Skills Travel Limited: FCA regulated?

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 15 years
Protected through the principal
No FCA actions
Active company since 1955
Accounts filed up to 30 April 2025

Responsible principal firm

Holiday Extras Cover Limited Reference number: 828848 Authorised 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.
Skills Travel Limited (FRN 556615) introduces customers to Holiday Extras Cover Limited (FRN 828848). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Skills Travel.
Example: if Skills Travel refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Skills Travel 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

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.

Website

skills.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Phone number

0115 977 0080
Address

Belgrave Road, Bulwell, Nottingham, NG6 8LY, United Kingdom

In the full report: 3 background checks

When skills.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
What kind of line 0115 977 0080 is
Who else gives the postcode NG6 8LY

Other names (2)

If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.

Skills Trading name: A name it trades under now.
Skills Holidays Trading name: A name it trades under now.

FCA permissions and consumer protection

Protection through the principal firm
Protection works through Holiday Extras Cover 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, free
You 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: 00546349 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
Company status: Active
Company type: Private limited company
Incorporated: 23 March 1955 (71 years old)
Registered office: White House, Clarendon Street, Nottingham, NG1 5GF
Nature of business: Other passenger land transport (SIC 49390)

Directors and company secretaries

Name	Role	Born	Appointed	Other companies
Simon Christopher Robert Skill	Director	Sep 1956	1 Mar 1997	14 other companies
Peter Roy Hallam	Director	Jun 1963	1 Jul 2006	8 other companies
Paul Mctiernan	Director	May 1953	1 Jun 2017	15 other companies
Nigel Stuart Arthur Skill	Director	Apr 1954	Not published	16 other companies
Simon Christopher Robert Skill	Secretary	Not published	31 Mar 2001	14 other companies

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: 32
closed down: 13
is FCA-registered: 1

In the full report: all 32 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 one on the FCA register
The 11 companies these 4 directors run together
All 6 people who have ever been directors, with their dates

Filed accounts and finances

Year to 30 April 2025Full accountsAudited

Total equity

£313k

+67% from £188k

Cash at bank

£101k

−63% from £277k

Owed within a year

£1.93m

No earlier figure to compare

Total equity

In the full report: all 5 years of accounts

Every year from 2021 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.

Accounts filed at Companies House for company 00546349. 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

Skills Travel’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

Key events (3) All events (15)

2016

6 April 2016

Skills Leisure Ltd took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

2011

20 July 2011

Became an introducer appointed representative

FCA register

1955

23 March 1955

Incorporated at Companies House

Companies House

In the full report: all 15 events

All 15 events in its history (3 shown here)
Every director appointment and resignation: 10

Firms connected to Skills Travel

Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Skills Travel. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.

past link: 1

In the full report: all 0 connected firms, named

1 past link through former directors

Firms like Skills Travel

Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.

In the Nottingham (NG) postcode area

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32 other companies its directors have run, named
3 background checks on its contact details
5 years of accounts, charted
All 15 events in its history

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Skills Travel Limited FCA authorised?

Skills Travel Limited (FRN 556615) is not directly authorised. It is an appointed representative acting under the responsibility of a directly authorised principal firm.

What does introducer appointed representative mean for Skills Travel?

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. Skills Travel Limited (FRN 556615) introduces customers to Holiday Extras Cover Limited (FRN 828848). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Skills Travel. Example: if Skills Travel refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Skills Travel 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.

What is Skills Travel’s phone number and website?

The FCA register lists the phone number 0115 977 0080 and the website skills.co.uk for Skills Travel. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.

Is Skills Travel a scam or clone?

Skills Travel is a genuine FCA-listed firm, and the FCA has published no warnings about fake versions of it. Scammers do copy real firms, though, so check that any contact details you were given match the ones on the register.

Is my money safe with Skills Travel?

Protection works through Holiday Extras Cover Limited, the principal firm responsible for Skills Travel's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.

Who owns Skills Travel?

Skills Travel is owned by Skills Leisure Ltd, which holds 75–100% of shares, 75–100% of votes and can appoint and remove the board, since 6 April 2016.

Who runs Skills Travel?

Companies House lists 4 directors of Skills Travel: Simon Christopher Robert Skill, Peter Roy Hallam, Paul McTiernan and Nigel Stuart Arthur Skill.

How long has Skills Travel been in business?

The company was formed on 23 March 1955.

What do Skills Travel’s latest accounts show?

Its latest accounts, to 30 April 2025, show total equity of £313k (+67% from £188k) and cash at bank of £101k (−63% from £277k).

Does Skills Travel use any other names?

It trades as Skills and Skills Holidays.