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.
- Appointed for 6 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2019
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2025
Responsible principal firm
Fundinground Ltd Reference number: 718065 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.
- Integrity Business Finance Ltd (FRN 934149) is an AR of Fundinground Ltd (FRN 718065). When you use Integrity Business Finance's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Integrity Business Finance, 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
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
5 Grove Court, Grove Park, Enderby, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE19 1SA, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07796 768438 is
- Who else gives the postcode LE19 1SA
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Fundinground Ltd, 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 name
- INTEGRITY BUSINESS FINANCE LIMITED
- Company number
- 12295283 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 4 November 2019 (6 years old)
- Registered office
- 5 Grove Court, Grove Park, Leicester, LE19 1SA, England
- Nature of business
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- Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 66190)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elliott Lee Watts | Director | Apr 1983 | 11 Aug 2020 | 9 other companies |
| Keith Robert Ross | Director | May 1974 | 2 Sep 2022 | 9 other companies |
| Richard Christopher Parker | Director | Mar 1985 | 1 Aug 2026 | 3 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
- 13
- still active
- 13
- run together
- 6
In the full report: all 13 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 6 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 6 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£127k
+71% from £74.1k
Employees (average)
3
Same as 3
Owed within a year
£92.5k
+107% from £44.6k
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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 12295283. 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
Integrity Business Finance’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2020
15 September 2020
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
11 August 2020
- Integrity Group Enterprises Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Margaret Watts gave up control
Companies House
2019
4 November 2019
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Margaret Watts took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 14 events
- All 14 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 9
Firms connected to Integrity Business Finance
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Integrity Business Finance. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share its postcode
- 2
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Integrity Business Finance
Other firms of the same type (credit broker), nearest first.
In Leicester
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- 13 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 5 years of accounts, charted
- All 14 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