Essential Aids (Essentialaids.com) Limited
Reference number: 1028015
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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.
- Appointed for 1 year
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2004
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
Responsible principal firm
MARK BATES LIMITED Reference number: 308390 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.
- Essential Aids (Essentialaids.com) Limited (FRN 1028015) is an AR of MARK BATES LIMITED (FRN 308390). When you use Essential Aids (Essentialaids.com)'s services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Essential Aids (Essentialaids.com), 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
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Phone number
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Address
Millhouse 32-38, East Street, Rochford, Essex, SS4 1DB, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When essentialaids.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01273 719889 is
- Who else gives the postcode SS4 1DB
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Mark Bates 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
- 05294779 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 23 November 2004 (21 years old)
- Registered office
- Millhouse, 32-38 East Street, Rochford, Essex, SS4 1DB, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets (SIC 47990)
- Other information technology service activities (SIC 62090)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Derry Leon Hall | Director | Jun 1973 | 2 Jun 2008 | 1 other company |
| Alexander James Wrenn | Director | Jun 1973 | 7 Oct 2008 | None |
| Alexander James Wrenn | Secretary | Not published | 23 Nov 2004 | None |
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 company
- 1
- still active
- 1
In the full report: all 1 company, 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
- All 3 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£277k
+60% from £173k
Cash at bank
£158k
+161% from £60.5k
Employees (average)
14
+180% from 5
Owed within a year
£1.69m
+98% from £855k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 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 05294779. 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
Essential Aids (Essentialaids.com)’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
2 March 2025
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2016
1 July 2016
- Alexander James Wrenn became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Derry Leon Hall became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2004
23 November 2004
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 8 events
- All 8 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 4
Firms connected to Essential Aids (Essentialaids.com)
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Essential Aids (Essentialaids.com). 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 Essential Aids (Essentialaids.com)
Other firms of the same type (retailer), nearest first.
In Rochford
In the Southend-on-Sea (SS) postcode area
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- 1 other company its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 8 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