MacAndrews Limited Partnership

Reference number: 951752

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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

SME HCI Limited Reference number: 626422 Authorised 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.
  • MacAndrews Limited Partnership (FRN 951752) introduces customers to SME HCI Limited (FRN 626422). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not MacAndrews Limited Partnership.
  • Example: if MacAndrews Limited Partnership refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from MacAndrews Limited Partnership 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.

In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look

  • When containershipsgroup.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 0151 224 7968 is, and the other firm that gives it
  • Whether EC4N 7BE is a shared office: 21 other firms give it
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Other names (1)

If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.

  • Containerships Trading name

FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Protection through the principal firm
    Protection works through SME HCI 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, free
    You 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
LP018820
Company status
Active
Company type
Limited partnership
Incorporated
27 October 2017 (9 years old)
Registered office
Matches the FCA register address ✓

Key dates in its history

MacAndrews Limited Partnership’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

2021

26 May 2021

  • Became an introducer appointed representative
  • Began trading as "Containerships"

FCA register

2017

27 October 2017

  • Incorporated at Companies House

Companies House

Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.

Firms connected to MacAndrews Limited Partnership

Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with MacAndrews Limited Partnership. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.

connected firm
1
share its phone number
1

In the full report: the connected firm, named

  • How it is linked: the same phone number (1)
  • Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
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  • 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
  • All 3 events in its history
  • 1 connected firm, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is MacAndrews Limited Partnership FCA authorised?
MacAndrews Limited Partnership (FRN 951752) is not directly authorised. It is an appointed representative acting under the responsibility of a directly authorised principal firm.
What does introducer appointed representative mean for MacAndrews Limited Partnership?
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. MacAndrews Limited Partnership (FRN 951752) introduces customers to SME HCI Limited (FRN 626422). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not MacAndrews Limited Partnership. Example: if MacAndrews Limited Partnership refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from MacAndrews Limited Partnership 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.
What is MacAndrews Limited Partnership’s phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 0151 224 7968 and the website containershipsgroup.com/contact for MacAndrews Limited Partnership. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further. The same number is also given by one other FCA firm.
Is MacAndrews Limited Partnership a scam or clone?
MacAndrews Limited Partnership is a genuine FCA-listed firm, and the FCA has published no warnings about fake versions of it. Scammers do copy real firms, though, so check that any contact details you were given match the ones on the register.
Is my money safe with MacAndrews Limited Partnership?
Protection works through SME HCI Limited, the principal firm responsible for MacAndrews Limited Partnership's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
How long has MacAndrews Limited Partnership been in business?
The company was formed on 27 October 2017.
Does MacAndrews Limited Partnership use any other names?
It trades as Containerships.

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