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 10 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2016
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2025
- On its latest accounts it owed £7,570 more than it owned
Responsible principal firm
The On-Line Partnership Limited Reference number: 192638 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.
- Opus Finance Group Limited (FRN 751372) is an AR of The On-Line Partnership Limited (FRN 192638). When you use Opus Finance Group's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Opus Finance Group, 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
1st Floor, 6 Nelson Street, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 1EF, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01702 780178 is
- Who else gives the postcode SS1 1EF
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Opus Finance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through The On-Line Partnership 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 name
- OPUS FINANCE GROUP LTD
- Company number
- 10140854 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 22 April 2016 (10 years old)
- Registered office
- 1st Floor 6 Nelson Street, Southend-On-Sea, SS1 1EF, England
- Nature of business
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- Activities of insurance agents and brokers (SIC 66220)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sara Jane Findlay | Director | Aug 1966 | 22 Apr 2016 | 1 other company |
| Matthew John Francis Woolnough | Director | Jun 1971 | 22 Apr 2016 | None |
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 company
- 1
- still active
- 1
In the full report: all 1 company, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 3 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
−£7,570
Up £3,055 from −£10.6k
Cash at bank
£719
Up £33 from £686
Employees (average)
2
No earlier figure to compare
Owed within a year
£8,654
+8.6% from £7,970
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £7,570 more than it owned.
Net assets
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2025
- 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 10140854. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Opus Finance Group’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2017
21 April 2017
- Sara Findlay gained significant control
Companies House
2016
30 June 2016
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
22 April 2016
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Sara Findlay gained significant control
Companies House
In the full report: all 9 events
- All 9 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 4
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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