Hornby Hobbies Limited
Reference number: 1020598
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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
Frasers Group Financial Services Limited Reference number: 311908 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.
- Hornby Hobbies Limited (FRN 1020598) introduces customers to Frasers Group Financial Services Limited (FRN 311908). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Hornby Hobbies.
- Example: if Hornby Hobbies refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Hornby Hobbies 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 H1-H2, Enterprise Road, Westwood Industrial Estate, Margate, Kent, CT9 4JX, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When uk.hornby.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01843 233512 is
- Who else gives the postcode CT9 4JX
Other names (5)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Airfix Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Corgi Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Hornby Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Pocher Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Scalextric Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Frasers Group Financial Services 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
- 02065081 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 17 October 1986 (40 years old)
- Registered office
- Enterprise Road, Westwood Industrial Estate, Margate, CT9 4JX, England
- Nature of business
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- Manufacture of other games and toys, not elsewhere classified (SIC 32409)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Ashwin Narayan | Director | Oct 1973 | 28 Nov 2025 | 11 other companies |
| Adrian Ashwin Narayan | Secretary | Not published | 28 Nov 2025 | – |
Other companies run by its director
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
- closed down
- 3
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 11 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- All 30 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Hornby Hobbies’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
7 November 2024
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Hornby Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
1986
17 October 1986
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 62 events
- All 62 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 53
Firms connected to Hornby Hobbies
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Hornby Hobbies. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- past link
- 1
In the full report: all 0 connected firms, named
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like Hornby Hobbies
Other firms of the same type (credit broker), nearest first.
In the Canterbury (CT) postcode area
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- 11 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 62 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
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk