Orbit Credit Services Ltd
Reference number: 971349
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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
Wescot Credit Services Limited Reference number: 688858 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.
- Orbit Credit Services Ltd (FRN 971349) is an AR of Wescot Credit Services Limited (FRN 688858). When you use Orbit Credit Services's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Orbit Credit Services, 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
Orbit Credit Services, Telford Plaza, Floor 2, Overdale, Telford, TF3 4NT, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When orbitservices.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01653 604434 is
- Who else gives the postcode TF3 4NT
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Orbit Debt Collections Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Wescot Credit Services 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
- 06476959 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 18 January 2008 (18 years old)
- Registered office
- 1 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill, West Malling, ME19 4UA, England
- Nature of business
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- Activities of collection agencies (SIC 82911)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Jonathan Andrew Graham | Director | May 1969 | 17 Feb 2020 | 40 other companies |
| Leo Weston | Director | Apr 1970 | 11 Nov 2021 | None |
| Thomas David Somerville | Director | Feb 1982 | 31 Dec 2025 | None |
| Lucy Marie Bassett | Secretary | Not published | 30 Sep 2024 | – |
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
- 40
- closed down
- 18
- are FCA-registered
- 4
In the full report: all 40 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 4 on the FCA register
- All 15 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Orbit Credit Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
8 March 2022
- Changed its registered name from "Orbit Debt Collections Limited"
FCA register
7 March 2022
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2018
28 January 2018
- Jamie Lee Hopwood stopped being a part-owner
- Thomas David Somerville stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2017
19 May 2017
- Cabot Financial Debt Recovery Services Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
18 January 2017
- Jamie Lee Hopwood became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Thomas David Somerville became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2008
18 January 2008
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 33 events
- All 33 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 25
Firms connected to Orbit Credit Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Orbit Credit Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 4
- share a director
- 4
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: all 4 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (4), the same postcode (1)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Orbit Credit Services
Other firms of the same type (mortgage adviser or broker), nearest first.
In Telford
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- 40 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 33 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
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk