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.
- Launchchange Operations Limited (FRN 1018885) introduces customers to Cycle Solutions (Cycle to Work) Limited (FRN 722968). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Launchchange Operations.
- Example: if Launchchange Operations refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Launchchange Operations 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
Blythe Valley Innovation Centre, Central Boulevard, Blythe Valley Park, Shirley, Solihull, Solihull, B90 8AJ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07976 690801 is
- Who else gives the postcode B90 8AJ
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
- 07105768 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 15 December 2009 (16 years old)
- Registered office
- Unit 4 Blythe Valley Innovation Centre, Central Boulevard, Blythe Valley Business Park, Solihull, B90 8AJ, England
- Nature of business
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- Activities of head offices (SIC 70100)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Talbot Mcfaden | Director | Oct 1961 | 12 Jan 2011 | 54 other companies |
| Philip Bernard Whitehead | Director | Mar 1951 | 18 Oct 2012 | 18 other companies |
| Daniel Roger Robertson | Director | Sep 1980 | 22 Sep 2023 | 14 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
- 71
- closed down
- 42
- are FCA-registered
- 2
In the full report: all 71 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 2 on the FCA register
- The 15 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 9 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Launchchange Operations’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
3 September 2024
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2020
28 May 2020
- Duki (2006) Finance Limited gave up control
- Launchchange Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2016
31 December 2016
- Duki (2006) Finance Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2009
15 December 2009
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 20 events
- All 20 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 15
Firms connected to Launchchange Operations
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Launchchange Operations. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 3
- share a director
- 1
- share its postcode
- 2
In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (1), the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 1 past link through former directors
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- 71 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 20 events in its history
- 3 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