Thanks Ben Ltd
Reference number: 967453
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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 4 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2019
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
Responsible principal firm
Cyclescheme Limited Reference number: 742049 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.
- Thanks Ben Ltd (FRN 967453) is an AR of Cyclescheme Limited (FRN 742049). When you use Thanks Ben's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Thanks Ben, 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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Phone number
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Address
9th Floor, 107 Cheapside, London, City Of London, EC2V 6DN, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When thanksben.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 4538 1407 is
- Who else gives the postcode EC2V 6DN
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Ben Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Thanks Ben Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Cyclescheme 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
- 12335851 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 27 November 2019 (6 years old)
- Registered office
- 9th Floor 107 Cheapside, London, EC2V 6DN, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Other information technology service activities (SIC 62090)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Duckworth | Director | Jul 1987 | 27 Nov 2019 | None |
| Sebastian Simon Vincent Fallert (Dr) | Director | Sep 1980 | 27 Nov 2019 | 1 other company |
| Alexandr Vidiborschii | Director | May 1989 | 13 Feb 2023 | 2 other companies |
| MERCIA FUND MANAGEMENT (NOMINEES) LIMITED | Corporate director | Not published | 4 Nov 2025 | 173 other companies |
| OHS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate secretary | Not published | 31 Jul 2022 | – |
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
- 176
- closed down
- 37
- went insolvent
- 11
In the full report: all 176 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 4 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The 11 that went into liquidation or administration
- The 4 on the FCA register, including one no longer authorised
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£5.18m
+39% from £3.73m
Profit before tax
−£8.52m
Up £1.33m from −£9.85m
Net assets
£7.57m
No earlier figure to compare
Cash at bank
£10.1m
No earlier figure to compare
Turnover and profit
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 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.
Figures from the year to 31 December 2024 are for the group: the company and the businesses it owns. Earlier years are the company’s own accounts, from before it had a group.
The figures for the year to 31 December 2025 were read from the printed accounts, because the filing does not tag them in a form that can be read automatically. They were checked against the accounts’ own totals.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 12335851. 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
Thanks Ben’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
12 February 2025
- Changed its registered name from "Thanks Ben Limited"
FCA register
2022
28 June 2022
- David Duckworth stopped being a part-owner
- Sebastian Simon Vincent Fallert stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
13 January 2022
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2019
27 November 2019
- Incorporated at Companies House
- David Duckworth became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Sebastian Simon Vincent Fallert became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 13 events
- All 13 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
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- 176 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 13 events in its history
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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