)

If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.

  • Abbotts Trading name
  • Accord Lets Trading name
  • Alan de Maid Trading name
  • Anderson Residential Trading name
  • Andrew Reeves Trading name
  • APW Property Lettings Trading name
  • Ashby Lowery Trading name
  • Ashton Burkinshaw Trading name
  • Aspire Trading name
  • Austin & Wyatt Trading name
  • Bairstow Eves Trading name
  • Beresford Adams Trading name
  • Blundells Trading name
  • Bridgfords Trading name
  • Bulmers Lettings Trading name
  • Chappell & Matthews Trading name
  • Chattings Trading name
  • CHK Mountford Trading name
  • CityLets York Trading name
  • Clive Watkin Trading name
  • CM Rent and Sales Trading name
  • Country & Waterside Prestige Trading name
  • Countrywide North Trading name
  • Countrywide Residential Lettings Trading name
  • Cryers Trading name
  • Dixons Trading name
  • Entwistle Green Trading name
  • Finders Keepers Trading name
  • Flowers Estate Agents Trading name
  • Frank Innes Trading name
  • Freeman Forman Trading name
  • Fulfords Trading name
  • Gascoigne Pees Trading name
  • Geering & Colyer Trading name
  • Hamptons Trading name
  • Hamptons International Trading name
  • John D Wood & Co Trading name
  • John Francis Trading name
  • King & Chasemore Trading name
  • Lighthouse Property Services Trading name
  • Mann Trading name
  • Mid Cornwall Lettings Trading name
  • Miller Countrywide Trading name
  • Morris Dibben Trading name
  • Palmer Snell Trading name
  • R A Bennett Trading name
  • Regal Lettings Trading name
  • Slater Hogg & Howison Trading name
  • Spencers Trading name
  • Stratton Creber Trading name
  • Sutton Kersh Trading name
  • Taylors Trading name
  • Tucker Gardner Trading name
  • Urban Spaces Trading name
  • Watson Bull & Porter Trading name
  • Wilson Peacock Trading name
  • Woods Trading name
  • Countrywide Estate Agents Former name
  • A3 Countrywide Former trading name
  • Abbotts Lettings Former trading name
  • Accord Former trading name
  • Accord Properties Former trading name
  • Advanced Lettings Former trading name
  • Alan de Maid Lettings Former trading name
  • Alan Harvey Property Services Former trading name
  • Alder King Former trading name
  • Alder King Countryside Former trading name
  • Andrew Butler Former trading name
  • Andrew Reefes Countrywide Former trading name
  • APW Former trading name
  • Austin & Wyatt Lettings Former trading name
  • Avon Property Former trading name
  • Bairstow Eves Countrywide Former trading name
  • Bairstow Eves Lettings Former trading name
  • Barrys (Surrey) Former trading name
  • Beresford Adams Lettings Former trading name
  • Bricks & Mortar Former trading name
  • Bridgfords Lettings Former trading name
  • Buckell & Ballard Former trading name
  • Buckell & Ballard Lettings Former trading name
  • Buckell & Ballard Residential Lettings Former trading name
  • Bullock & Lees Former trading name
  • Carol Whyte Property Management Former trading name
  • Carson & Co. Former trading name
  • Carsons Former trading name
  • Carsons Lettings Former trading name
  • Cathedral Lettings Former trading name
  • Chamberlains Former trading name
  • Chappell & Matthews Residential Lettings Former trading name
  • Churchill Lettings Former trading name
  • Copleys of York Former trading name
  • Cosec Management Services Former trading name
  • Counrtywide Mortgage Services Former trading name
  • Counrtywide Property Management Former trading name
  • Country & Waterside Former trading name
  • Countrywide Former trading name
  • Countrywide Asset Management Former trading name
  • Countrywide City and Prestige Former trading name
  • Countrywide Corporate Property Services Former trading name
  • Countrywide Estate Management Former trading name
  • Countrywide Land & New Homes Former trading name
  • Countrywide Lettings Former trading name
  • Countrywide Managing Agents Former trading name
  • Countrywide Property Auctions Former trading name
  • Countrywide Residential consultancy Former trading name
  • Countrywide Scotland Former trading name
  • Countrywide Student Accommodation Former trading name
  • Curtis & Bains Former trading name
  • Decorum Interiors Former trading name
  • Dixon Lettings Former trading name
  • DN Estates Former trading name
  • Duck & Hedges Former trading name
  • Entwistle Green Lettings Former trading name
  • Faron Sutaria Former trading name
  • Faron Sutaria & Co Lettings Former trading name
  • Faron Sutaria Lettings Former trading name
  • Fells Gulliver Former trading name
  • Fitz-Gibbon Former trading name
  • Flats in Leeds Former trading name
  • Ford Former trading name
  • Fords Property Services Former trading name
  • Forest Bureau Former trading name
  • Frank Innes Residential Lettings Former trading name
  • Freeman Forman Lettings Former trading name
  • Freeman Forman Residential Lettings Former trading name
  • Fulfords Lettings Former trading name
  • Gascoigne Pees Residential Lettings Former trading name
  • Geering & Colyer Countrywide Former trading name
  • Geering & Colyer Lettings Former trading name
  • Granville & Co Former trading name
  • Granville & Company Former trading name
  • Greene & Co Former trading name
  • Griffiths & Charles Former trading name
  • Harold E. Levi & Co Former trading name
  • Hawkins Former trading name
  • Hawkins Lettings Former trading name
  • H E Lettings Former trading name
  • Hetheringtons Former trading name
  • HLM Former trading name
  • Holmes Pearman Former trading name
  • Home From Home Former trading name
  • Home from Home Holidays Former trading name
  • Hunters for Homes Former trading name
  • Hunters For Homes at Miller Countrywide Former trading name
  • Interlet Former trading name
  • Isite.uk.com Former trading name
  • Jayne & Moss Former trading name
  • JM Property Lettings Former trading name
  • John Curtis Former trading name
  • John D Wood & Co Lettings Former trading name
  • John D Wood & Co (Residential & Agricultural) Former trading name
  • John German Former trading name
  • King & Chasemore Lettings Former trading name
  • Knightsbridge Former trading name
  • Knights of Bath Former trading name
  • Labyrinth Properties Former trading name
  • Lampons Residential Former trading name
  • Land & New Homes Countrywide Former trading name
  • Lanes Lettings & management Former trading name
  • Let Lucas Rental Specialists Former trading name
  • Let More Former trading name
  • Lets Cover Former trading name
  • Lets Insure Former trading name
  • Letters of Distinction Former trading name
  • Locke & England Former trading name
  • Locke & England Lettings Former trading name
  • London and Country Property Auctions Former trading name
  • LSI Former trading name
  • Mann & Co Former trading name
  • Mann Countrywide Former trading name
  • Mann Countrywide Lettings Former trading name
  • Merchant Former trading name
  • Michael Rhodes Property Management Former trading name
  • Miller JK Lettings Former trading name
  • Miller Lettings Former trading name
  • Millers Former trading name
  • Milton Ashbury Former trading name
  • Morris Dibben Lettings Former trading name
  • Mortgage Intelligence Former trading name
  • NCT Estates Former trading name
  • Nest Property Management Former trading name
  • NewSpace Former trading name
  • Palmer Snell Lettings Former trading name
  • Pebble Property Management & Lettings Former trading name
  • Personal Homefinders Former trading name
  • PKL Former trading name
  • Plaza Lettings Former trading name
  • PMS Former trading name
  • Portfolio Lettings Agents & Consultants Former trading name
  • Poulters Former trading name
  • Poulters Lettings Former trading name
  • Preston Bennett Former trading name
  • Property Links Former trading name
  • Property Quarters Former trading name
  • Property Seen Former trading name
  • Property Seen Relocation Former trading name
  • R A Bennetts Lettings Former trading name
  • Realty Lettings Former trading name
  • Realty Property Solutions Former trading name
  • Regal Estates Former trading name
  • Regal Lettings & Property Management Former trading name
  • Rentons Former trading name
  • Rentons Countrywide Former trading name
  • Rentons Lettings Former trading name
  • Richard Trowbridge Former trading name
  • Rufus Stephens Former trading name
  • Russells Former trading name
  • Russells Lettings Former trading name
  • Securelet Former trading name
  • Slater Hogg Former trading name
  • Slater Hogg & Howison Lettings Former trading name
  • Sotheby's Former trading name
  • South West Estates Former trading name
  • Specialist Lettings & Management Former trading name
  • Spencers Residential Lettings Former trading name
  • Stowberry Lettings Former trading name
  • Stratton Creber Lettings Former trading name
  • Taylors Lettings Former trading name
  • Taylors Residential Lettings Former trading name
  • The Flat Managers Former trading name
  • The Lettings Bureau Former trading name
  • The Lettings Company Former trading name
  • The Lettings Shop Former trading name
  • The Lettings Store Former trading name
  • The Property Bureau Former trading name
  • The Property Sales & Lettings Company Former trading name
  • Thomas James Lettings Former trading name
  • Tingley's Lettings Former trading name
  • Tucker Gardner Residential Former trading name
  • Underwoods Town and County Former trading name
  • Vanet Property Asset Management Former trading name
  • Varsitylets Former trading name
  • Watson Bull & Porter Lettings Former trading name
  • West Country Property Auctions Former trading name
  • Wilson Peacock Lettings Former trading name
  • WSB Property Management Former trading name
  • Young Lettings Former trading name
  • Young London Former trading name

FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Protection through the principal firm
    Protection works through Connells Group Principal Services 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, free
    You 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
00789476
Company status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
27 January 1964 (62 years old)
Registered office
Witan Gate House, 500-600 Witan Gate West, Milton Keynes, MK9 1GF, United Kingdom
Nature of business
  • Real estate agencies (SIC 68310)
  • Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis (SIC 68320)
  • Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 82990)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
Christopher Ashley Rosindale Director Jan 1984 20 Jan 2025 34 other companies
Jonathan Lee Simpson Director Feb 1966 31 Jul 2026 2 other companies
OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED Corporate secretary Not published 8 Nov 2013 –

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
34
still active
34
are FCA-registered
10

In the full report: all 34 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 10 on the FCA register
  • The 2 companies these 2 directors run together
  • All 32 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
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Key dates in its history

Countrywide Estate Agents’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

Key events (4) All events (484)

2023

1 June 2023

  • Changed its registered name from "Countrywide Estate Agents"

FCA register

2016

6 April 2016

  • Countrywide Group Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

2008

29 January 2008

  • Became an appointed representative

FCA register

1964

27 January 1964

  • Incorporated at Companies House

Companies House

In the full report: all 484 events

  • All 484 events in its history (4 shown here)
  • Every director appointment and resignation: 55
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Firms connected to Countrywide Estate Agents

Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Countrywide Estate Agents. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.

connected firms
10
share a director
10
share its phone number
1

In the full report: all 10 connected firms, named

  • How each is linked: shared directors (10), the same phone number (1), the same postcode (4)
  • Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
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Firms like Countrywide Estate Agents

Other firms of the same type (mortgage adviser or broker), nearest first.

In Milton Keynes

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Firms are listed by type and location, best known first. Being listed is not a recommendation: check any firm before you deal with it.

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  • 34 other companies its directors have run, named
  • 3 background checks on its contact details
  • All 484 events in its history
  • 10 connected firms, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Countrywide Estate Agents Limited FCA authorised?
Countrywide Estate Agents Limited (FRN 478250) is not directly authorised. It is an appointed representative acting under the responsibility of a directly authorised principal firm.
What does appointed representative mean for Countrywide Estate Agents?
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. Countrywide Estate Agents Limited (FRN 478250) is an AR of CONNELLS GROUP PRINCIPAL SERVICES LIMITED (FRN 301684). When you use Countrywide Estate Agents's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm. Example: if you take financial advice from Countrywide Estate Agents, 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.
What is Countrywide Estate Agents’ phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 01908 961000 and the website countrywide.co.uk for Countrywide Estate Agents. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further. The same number is also given by one other FCA firm.
Is Countrywide Estate Agents a scam or clone?
Countrywide Estate Agents is a genuine FCA-listed firm, and the FCA has published no warnings about fake versions of it. Scammers do copy real firms, though, so check that any contact details you were given match the ones on the register.
Is my money safe with Countrywide Estate Agents?
Protection works through Connells Group Principal Services Limited, the principal firm responsible for Countrywide Estate Agents's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
Who owns Countrywide Estate Agents?
Countrywide Estate Agents is owned by Countrywide Group Holdings Limited, which holds 75–100% of shares, 75–100% of votes and can appoint and remove the board, since 6 April 2016.
Who runs Countrywide Estate Agents?
Companies House lists 2 directors of Countrywide Estate Agents: Christopher Ashley Rosindale and Jonathan Lee Simpson.
How long has Countrywide Estate Agents been in business?
The company was formed on 27 January 1964.
Does Countrywide Estate Agents use any other names?
It trades as Abbotts, Accord Lets, Alan de Maid, Anderson Residential and Andrew Reeves, and 52 more names. It has previously used 181 other names, including Countrywide Estate Agents, A3 Countrywide and Abbotts Lettings.

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