D H Townsend Limited: FCA regulated?

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 10 years
Protected through the principal
No FCA actions
Active company since 2004
Accounts filed up to 31 December 2024
On its latest accounts it owed £20.3k more than it owned

Responsible principal firm

BOC LIMITED Reference number: 715528 Caution 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.
D H Townsend Limited (FRN 750124) introduces customers to BOC LIMITED (FRN 715528). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not D H Townsend.
Example: if D H Townsend refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from D H Townsend 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

07854 153568
Address

Unit 1, St. Andrews Trading Estate, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3EX, United Kingdom

In the full report: 2 background checks

What kind of line 07854 153568 is
Who else gives the postcode DT6 3EX

Other names (1)

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

Townsend Engineering Trading name: A name it trades under now.

FCA permissions and consumer protection

Protection through the principal firm
Protection works through Boc 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: 05183931 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
Company status: Active
Company type: Private limited company
Incorporated: 19 July 2004 (22 years old)
Registered office: 20 Vespasian Way, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 2RD, England
Nature of business: Landscape service activities (SIC 81300)

Directors and company secretaries

Name	Role	Born	Appointed	Other companies
Paul Jonathan Townsend	Director	Sep 1965	19 Jul 2004	None
Paul Jonathan Townsend	Secretary	Not published	19 Jul 2004	None

In the full report: every company its directors have run

Confirmation that its director runs no other company
All 5 people who have been directors, with their dates

Filed accounts and finances

Year to 31 December 2024Micro-entity accountsNot audited

Net assets

−£20.3k

Down £20.9k from £681

Employees (average)

5

−17% from 6

Owed within a year

£77.5k

+77% from £43.7k

Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £20.3k more than it owned.

Assets and liabilities

In the full report: all 5 years of accounts

Every year from 2019 to 2024
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 05183931. 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

D H Townsend’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

Key events (3) All events (11)

2016

19 July 2016

Paul Jonathan Townsend took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

15 June 2016

Became an introducer appointed representative

FCA register

2004

19 July 2004

Incorporated at Companies House

Companies House

In the full report: all 11 events

All 11 events in its history (3 shown here)
Every director appointment and resignation: 7

Firms connected to D H Townsend

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

connected firm: 1
share its postcode: 1

In the full report: the connected firm, named

How it is linked: the same postcode (1)
Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates

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Every company its directors have run, named
2 background checks on its contact details
5 years of accounts, charted
All 11 events in its history
1 connected firm, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is D H Townsend Limited FCA authorised?

D H Townsend Limited (FRN 750124) is not directly authorised. It is an appointed representative acting under the responsibility of a directly authorised principal firm.

What does introducer appointed representative mean for D H Townsend?

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. D H Townsend Limited (FRN 750124) introduces customers to BOC LIMITED (FRN 715528). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not D H Townsend. Example: if D H Townsend refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from D H Townsend 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.

What is D H Townsend’s phone number?

The FCA register lists the phone number 07854 153568 for D H Townsend. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.

Is D H Townsend a scam or clone?

D H Townsend 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 D H Townsend?

Protection works through Boc Limited, the principal firm responsible for D H Townsend's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.

Who owns D H Townsend?

Companies House lists one person with significant control of D H Townsend: Mr Paul Jonathan Townsend (75–100% of shares).

Who runs D H Townsend?

Companies House lists one director of D H Townsend: Paul Jonathan Townsend.

How long has D H Townsend been in business?

The company was formed on 19 July 2004.

What do D H Townsend’s latest accounts show?

Its latest accounts, to 31 December 2024, show net assets of −£20.3k (down £20.9k from £681).

Does D H Townsend use any other names?

It trades as Townsend Engineering.