George Browns Limited
Reference number: 991591
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Introducer appointed representative
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- Appointed for 3 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 1938
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
Responsible principal firm
SNAP FINANCE LIMITED Reference number: 741813 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.
- George Browns Limited (FRN 991591) introduces customers to SNAP FINANCE LIMITED (FRN 741813). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not George Browns.
- Example: if George Browns refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from George Browns 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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Phone number
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Address
Unit 5B, Ridgeway Court, Leighton Buzzard, Central Bedfordshire, LU7 4SF, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When georgebrowns.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01525 372062 is
- Who else gives the postcode LU7 4SF
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Snap Finance 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
- 00340609 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 24 May 1938 (88 years old)
- Registered office
- Unit 5b Ridgeway Court, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 4SF, England
- Nature of business
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- Agents involved in the sale of machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft (SIC 46140)
- Wholesale of agricultural machinery, equipment and supplies (SIC 46610)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard William Gray Brown | Director | Jan 1959 | 1 Sep 1994 | 5 other companies |
| Jack James Brown | Director | Jun 1991 | 1 Sep 2021 | None |
| Steven George Brown | Director | Nov 1991 | 1 Sep 2021 | None |
| Guy Llewellyn Cole-Pendrey | Director | Nov 1989 | 16 May 2022 | 2 other companies |
| Andrew Peter Brown | Director | Mar 1954 | Not published | 5 other companies |
| Christopher Bernard William Brown | Director | May 1953 | Not published | 8 other companies |
| Christopher Bernard William Brown | Secretary | Not published | Not published | 8 other companies |
Other companies run by these 6 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
- 11
- still active
- 11
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 11 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 6 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- The 4 companies these 6 directors run together
- All 13 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£21.3m
No earlier figure to compare
Profit before tax
£204k
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Net assets
£17.7m
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Cash at bank
£4.49m
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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 00340609. 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
George Browns’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
9 February 2023
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- George Brown's Implements (Holdings) Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
1938
24 May 1938
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 18 events
- All 18 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 15
Firms connected to George Browns
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with George Browns. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share a director
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (1), the same postcode (1)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like George Browns
Other firms of the same type (credit broker), nearest first.
In Leighton Buzzard
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- 11 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 18 events in its history
- 2 connected firms, 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