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 under a year
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2020
- Accounts filed up to 31 May 2025
- On its latest accounts it owed £130k more than it owned
Responsible principal firm
Continuum (Financial Services) LLP Reference number: 802331 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.
- ESGMark Limited (FRN 1048825) introduces customers to Continuum (Financial Services) LLP (FRN 802331). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not ESGMark.
- Example: if ESGMark refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from ESGMark itself.
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Website, phone number and address
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
97 Alderley Road, Wilmslow, SK9 1PT, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07889 506446 is
- Who else gives the postcode SK9 1PT
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Continuum (Financial Services) LLP, 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
- 12592133 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 7 May 2020 (6 years old)
- Registered office
- 97 Alderley Road, Wilmslow, SK9 1PT, England
- Nature of business
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- Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 74909)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Graham Bates | Director | Jan 1971 | 7 May 2020 | 7 other companies |
| Portia Anjuli Patel | Director | Nov 1988 | 7 May 2020 | 3 other companies |
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
- 9
- closed down
- 6
- run together
- 1
In the full report: all 9 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 1 company these 2 directors run together
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
−£130k
Up £6,053 from −£136k
Cash at bank
£11.6k
+815% from £1,270
Owed within a year
£142k
+3.1% from £137k
Total equity is negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £130k more than it owned.
Total equity
In the full report: all 5 years of accounts
- Every year from 2021 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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 12592133. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
ESGMark’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
22 January 2026
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2020
7 May 2020
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Justin Graham Bates became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Portia Anjuli Patel became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Justin Graham Bates appointed as a director
- Portia Anjuli Patel appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
Firms connected to ESGMark
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with ESGMark. 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 ESGMark
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
In Wilmslow
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- 9 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 5 years of accounts, charted
- All 6 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