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 4 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2016
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
Responsible principal firm
Switcha Limited Reference number: 828963 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.
- RETHINK ACADEMY LTD (FRN 985708) introduces customers to Switcha Limited (FRN 828963). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not RETHINK ACADEMY.
- Example: if RETHINK ACADEMY refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from RETHINK ACADEMY itself.
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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
54 Bloomfield Avenue, Belfast, BT5 5AD, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07944 460827 is
- Who else gives the postcode BT5 5AD
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Switcha 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
- NI642731 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 15 December 2016 (9 years old)
- Registered office
- 54 Bloomfield Avenue, Belfast, BT5 5AD, Northern Ireland
- Nature of business
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- Other education not elsewhere classified (SIC 85590)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul O'Mahony | Director | May 1978 | 15 Dec 2016 | 2 other companies |
| Jack Bonson | Director | Apr 1992 | 1 Jan 2026 | 2 other companies |
| Paul O'Mahony | Secretary | Not published | 15 Dec 2016 | 2 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
- 3
- closed down
- 1
- run together
- 1
In the full report: all 3 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 3 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
£434k
<1% from £434k
Cash at bank
£13.2k
−22% from £17.0k
Employees (average)
2
Same as 2
Owed within a year
£42.7k
+50% from £28.5k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2025
- 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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company NI642731. 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
Rethink Academy’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
21 October 2022
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2016
15 December 2016
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Paul O'Mahony took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 7 events
- All 7 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 4
Firms connected to Rethink Academy
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Rethink Academy. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
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
Firms like Rethink Academy
Other firms of the same type (credit broker), nearest first.
In Belfast
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- 3 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 7 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
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