Introducer appointed representative
This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.
Responsible principal firm
Cycle Solutions (Cycle to Work) Limited Reference number: 722968 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.
- Exscientia AI Limited (FRN 925546) introduces customers to Cycle Solutions (Cycle to Work) Limited (FRN 722968). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Exscientia AI.
- Example: if Exscientia AI refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Exscientia AI 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
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
River Court, 5 West Victoria Dock Road, Dundee, Angus, DD1 3JT, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07872 190793 is
- Who else gives the postcode DD1 3JT
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Exscientia Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Cycle Solutions (Cycle to Work) 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
- SC428761 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 20 July 2012 (14 years old)
- Registered office
- Ground Floor Dundee One River Court, 5 West Victoria Dock Road, Dundee, DD1 3JT, Scotland
- Nature of business
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- Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering (SIC 72190)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Taylor | Director | May 1977 | 9 Dec 2020 | None |
| Kyle Benjamin Nelson | Director | Sep 1984 | 15 May 2026 | 3 other companies |
| Andrew John Overton | Director | Jul 1985 | 15 May 2026 | 4 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
- 4
- closed down
- 1
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 4 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 one that went into liquidation or administration
- The 3 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 17 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Exscientia AI’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
15 January 2022
- Changed its registered name from "Exscientia Limited"
FCA register
2021
11 August 2021
- Exscientia (UK) Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Exscientia Holdings Limited gave up control
Companies House
10 August 2021
- Exscientia Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
27 April 2021
- Andrew Lee Hopkins stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2020
4 May 2020
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Andrew Lee Hopkins became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2012
20 July 2012
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 39 events
- All 39 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 31
Firms connected to Exscientia AI
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Exscientia AI. 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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- 4 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 39 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