HPB Travel Club Limited
Reference number: 466735
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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.
Responsible principal firm
Rush Insurance Services Limited Reference number: 714385 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.
- HPB Travel Club Limited (FRN 466735) is an AR of Rush Insurance Services Limited (FRN 714385). When you use HPB Travel Club's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from HPB Travel Club, 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
Compare these against whatever you were given. Scammers clone real firm names and reference numbers but use their own phone number and website, so a detail that does not match the register is the clearest warning sign there is.
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Phone number
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Address
HPB House, 24-28 Old Station Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 8EH, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When hpbtravel.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01638 674800 is
- Who else gives the postcode CB8 8EH
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Holiday Property Bonds Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- HPB Travel Club Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Rush Insurance 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
- 01992328 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 21 February 1986 (40 years old)
- Registered office
- Matches the FCA register address ✓
- Nature of business
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- Travel agency activities (SIC 79110)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Christopher Boyce | Director | Mar 1964 | 12 Nov 1997 | 41 other companies |
| Barnaby Edward Geoffrey Baber | Director | Jun 1986 | 1 Jan 2017 | 2 other companies |
| Geoffrey Donald Baber | Secretary | Not published | Not published | – |
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
- 42
- closed down
- 5
- are FCA-registered
- 2
In the full report: all 42 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 2 on the FCA register
- The 1 company these 2 directors run together
- All 8 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
HPB Travel Club’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
5 December 2016
- Geoffrey Donald Baber gained significant control
- James Christopher Boyce gained significant control
- Robert Gerald Boyce gained significant control
Companies House
6 April 2016
- Hpb Travel Club Holdings PLC took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2012
28 November 2012
- Changed its registered name from "HPB Travel Club Ltd"
FCA register
2008
20 February 2008
- Changed its registered name from "Holiday Property Bonds Ltd"
FCA register
2007
16 April 2007
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
1986
21 February 1986
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 20 events
- All 20 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 11
Firms connected to HPB Travel Club
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with HPB Travel Club. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share a director
- 2
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (2), the same postcode (1)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like HPB Travel Club
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Newmarket
In the Cambridge (CB) postcode area
Firms are listed by type and location, best known first. Being listed is not a recommendation: check any firm before you deal with it.
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- 42 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 20 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