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.
- Appointed for 11 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2014
- Accounts filed up to 31 October 2025
- 1 thing worth a closer look in the background checks
Responsible principal firm
Shepherd Compello Ltd Reference number: 311810 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.
- Crew's Mess Ltd (FRN 651839) is an AR of Shepherd Compello Ltd (FRN 311810). When you use Crew's Mess's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Crew's Mess, 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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
c/o Shepherd Compello Ltd., 88 Leadenhall Street, London, EC3A 3BP, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- What kind of line 07595 657939 is
- Whether EC3A 3BP is a shared office: 25 other firms give it
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Shepherd Compello Ltd, 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 name
- CREW'S MESS LIMITED
- Company number
- 09268071 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 16 October 2014 (12 years old)
- Registered office
- 57a Broadway, Leigh On Sea, Essex, SS9 1PE, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Non-life insurance (SIC 65120)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholas John Dowell | Director | Aug 1972 | 16 Oct 2014 | 1 other company |
| Nicholas John Dowell | Secretary | Not published | 16 Oct 2014 | – |
Other companies run by its director
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 company
- 1
- closed down
- 1
In the full report: all 1 company, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£64
Down £392 from £456
Employees (average)
1
Same as 1
Owed within a year
£43.2k
−14% from £50.4k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2025
- The chart, over every year
- Every filed figure, year by year
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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 09268071. 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
Crew's Mess’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
16 October 2016
- Nicholas John Dowell took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2014
28 October 2014
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
16 October 2014
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Nicholas John Dowell appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
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- 6 years of accounts, charted
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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