Oxford Innovation Services Ltd
Reference number: 953068
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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.
- Appointed for 5 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2011
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2026
Responsible principal firm
Oxford Investment Opportunity Network Limited Reference number: 564525 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.
- Oxford Innovation Services Ltd (FRN 953068) is an AR of Oxford Investment Opportunity Network Limited (FRN 564525). When you use Oxford Innovation Services's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Oxford Innovation 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
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Phone number
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Address
Oxford Centre For Innovation, Blue Boar Court, 9 Alfred Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 4EH, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When oxfordinnovationservices.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01865 261480 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode OX1 4EH
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Oxford Innovation Advice Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Oxford Investment Opportunity Network 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
- OXFORD INNOVATION SERVICES LIMITED
- Company number
- 07860991 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 25 November 2011 (14 years old)
- Registered office
- Blue Boar Court, 9 Alfred Street, Oxford, OX1 4EH, England
- Nature of business
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- Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 82990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| David James Laurens Crichton-Miller | Director | Jan 1963 | 8 Jun 2015 | 14 other companies |
| Katharine Hannah Wright | Director | Aug 1978 | 1 Nov 2016 | 16 other companies |
| Paul Christopher Dickens | Director | Jul 1981 | 1 Jun 2026 | 1 other company |
| Katharine Hannah Wright | Secretary | Not published | 1 Nov 2016 | – |
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
- 25
- closed down
- 11
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 25 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 one on the FCA register
- The 5 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 8 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£9.16m
−19% from £11.3m
Profit before tax
−£69.3k
−110% from £676k
Net assets
£2.01m
−2% from £2.05m
Cash at bank
£259k
−58% from £617k
Turnover and profit
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2026
- Both charts, 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 07860991. 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
Oxford Innovation Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2021
17 June 2021
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2016
25 November 2016
- Sqw Group Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2011
25 November 2011
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 17 events
- All 17 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 13
Firms connected to Oxford Innovation Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Oxford Innovation Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share a director
- 1
- share its phone number
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: shared directors (1), the same phone number (1), the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Oxford Innovation Services
Other firms of the same type (investment or fund manager), nearest first.
In Oxford
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- 25 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 17 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