Introducer appointed representative
This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.
Responsible principal firm
Cycle Solutions (Cycle to Work) Limited Reference number: 722968 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.
- PRINCES GROUP PLC (FRN 938444) introduces customers to Cycle Solutions (Cycle to Work) Limited (FRN 722968). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not PRINCES GROUP.
- Example: if PRINCES GROUP refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from PRINCES GROUP 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
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
Royal Liver Building, Pier Head, Liverpool, Merseyside, L3 1NX, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 0151 966 7662 is
- Who else gives the postcode L3 1NX
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Princes Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Cycle Solutions (Cycle to Work) 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
- 02328824 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Public limited company
- Incorporated
- 15 December 1988 (37 years old)
- Registered office
- Royal Liver Building, Pier Head, Liverpool, L3 1NX
- Nature of business
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- Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco (SIC 46390)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Fabio Fazzari | Director | May 1978 | 30 Jul 2024 | None |
| Angelo Mastrolia | Director | Dec 1964 | 30 Jul 2024 | None |
| Benedetta Mastrolia | Director | Oct 1995 | 30 Jul 2024 | None |
| Giuseppe Mastrolia | Director | Feb 1989 | 30 Jul 2024 | None |
| Linda Jane Main | Director | Sep 1962 | 1 Oct 2025 | None |
| Louise Joan George | Director | Jun 1965 | 1 Oct 2025 | 39 other companies |
| David Gosnell | Director | May 1957 | 1 Oct 2025 | None |
| PRISM COSEC LIMITED | Corporate secretary | Not published | 1 Oct 2025 | – |
Other companies run by these 7 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
- 39
- closed down
- 17
- are FCA-registered
- 6
In the full report: all 39 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 7 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 6 on the FCA register
- All 80 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Princes Group’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
8 December 2025
- Changed its registered name from "Princes Limited"
FCA register
2024
30 July 2024
- Mitsubishi Corporation gave up control
- Newprinces S.P.A took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2020
13 November 2020
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Mitsubishi Corporation took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
1988
15 December 1988
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 152 events
- All 152 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 146
Firms connected to Princes Group
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Princes Group. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
- past links
- 6
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
- 6 past links through former directors
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- 39 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 152 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