Direct Online Services Limited
Reference number: 1016468
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No longer an appointed representative
This firm is still listed on the FCA register, but the record is closed. Cover on business done while it was authorised generally still applies, and it cannot take on new regulated business. Registration ended 1 July 2024.
Website, phone number and address
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Last known website
directonlineservices.com
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Last known phone number
0345 222 1155
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Last known address
Unit 6 7, Brearley Court, Baird Road, Waterwells Business Park, Quedgeley, Gloucestershire, GL2 2AF, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When directonlineservices.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0345 222 1155 is
- Who else gives the postcode GL2 2AF
Past FCA permissions and consumer protection
- The record is closedCover you already have generally survives the cancellation: FSCS exists for firms that have failed, and the Financial Ombudsman Service can look at a complaint about a firm that has stopped trading, as long as the business was done while it was authorised. New business with this firm has no cover at all, because it is no longer permitted to carry it out.
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
- 06642691 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 10 July 2008 (18 years old)
- Registered office
- Brearley Court Baird Road, Waterwells Business Park, Quedgeley, Gloucester, GL2 2AF
- Nature of business
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- Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet (SIC 47910)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian David Penney | Director | Jul 1979 | 1 Sep 2022 | 3 other companies |
| Ben Tran | Director | Feb 1981 | 7 Jun 2023 | 3 other companies |
| Szymon Wasilewski | Secretary | Not published | 31 Jul 2026 | – |
Other companies run by these 2 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
- still active
- 3
- run together
- 3
In the full report: all 3 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 3 companies these 2 directors run together
- All 14 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Direct Online Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
1 July 2024
- Stopped being an appointed representative
FCA register
2022
1 September 2022
- Board replaced: its only director left and a new director took over
Companies House
2016
6 October 2016
- Broadview Materials Holdings UK Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Martyn Peter Rees stopped being a part-owner
- William Joseph Rees stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
30 June 2016
- Martyn Peter Rees became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- William Joseph Rees became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2008
10 July 2008
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 34 events
- All 34 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 26
Firms like Direct Online Services
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In the Gloucester (GL) postcode area
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- 3 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 34 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
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk