Introducer appointed representative
This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.
- Appointed for 2 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2009
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2025
Responsible principal firm
Continuum (Financial Services) LLP Reference number: 802331 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.
- RA Accountants LLP (FRN 1007302) introduces customers to Continuum (Financial Services) LLP (FRN 802331). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not RA Accountants.
- Example: if RA Accountants refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from RA Accountants 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
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
Grove House, 55 Lowlands Road, Harrow, Harrow, HA1 3AW, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 020 3301 7474 is
- Who else gives the postcode HA1 3AW
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Continuum (Financial Services) LLP, 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
- OC346973 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Limited liability partnership
- Incorporated
- 6 July 2009 (17 years old)
- Registered office
- 2nd Floor Grove House, 55 Lowlands Road, Harrow, HA1 3AW, England
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rizwan Akhtar | LLP designated member | Jun 1970 | 6 Jul 2009 | 12 other companies |
| Abdul Hafeez | LLP designated member | Dec 1969 | 6 Jul 2009 | 3 other companies |
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
- 14
- closed down
- 6
- run together
- 1
In the full report: all 14 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 1 company these 2 directors run together
- All 4 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Cash at bank
£35.6k
−55% from £78.7k
Employees (average)
26
Same as 26
Owed within a year
£159k
−56% from £364k
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2025
- 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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company OC346973. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
RA Accountants’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
15 December 2023
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2016
6 July 2016
- Abdul Hafeez became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Rizwan Akhtar became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
2009
6 July 2009
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Abdul Hafeez appointed as a director
- Rizwan Akhtar appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
Firms connected to RA Accountants
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with RA Accountants. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- no longer authorised
- 1
- share its postcode
- 2
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like RA Accountants
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
In Harrow
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- 14 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 6 events in its history
- 2 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