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 4 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 1920
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
Responsible principal firm
Cycle Solutions (Cycle to Work) Limited Reference number: 722968 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.
- Croda Europe Ltd (FRN 973048) introduces customers to Cycle Solutions (Cycle to Work) Limited (FRN 722968). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Croda Europe.
- Example: if Croda Europe refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Croda Europe 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.
-
No website on the FCA register
-
Phone number
-
Address
Cowick Hall, Snaith, Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire, DN14 9AA, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01405 860551 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode DN14 9AA
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Cycle Solutions (Cycle to Work) 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 name
- CRODA EUROPE LIMITED
- Company number
- 00167236 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 7 May 1920 (106 years old)
- Registered office
- Cowick Hall, Snaith Goole, East Yorkshire, DN14 9AA
- Nature of business
-
- Manufacture of pesticides and other agrochemical products (SIC 20200)
- Manufacture of other chemical products not elsewhere classified (SIC 20590)
- Activities of head offices (SIC 70100)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandra Elaine Breene | Director | Dec 1968 | 1 Jan 2012 | 3 other companies |
| Thomas Michael Brophy | Director | Dec 1973 | 3 Jul 2017 | 37 other companies |
| Anthony Damien Fitzpatrick | Director | Sep 1968 | 3 Jul 2017 | 3 other companies |
| Laura Jayne Thornton | Director | Oct 1982 | 20 Jan 2023 | None |
| Adam John Humphreys | Director | Aug 1991 | 10 Aug 2026 | None |
| Thomas Michael Brophy | Secretary | Not published | 10 Dec 2012 | – |
Other companies run by these 5 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
- 41
- closed down
- 1
- run together
- 2
In the full report: all 41 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 5 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 2 companies these 5 directors run together
- All 28 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£432.4m
No earlier figure to compare
Profit before tax
−£28.4m
No earlier figure to compare
Net assets
£360.2m
No earlier figure to compare
Cash at bank
£7.18m
No earlier figure to compare
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 00167236. 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
Croda Europe’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
29 March 2022
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Croda Investments No 3 Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
1920
7 May 1920
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 46 events
- All 46 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 43
Firms connected to Croda Europe
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Croda Europe. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its phone number
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same phone number (1), the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Get the full report on Croda Europe
Everything on this page, plus everything locked above, in one dated PDF you can keep, file or send on.
- 41 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 46 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, named, and who links them
Instant PDF One-off payment Secure checkout by Stripe
Frequently asked questions about this firm
Is Croda Europe Ltd FCA authorised?
What does introducer appointed representative mean for Croda Europe?
What is Croda Europe’s phone number?
Is Croda Europe a scam or clone?
Is my money safe with Croda Europe?
Who owns Croda Europe?
Who runs Croda Europe?
How long has Croda Europe been in business?
What do Croda Europe’s latest accounts show?
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