The Employment Services Partnership Limited

Reference number: 593675

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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.

Responsible principal firm

ESP Safeguard Limited Reference number: 587248 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.
  • The Employment Services Partnership Limited (FRN 593675) is an AR of ESP Safeguard Limited (FRN 587248). When you use The Employment Services Partnership's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
  • Example: if you take financial advice from The Employment Services Partnership, 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.

In the full report: 3 background checks

  • When esphr.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 01483 229199 is, and the other firm that gives it
  • Who else gives the postcode GU22 8BF
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Other names (4)

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

  • ESPHR Trading name
  • esphr from WorkNest Trading name
  • ESP Solicitors Trading name
  • ESP Solicitors from WorkNest Trading name

FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Protection through the principal firm
    Protection works through ESP Safeguard 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
04694032
Company status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
12 March 2003 (23 years old)
Registered office
20 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7HN, England
Nature of business
  • Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 74909)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
Alexander Peter Dacre Director Aug 1987 1 Mar 2021 183 other companies
Gary Daniel Jones Director Aug 1982 20 Dec 2024 6 other companies
Marc James Smith Director Feb 1976 10 Feb 2025 42 other companies
Christopher James Bingham Secretary Not published 2 Sep 2026 –

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
185
closed down
84
are FCA-registered
3

In the full report: all 185 companies, named

  • What each company does, and whether it is still trading
  • Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
  • Any that went into liquidation or administration
  • The 3 on the FCA register, including one no longer authorised
  • The 44 companies these 3 directors run together
  • All 12 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
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Filed accounts and finances

Year to 31 March 2020Abridged accountsNot audited

Net assets

−£35.6k

No earlier figure to compare

Cash at bank

£353

No earlier figure to compare

Employees (average)

12

No earlier figure to compare

Owed within a year

£489k

No earlier figure to compare

Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £35.6k more than it owned.

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.

There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.

Accounts filed at Companies House for company 04694032. 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

The Employment Services Partnership’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

Key events (8) All events (33)

2022

29 November 2022

  • Marlowe 2016 Limited gave up control
  • Worknest (Holdings) Limited took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

2021

10 March 2021

  • Board replaced: all 3 directors left and 2 new directors took over

Companies House

1 March 2021

  • Marlowe 2016 Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
  • Peter John Byrne gave up control

Companies House

2017

1 January 2017

  • Peter John Byrne took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

2013

2 January 2013

  • Became an appointed representative

FCA register

2003

12 March 2003

  • Incorporated at Companies House

Companies House

In the full report: all 33 events

  • All 33 events in its history (8 shown here)
  • Every director appointment and resignation: 21
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Firms connected to The Employment Services Partnership

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

connected firms
4
share a director
3
share its phone number
1

In the full report: all 4 connected firms, named

  • How each is linked: shared directors (3), the same phone number (1), the same postcode (1)
  • Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
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  • 185 other companies its directors have run, named
  • 3 background checks on its contact details
  • All 33 events in its history
  • 4 connected firms, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is The Employment Services Partnership Limited FCA authorised?
The Employment Services Partnership Limited (FRN 593675) 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 The Employment Services Partnership?
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. The Employment Services Partnership Limited (FRN 593675) is an AR of ESP Safeguard Limited (FRN 587248). When you use The Employment Services Partnership's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm. Example: if you take financial advice from The Employment Services Partnership, 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 The Employment Services Partnership’s phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 01483 229199 and the website esphr.co.uk for The Employment Services Partnership. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further. The same number is also given by one other FCA firm.
Is The Employment Services Partnership a scam or clone?
The Employment Services Partnership 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 The Employment Services Partnership?
Protection works through ESP Safeguard Limited, the principal firm responsible for The Employment Services Partnership's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
Who owns The Employment Services Partnership?
The Employment Services Partnership is owned by Worknest (Holdings) Limited, which holds 75–100% of shares, 75–100% of votes and can appoint and remove the board, since 29 November 2022. Before that, it was controlled by Marlowe 2016 Limited and Mr Peter John Byrne.
Who runs The Employment Services Partnership?
Companies House lists 3 directors of The Employment Services Partnership: Alexander Peter Dacre, Gary Daniel Jones and Marc James Smith.
How long has The Employment Services Partnership been in business?
The company was formed on 12 March 2003.
What do The Employment Services Partnership’s latest accounts show?
Its latest accounts, to 31 March 2020, show net assets of −£35.6k (no earlier figure to compare) and cash at bank of £353 (no earlier figure to compare).
Does The Employment Services Partnership use any other names?
It trades as ESPHR, esphr from WorkNest, ESP Solicitors and ESP Solicitors from WorkNest.

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