Purcell Opticians Limited
Reference number: 1036765
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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 1 year
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2011
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2022
- One of its directors is also a director of a firm that is no longer authorised
- 1 thing worth a closer look in the background checks
Responsible principal firm
ADARO OPTICS LIMITED Reference number: 924690 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.
- PURCELL OPTICIANS LIMITED (FRN 1036765) is an AR of ADARO OPTICS LIMITED (FRN 924690). When you use PURCELL OPTICIANS's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from PURCELL OPTICIANS, 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
5 South Charlotte Street, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City Of, EH2 4AN, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- When purcellopticians.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01556 504456 is
- Whether EH2 4AN is a shared office: 20 other firms give it
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Adaro Optics 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
- SC409429 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 14 October 2011 (15 years old)
- Registered office
- 5 South Charlotte Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4AN, Scotland
- Nature of business
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- Other human health activities (SIC 86900)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imran Hakim | Director | Sep 1977 | 31 Dec 2022 | 525 other companies |
| Alistair Duff | Director | Jul 1986 | 7 Jun 2023 | 15 other companies |
| Peter Telfer | Director | Aug 1987 | 7 Jun 2023 | 15 other companies |
| Mitchell Johnston Fairley | Director | Dec 1993 | 31 Aug 2023 | 1 other company |
Other companies run by these 4 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
- 528
- closed down
- 17
- are FCA-registered
- 11
In the full report: all 528 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 4 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 11 on the FCA register, including 3 no longer authorised
- The 16 companies these 4 directors run together
- All 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£254k
+2.2% from £249k
Cash at bank
£246k
−2.4% from £253k
Employees (average)
4
Same as 4
Owed within a year
£23.8k
−42% from £40.7k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 4 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2022
- 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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company SC409429. 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
Purcell Opticians’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
1 July 2025
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2023
31 August 2023
- Fairley Optical Limited became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
7 June 2023
- Pt & Ad Investments Ltd gained significant control
Companies House
2022
31 December 2022
- Ho2 Management Limited became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- James Anthony Purcell no longer has significant control
- Janice Iris Purcell stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2016
31 October 2016
- James Anthony Purcell gained significant control
Companies House
6 April 2016
- Janice Iris Purcell became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2011
14 October 2011
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 15 events
- All 15 events in its history (9 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 6
Firms connected to Purcell Opticians
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Purcell Opticians. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 10
- no longer authorised
- 3
- share a director
- 10
In the full report: all 10 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (10), the same postcode (4)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like Purcell Opticians
Other firms of the same type (dental or medical practice), nearest first.
In Edinburgh
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- 528 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- 4 years of accounts, charted
- All 15 events in its history
- 10 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