Independent Contractor Services Limited
Reference number: 1020882
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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.
- Appointed for 1 year
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2002
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2025
Responsible principal firm
Interactive Investor Services Limited Reference number: 141282 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.
- Independent Contractor Services Limited (FRN 1020882) introduces customers to Interactive Investor Services Limited (FRN 141282). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Independent Contractor Services.
- Example: if Independent Contractor Services refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Independent Contractor Services 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
Mannin Way, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 3SU, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When icsuk.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01524 580720 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode LA1 3SU
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Interactive Investor 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
- 04380099 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 22 February 2002 (24 years old)
- Registered office
- 2 Mannin Way, Lancaster, LA1 3SU
- Nature of business
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- Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 82990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICS DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate director | Not published | 4 Mar 2002 | 23 other companies |
| John Lyon | Director | Dec 1965 | 1 Oct 2007 | 34 other companies |
| Colin William Thompson | Director | Mar 1970 | 7 Jul 2026 | 3 other companies |
| ICS SECRETARIES LTD | Corporate secretary | Not published | 4 Mar 2002 | – |
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
- 47
- closed down
- 30
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 47 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- The 11 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£16.3k
−50% from £32.3k
Cash at bank
£67.1k
−44% from £120k
Owed within a year
£1.09m
−13% from £1.26m
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 5 years of accounts
- Every year from 2021 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 04380099. 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
Independent Contractor Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
5 December 2024
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- John Lyon took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2002
22 February 2002
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 7 events
- All 7 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 4
Firms connected to Independent Contractor Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Independent Contractor Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share a director
- 1
- share its phone number
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: shared directors (1), the same phone number (1), the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Independent Contractor Services
Other firms of the same type (investment or fund manager), nearest first.
In Lancaster
Elsewhere in the UK
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- 47 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 5 years of accounts, charted
- All 7 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