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 21 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2004
- Accounts filed up to 28 February 2025
Responsible principal firm
TenetLime Limited Reference number: 311266 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.
- Rivendell Financial Services Ltd (FRN 415502) is an AR of TenetLime Limited (FRN 311266). When you use Rivendell Financial Services's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Rivendell Financial Services, 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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
14 Clos Y Bont, Coity, Bridgend, Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr, CF35 6QL, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01656 864471 is
- Who else gives the postcode CF35 6QL
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Rivendell Financial Services Former name: A name it was registered under before.
Warning
Scammers have impersonated this firm
Fraudsters have used this firm's name or details with their own contact information to appear genuine. Check whatever you were given below, and against the firm's real details above.
Fake phone numbers (2)
- 01656 864471
- 07451 273769
Fake email addresses (1)
- info@rivendellfin.co.uk
Fake websites (1)
- rivendellfin.co.uk
The FCA warning these came from
- rivendellfin.co.uk 20 February 2023
Scammers change these details often. Always check the live FCA warning.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through TenetLime 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.
The clone warnings above are scammers using this firm's name, not something the firm has done.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company name
- RIVENDELL FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED
- Company number
- 05225985 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 8 September 2004 (22 years old)
- Registered office
- 14 Clos Y Bont, Coity, Bridgend, CF35 6QL, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Activities of insurance agents and brokers (SIC 66220)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David James Manners | Director | Dec 1958 | 27 Sep 2004 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that its director runs no other company
- Both people who have been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£28.8k
+92% from £15.0k
Employees (average)
1
Same as 1
Owed within a year
£13.5k
No earlier figure to compare
Net assets
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 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 05225985. 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
Rivendell Financial Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
20 February 2023
- FCA warned the public about a scam impersonating this firm
FCA warning list
2016
6 April 2016
- David James Manners gained significant control
Companies House
2005
7 January 2005
- Changed its registered name from "Rivendell Financial Services"
FCA register
2004
23 November 2004
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
27 September 2004
- David James Manners appointed as a director
Companies House
8 September 2004
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
Firms like Rivendell Financial Services
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Bridgend
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- All 6 events in its history
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- FCA warning: rivendellfin.co.uk fca.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk