Authorised, but in an insolvency process
This firm is under the control of insolvency practitioners and may have stopped taking on new business. If you are or were a customer, deal with the appointed office holders rather than the firm.
- No FCA actions
- Accounts filed up to 31 August 2022
- Company: in liquidation
- Accounts are overdue at Companies House
- Confirmation statement is overdue at Companies House
What the FCA says
ATTENTION - Firm in an insolvency process
This firm is in an insolvency process. It is under the control of the appointed insolvency office holder(s) and may have stopped taking on new business. It has to continue to meet our standards in line with its regulatory status, including when dealing with its customers. If you are/were a customer check how this affects you with the firm or the appointed insolvency office holder(s).
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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No phone number on the FCA register
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Address
c/o A Cassidy, The Civic Centre, Barras Bridge, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE1 8QF, United Kingdom
In the full report: 1 background check
- Who else gives the postcode NE1 8QF
Other names (3)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- my sipp claim , expatinvestmentclaims, expatpensionsclaims Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- The Claims Shop Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Legal Force Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
Past FCA permissions and consumer protection
- In an insolvency processMoney the firm held is returned through the appointed office holders, which takes time and can fall short. The FSCS covers eligible claims up to its limits, and the Ombudsman can still look at a complaint.
Show FCA detail (2 permissions)
- Advice, investigation or representation in relation to a financial services or financial product claim
- Seeking out, referrals and identification of claims or potential claims (personal injury claim; financial services or financial product claim; housing disrepair claim; claim for a specified benefit; criminal injury claim; employment related claim)
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.
Concerns on the company record
- Companies House records this company in liquidation, but it is still authorised on the FCA register.
- Accounts are overdue at Companies House.
- Confirmation statement is overdue at Companies House.
- This company has insolvency history on record.
- Company name
- LEGAL FORCE LIMITED
- Company number
- 09193397 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Liquidation
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 29 August 2014 (12 years old)
- Registered office
- 4 Pedlars Walk, Ringwood, Hampshire, BH24 1EZ, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Combined office administrative service activities (SIC 82110)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Charles Helliwell | Director | Jun 1966 | 21 Aug 2022 | 6 other companies |
Other companies run by its director
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
- 6
- closed down
- 4
- still active
- 2
In the full report: all 6 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£250k
+51% from £166k
Employees (average)
4
Same as 4
Its next accounts are overdue at Companies House.
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 4 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2022
- 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 09193397. 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
Legal Force’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
15 April 2023
- Simon Charles Helliwell became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
2022
1 September 2022
- Mark Robert Read became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Mark Robert Read gave up control
Companies House
2020
5 May 2020
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
10 January 2020
- Changed its registered name from "The Claims Shop"
FCA register
2019
11 December 2019
- Changed its registered name from "Legal Force Limited"
FCA register
31 March 2019
- No longer regulated by the Claims Management Regulator
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Mark Robert Read took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2015
8 October 2015
- Board replaced: both directors left and a new director took over
Companies House
27 March 2015
- Regulated by the Claims Management Regulator from this date
FCA register
2014
29 August 2014
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 26 events
- All 26 events in its history (12 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 11
Firms connected to Legal Force
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Legal Force. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 3
- no longer authorised
- 2
- share its postcode
- 3
In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (3)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Legal Force
Other firms of the same type (claims management firm), nearest first.
In Newcastle Upon Tyne
In the Newcastle (NE) postcode area
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- 6 other companies its directors have run, named
- 1 background check on its contact details
- 4 years of accounts, charted
- All 26 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
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk