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
SAINSBURY'S FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED Reference number: 184514 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.
- Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd (FRN 491364) introduces customers to SAINSBURY'S FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED (FRN 184514). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Sainsbury's Supermarkets.
- Example: if Sainsbury's Supermarkets refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Sainsbury's Supermarkets 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
33 Charterhouse Street, City of London, London, EC1M 6HA, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 0800 636 262 is
- Who else gives the postcode EC1M 6HA
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Sainsbury's Financial Services 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
- 03261722 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 10 October 1996 (30 years old)
- Registered office
- 33 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1M 6HA, England
- Nature of business
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- Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating (SIC 47110)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Simon John Roberts | Director | Jan 1971 | 17 Jul 2017 | 2 other companies |
| Mark Given | Director | Aug 1976 | 1 Jun 2020 | 7 other companies |
| Rhian Helen Bartlett | Director | Jun 1972 | 14 Jun 2021 | 4 other companies |
| Graham Ross Biggart | Director | Jun 1986 | 6 Mar 2022 | 1 other company |
| Blathnaid Bergin | Director | May 1975 | 5 Mar 2023 | 15 other companies |
| Patrick Gerard Dunne | Director | Sep 1968 | 26 Jan 2025 | 16 other companies |
| Tracey Clements | Director | Nov 1973 | 3 Sep 2025 | 2 other companies |
| Nicolas Stuart Grant | Secretary | Not published | 5 Jul 2024 | – |
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
- 42
- closed down
- 2
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 42 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 7 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The one that went into liquidation or administration
- The 3 on the FCA register
- The 3 companies these 7 directors run together
- All 61 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Sainsbury's Supermarkets’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
12 September 2025
- J Sainsbury PLC gave up control
- Sainsbury's Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- J Sainsbury PLC took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2008
12 November 2008
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
1996
10 October 1996
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 120 events
- All 120 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 115
Firms connected to Sainsbury's Supermarkets
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Sainsbury's Supermarkets. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 4
- share a director
- 1
- share its postcode
- 4
In the full report: all 4 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (1), the same postcode (4)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 2 past links through former directors
Firms like Sainsbury's Supermarkets
Other firms of the same type (retailer), nearest first.
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- 42 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 120 events in its history
- 4 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