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 1 year
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2024
- Accounts are overdue at Companies House
Responsible principal firm
Tavistock Protect Limited Reference number: 575993 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.
- Tavistock Essentials Limited (FRN 1027620) is an AR of Tavistock Protect Limited (FRN 575993). When you use Tavistock Essentials's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Tavistock Essentials, 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
Unit 1, Queens Square, Ascot Business Park, Lyndhurst Road, Ascot, Windsor and Maidenhead, SL5 9FE, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01753 867000 is, and the 3 other firms that give it
- Who else gives the postcode SL5 9FE
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Tavistock Protect 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.
Concerns on the company record
- Accounts are overdue at Companies House.
- Company number
- 16135413 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 13 December 2024 (1 year old)
- Registered office
- Unit 1 Queens Square, Lyndhurst Road, Ascot, SL5 9FE, England
- 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 |
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| Anthony Close | Director | Aug 1977 | 13 Dec 2024 | None |
| Johanna Martina Rager-Badesha | Director | Sep 1969 | 13 Dec 2024 | 2 other companies |
| Brian Kenneth Raven | Director | Apr 1956 | 13 Dec 2024 | 17 other companies |
Other companies run by these 3 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
- 18
- closed down
- 2
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 18 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The one that went into liquidation or administration
- The 7 on the FCA register
- The 1 company these 3 directors run together
Key dates in its history
Tavistock Essentials’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
19 March 2025
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2024
13 December 2024
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Tavistock Investments PLC took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 6 events
- All 6 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
Firms connected to Tavistock Essentials
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Tavistock Essentials. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 9
- share a director
- 5
- share its phone number
- 3
In the full report: all 9 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (5), the same phone number (3), the same postcode (5)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 2 past links through former directors
Firms like Tavistock Essentials
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Ascot
In the Slough (SL) postcode area
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- 18 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 6 events in its history
- 9 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