Direct Ferries Limited
Reference number: 759457
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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
Itc Compliance Limited Reference number: 313486 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.
- Direct Ferries Limited (FRN 759457) is an AR of Itc Compliance Limited (FRN 313486). When you use Direct Ferries's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Direct Ferries, 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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Phone number
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Address
Units 2-3, Three Rivers Business Centre, Felixstowe Road, Foxhall, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP10 0BF, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When directferries.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0845 177 2266 is
- Who else gives the postcode IP10 0BF
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- directferries.co.uk Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Itc Compliance 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 number
- 03865405 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 26 October 1999 (27 years old)
- Registered office
- Units 2 & 3, Three Rivers Business Ctr, Felixstowe Road, Foxhall, Ipswich, IP10 0BF, England
- Nature of business
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- Sea and coastal freight water transport (SIC 50200)
- Other reservation service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 79909)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Sinéad O'Gorman | Director | Jan 1974 | 1 Sep 2017 | None |
| Niall Liam Walsh | Director | Sep 1982 | 7 Sep 2020 | 11 other companies |
| Christopher Duncan Corderoy | Director | Aug 1977 | 30 May 2025 | 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
- 12
- still active
- 8
- went insolvent
- 4
In the full report: all 12 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The 4 that went into liquidation or administration
- The 2 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 17 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Direct Ferries’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
25 September 2025
- Direct Ferries (Holdings) Ltd gave up control
- Elmo Bidco Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2016
30 September 2016
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
6 April 2016
- Direct Ferries (Holdings) Ltd took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
1999
26 October 1999
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 44 events
- All 44 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 37
Firms connected to Direct Ferries
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Direct Ferries. 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
Firms like Direct Ferries
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Ipswich
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- 12 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 44 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, named, and who links them
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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