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
Cycle Solutions (Cycle to Work) Limited Reference number: 722968 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.
- ITS TESTING SERVICES (UK) LIMITED (FRN 917761) introduces customers to Cycle Solutions (Cycle to Work) Limited (FRN 722968). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not ITS TESTING SERVICES (UK).
- Example: if ITS TESTING SERVICES (UK) refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from ITS TESTING SERVICES (UK) 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
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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
Academy Place, 1-9 Brook Street, Brentwood, Essex, CM14 5NQ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line +440 is
- Who else gives the postcode CM14 5NQ
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Intertek Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Cycle Solutions (Cycle to Work) 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
- 01408264 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 10 January 1979 (47 years old)
- Registered office
- Matches the FCA register address ✓
- Nature of business
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- Technical testing and analysis (SIC 71200)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Arthur Harrington | Director | Aug 1957 | 9 Jul 2008 | 12 other companies |
| Ayush Dhital | Director | Jun 1981 | 13 May 2026 | 9 other companies |
| Neil Andrew Harris | Director | Nov 1983 | 1 Jun 2026 | 7 other companies |
| INTERTEK SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate secretary | Not published | 4 Jan 2013 | – |
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
- 20
- closed down
- 3
- run together
- 7
In the full report: all 20 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 7 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 38 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Its Testing Services (UK)’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2019
3 December 2019
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Intertek UK Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2001
29 November 2001
- Board replaced: all 3 directors left and 5 new directors took over
Companies House
1979
10 January 1979
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 72 events
- All 72 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 67
Firms connected to Its Testing Services (UK)
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Its Testing Services (UK). A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
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- 20 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 72 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