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 16 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2010
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2024
Responsible principal firm
LIGHTBLUE UK LIMITED Reference number: 419415 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.
- Lightblue Online LLP (FRN 530887) is an AR of LIGHTBLUE UK LIMITED (FRN 419415). When you use Lightblue Online's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Lightblue Online, 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
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
4 Southbourne Grove, Westcliff-on-sea, Essex, SS0 9UR, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01702 471620 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode SS0 9UR
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Enduralife Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- LetsGoCover Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Lightblue UK 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
- OC355038 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Limited liability partnership
- Incorporated
- 18 May 2010 (16 years old)
- Registered office
- Lakeview House, 4 Woodbrook Crescent, Billericay, Essex, CM12 0EQ
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damian Charles O'Connor | LLP designated member | Sep 1974 | 18 May 2010 | 6 other companies |
| LIGHTBLUE UK LIMITED | Corporate LLP designated member | Not published | 18 May 2010 | None |
| LUCAS ALEXANDER FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS LTD | Corporate LLP member | Not published | 1 Apr 2014 | None |
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
- 6
- closed down
- 1
- are FCA-registered
- 2
In the full report: all 6 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
- All 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£939k
Not compared: the previous accounts cover a different length of time
Cash at bank
£151k
−12% from £171k
Employees (average)
2
Same as 2
Owed within a year
£84.6k
+32% from £64.0k
Turnover
In the full report: all 5 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2024
- 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 OC355038. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Lightblue Online’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2017
6 April 2017
- Lightblue UK Limited became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2010
1 September 2010
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
18 May 2010
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 8 events
- All 8 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 1
Firms connected to Lightblue Online
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Lightblue Online. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share a director
- 1
- share its phone number
- 1
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (1), the same phone number (1), the same postcode (1)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like Lightblue Online
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
In Westcliff-on-sea
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- 6 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 5 years of accounts, charted
- All 8 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