Phoenix Searches Limited
Reference number: 609315
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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 12 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2013
- Accounts filed up to 30 June 2025
Responsible principal firm
InfoTrack limited Reference number: 914586 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.
- Phoenix Searches Limited (FRN 609315) is an AR of InfoTrack limited (FRN 914586). When you use Phoenix Searches's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Phoenix Searches, 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
The Maidstone Studios, New Cut Road, Vinters Park, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 5NZ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When search-acumen.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01622 684572 is
- Who else gives the postcode ME14 5NZ
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Search Acumen Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through InfoTrack 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
- 08450163 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 19 March 2013 (13 years old)
- Registered office
- The Maidstone Studios Vinters Business Park, New Cut Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 5NZ, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 74909)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Robbins Bozinis | Director | Mar 1979 | 28 Feb 2021 | 3 other companies |
| Stephen Paul Wood | Director | Oct 1965 | 28 Feb 2021 | 16 other companies |
| Antonio Giacomo Ghiazza | Secretary | Not published | 29 Jul 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
- 18
- closed down
- 4
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 18 companies, 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
- The one on the FCA register
- The 1 company these 2 directors run together
- All 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£28.0m
+26% from £22.1m
Profit before tax
£2.66m
Up £2.58m from £74.0k
Total equity
£4.17m
No earlier figure to compare
Cash at bank
£1.05m
−45% from £1.89m
Turnover and profit
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2025
- 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 08450163. 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
Phoenix Searches’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2021
28 February 2021
- Board replaced: all 3 directors left and 2 new directors took over
- Ati Trading Pty Ltd gave up control
- Ati Trading Pty Ltd took control (75–100% of shares)
- Christian Mackie Beck became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
- Mark Riddick stopped being the majority owner
Companies House
2016
30 June 2016
- Mark Riddick became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
2013
28 October 2013
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
19 March 2013
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 17 events
- All 17 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 8
Firms connected to Phoenix Searches
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Phoenix Searches. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share a director
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: shared directors (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Phoenix Searches
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Maidstone
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- 18 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