Stamford V.E. Limited: FCA regulated?

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 3 years
Protected through the principal
No FCA actions
Active company since 1995
Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025

Responsible principal firm

ADARO OPTICS LIMITED Reference number: 924690 Authorised 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.
Stamford V.E. Limited (FRN 987254) is an AR of ADARO OPTICS LIMITED (FRN 924690). When you use Stamford V.E.'s services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
Example: if you take financial advice from Stamford V.E., 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.

No website on the FCA register
Phone number

01780 480737
Address

Unit 3, St. Michaels Church, High Street, Stamford, PE9 2AW, United Kingdom

In the full report: 2 background checks

What kind of line 01780 480737 is
Who else gives the postcode PE9 2AW

Other names (1)

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

Vision Express Trading name: A name it trades under now.

FCA permissions and consumer protection

Protection through the principal firm
Protection works through Adaro Optics 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: 03109855 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
Company status: Active
Company type: Private limited company
Incorporated: 4 October 1995 (31 years old)
Registered office: Mere Way Ruddington Fields Business Park, Ruddington, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG11 6NZ
Nature of business: Other service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 96090)

Directors and company secretaries

Name	Role	Born	Appointed	Other companies
ABBEYFIELD VE LIMITED	Corporate director	Not published	15 Apr 1996	133 other companies
Mark Edwin Hounslow	Director	May 1958	1 Dec 1996	2 other companies
ABBEYFIELD VE LIMITED	Corporate secretary	Not published	2 Dec 1998	133 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: 133
closed down: 64
are FCA-registered: 60

In the full report: all 133 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 60 on the FCA register, including one no longer authorised
The 2 companies these 2 directors run together
All 8 people who have ever been directors, with their dates

Filed accounts and finances

Year to 31 December 2025Full accountsAudited

Profit before tax

£197k

+68% from £117k

Net assets

£272k

+16% from £235k

Cash at bank

£4,000

+100% from £2,000

Owed within a year

£279k

+1.8% from £274k

The accounts for the year to 31 December 2025 do not tag turnover in a form that can be read automatically, so it is not shown. The last tagged figure is £1.21m, for the year to 31 December 2021.

Profit before tax

In the full report: all 7 years of accounts

Every year from 2019 to 2025
Both charts, 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 03109855. 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

Stamford V.E.’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

Key events (4) All events (10)

2022

17 November 2022

Became an appointed representative

FCA register

2016

6 April 2016

Abbeyfield V E Limited became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Mark Hounslow became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)

Companies House

1995

4 October 1995

Incorporated at Companies House

Companies House

In the full report: all 10 events

All 10 events in its history (4 shown here)
Every director appointment and resignation: 5

Firms connected to Stamford V.E.

Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Stamford V.E.. 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 Stamford V.E.

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

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133 other companies its directors have run, named
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7 years of accounts, charted
All 10 events in its history

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Stamford V.E. Limited FCA authorised?

Stamford V.E. Limited (FRN 987254) is not directly authorised. It is an appointed representative acting under the responsibility of a directly authorised principal firm.

What does appointed representative mean for Stamford V.E.?

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. Stamford V.E. Limited (FRN 987254) is an AR of ADARO OPTICS LIMITED (FRN 924690). When you use Stamford V.E.'s services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm. Example: if you take financial advice from Stamford V.E., 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.

What is Stamford V.E.’s phone number?

The FCA register lists the phone number 01780 480737 for Stamford V.E.. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.

Is Stamford V.E. a scam or clone?

Stamford V.E. 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 Stamford V.E.?

Protection works through Adaro Optics Limited, the principal firm responsible for Stamford V.E.'s regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.

Who owns Stamford V.E.?

Companies House lists 2 people with significant control of Stamford V.E.: Mr Mark Hounslow (25–50% of shares) and Abbeyfield V E Limited (25–50% of shares).

Who runs Stamford V.E.?

Companies House lists 2 directors of Stamford V.E.: Abbeyfield Ve Limited and Mark Edwin Hounslow.

How long has Stamford V.E. been in business?

The company was formed on 4 October 1995.

What do Stamford V.E.’s latest accounts show?

Its latest accounts, to 31 December 2025, show profit before tax of £197k (+68% from £117k) and net assets of £272k (+16% from £235k).

Does Stamford V.E. use any other names?

It trades as Vision Express.