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 2 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2025
- Confirmation statement is overdue at Companies House
Responsible principal firm
Meridian Finance Partners Ltd Reference number: 661646 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.
- Suffolk Prestige Ltd (FRN 1016462) introduces customers to Meridian Finance Partners Ltd (FRN 661646). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Suffolk Prestige.
- Example: if Suffolk Prestige refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Suffolk Prestige 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
4 John Walter Drive, West Row, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 8WZ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07931 440473 is
- Who else gives the postcode IP28 8WZ
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Richard Maddocks Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Meridian Finance Partners Ltd, 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.
Concerns on the company record
- Confirmation statement is overdue at Companies House.
- Company number
- 16774856 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 9 October 2025 (1 year old)
- Registered office
- 12 Cavendish House, Plumpton Road, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, EN11 0LB, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 45112)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Maddocks | Director | Nov 1982 | 9 Oct 2025 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that its director runs no other company
Key dates in its history
Suffolk Prestige’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
15 January 2026
- Changed its registered name from "Richard Maddocks"
FCA register
2025
9 October 2025
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Richard Maddocks took control (75–100% of shares)
- Richard Maddocks appointed as a director
Companies House
2024
14 July 2024
- Became an introducer appointed representative
- Began trading as "Suffolk Prestige"
FCA register
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
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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