Moneysavingexpert.com Limited
Reference number: 587302
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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.
Responsible principal firm
Lifesearch Partners Limited Reference number: 656479 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.
- Moneysavingexpert.com Limited (FRN 587302) is an AR of Lifesearch Partners Limited (FRN 656479). When you use Moneysavingexpert.com's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Moneysavingexpert.com, 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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Phone number
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Address
One Dean Street, London, W1D 2EP, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When moneysavingexpert.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01244 887061 is, and the 3 other firms that give it
- Who else gives the postcode W1D 2EP
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- MoneySavingExpert Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Precis (2766) Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
Warning
Scammers have impersonated this firm
Fraudsters have used this firm's name or details with their own contact information to appear genuine. Check whatever you were given below, and against the firm's real details above.
The 3 FCA warnings these came from
- Money Saving Expert 13 April 2021
- Money Saving Expert 26 March 2018
- Money Saving Expert 26 March 2018
Scammers change these details often. Always check the live FCA warning.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Lifesearch Partners 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.
The clone warnings above are scammers using this firm's name, not something the firm has done.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- 08021764 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 5 April 2012 (14 years old)
- Registered office
- One Dean Street, London, W1D 3RB, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Other service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 96090)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Peter Bernard Duffy | Director | Jun 1966 | 1 Sep 2020 | 19 other companies |
| Niall James Mcbride | Director | Mar 1979 | 20 Feb 2023 | 19 other companies |
| Victoria Louise Hands | Secretary | Not published | 27 Feb 2026 | – |
Other companies run by these 2 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
- 30
- closed down
- 8
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 30 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The one that went into liquidation or administration
- The 7 on the FCA register
- The 8 companies these 2 directors run together
- All 10 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Moneysavingexpert.com’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2018
26 March 2018
- FCA warned the public about a scam impersonating this firm
FCA warning list
2016
6 April 2016
- Mony Group Financial Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2012
5 October 2012
- Changed its registered name from "Precis (2766) Limited"
FCA register
31 August 2012
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
5 April 2012
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 32 events
- All 32 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 18
Firms connected to Moneysavingexpert.com
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Moneysavingexpert.com. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 4
- share a director
- 4
- share its phone number
- 3
In the full report: all 4 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (4), the same phone number (3)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 3 past links through former directors
Firms like Moneysavingexpert.com
Other firms of the same type (payment or money transfer firm), nearest first.
In London
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- 30 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 32 events in its history
- 4 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
- FCA warning: Money Saving Expert fca.org.uk
- FCA warning: Money Saving Expert fca.org.uk
- FCA warning: Money Saving Expert fca.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk