One Stop Searches Limited
Reference number: 1017619
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Introducer appointed representative
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- Appointed for 2 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2017
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2026
- Its whole board of directors changed in April 2026
Responsible principal firm
CLS Property Insight Limited Reference number: 718255 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.
- One Stop Searches Limited (FRN 1017619) introduces customers to CLS Property Insight Limited (FRN 718255). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not One Stop Searches.
- Example: if One Stop Searches refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from One Stop Searches 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
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Phone number
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Address
Fitzalan House, Fitzalan Road, Cardiff, Cardiff, CF24 0EL, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When onestopsearches.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0330 124 2096 is
- Who else gives the postcode CF24 0EL
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through CLS Property Insight 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
- 10775334 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 17 May 2017 (9 years old)
- Registered office
- Fitzalan House Fitzalan Court, Fitzalan Road, Cardiff, CF24 0EL, Wales
- Nature of business
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- Other information service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 63990)
- Activities of patent and copyright agents; other legal activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 69109)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Laith Fathi El-Khatib | Director | Jul 1978 | 28 Apr 2026 | 2 other companies |
| Michael Patrick Fallon | Director | Nov 1977 | 28 Apr 2026 | 8 other companies |
| Rhidian James Giles Hobbs | Director | May 1981 | 28 Apr 2026 | 8 other companies |
| Michael Howard Mead Smith | Director | Jan 1979 | 28 Apr 2026 | 8 other companies |
Other companies run by these 4 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
- 10
- closed down
- 1
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 10 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 4 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The one that went into liquidation or administration
- The 8 companies these 4 directors run together
- All 6 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
£30.1k
+134% from £12.9k
Cash at bank
£67.3k
+43% from £47.2k
Owed within a year
£37.3k
+8.3% from £34.4k
Total equity
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2026
- 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 10775334. 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
One Stop Searches’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
28 April 2026
- Board replaced: its only director left and 4 new directors took over
- Timothy Mark Hobbs gave up control
Companies House
2024
31 July 2024
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2020
31 March 2020
- Philip John Howell stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2017
17 May 2017
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Philip John Howell became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Timothy Mark Hobbs took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 16 events
- All 16 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 8
Firms connected to One Stop Searches
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with One Stop Searches. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like One Stop Searches
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Cardiff
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- 10 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 16 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, 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