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 7 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2019
- Accounts filed up to 31 July 2025
Responsible principal firm
AFS Compliance Ltd Reference number: 625035 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.
- Crown Business Finance Limited (FRN 845800) is an AR of AFS Compliance Ltd (FRN 625035). When you use Crown Business Finance's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Crown Business Finance, 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
Crown House, 14 Davy Avenue, Knowlhill, Milton Keynes, MK5 8PL, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01908 039818 is
- Who else gives the postcode MK5 8PL
Other names (13)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Asset Finance Solutions Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Crown Brewery Finance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Crown Construction Finance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Crown Drainage Finance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Crown Fleet Finance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Crown Forestry Finance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Crown Logistics Finance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Crown Motor Finance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Crown Recycling Finance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Crown Scaffold Finance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Synergy Commercial Finance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Vivo Finance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Vivo Supercar Finance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
Warning
Scammers have impersonated this firm
Fraudsters have used this firm's name or details with their own contact information to appear genuine. Check whatever you were given below, and against the firm's real details above.
The FCA warning these came from
- Forex Crown 21 June 2021
Scammers change these details often. Always check the live FCA warning.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through AFS Compliance 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.
The clone warnings above are scammers using this firm's name, not something the firm has done.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- 12091513 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 8 July 2019 (7 years old)
- Registered office
- Crown House 14 Davy Avenue, Knowlhill, Milton Keynes, MK5 8PL, England
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Thomas Batham | Director | Jun 1998 | 8 Jul 2019 | 2 other companies |
| Tobias Samuel Batham | Director | May 1995 | 8 Jul 2019 | 1 other company |
| Jack Thomas Elliott Doran | Director | Mar 1994 | 8 Jul 2019 | 3 other companies |
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
- 3
- closed down
- 1
- run together
- 2
In the full report: all 3 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 2 companies these 3 directors run together
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£419k
−49% from £816k
Cash at bank
£667k
−3.6% from £692k
Employees (average)
24
+60% from 15
Owed within a year
£501k
+19% from £420k
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 12091513. 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
Crown Business Finance’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
13 February 2025
- Cbf Group Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Jack Thomas Elliott Doran stopped being a part-owner
- Jake Thomas Batham stopped being a part-owner
- Tobias Samuel Batham stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2021
21 June 2021
- FCA warned the public about a scam impersonating this firm
FCA warning list
2019
12 July 2019
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
8 July 2019
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Jack Thomas Elliott Doran became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Jake Thomas Batham became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Tobias Samuel Batham became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 27 events
- All 27 events in its history (10 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
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- 3 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 27 events in its history
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- FCA warning: Forex Crown fca.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk