The Watch Shop Holdings Limited

Reference number: 966697

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Introducer appointed representative

This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.

Responsible principal firm

Frasers Group Financial Services Limited Reference number: 311908 Authorised 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.
  • The Watch Shop Holdings Limited (FRN 966697) introduces customers to Frasers Group Financial Services Limited (FRN 311908). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not The Watch Shop Holdings.
  • Example: if The Watch Shop Holdings refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from The Watch Shop Holdings 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

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 watchshop.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 0344 245 9200 is, and the 10 other firms that give it
  • Who else gives the postcode NG20 8RY
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Other names (1)

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

  • Watch Shop Trading name

FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Protection through the principal firm
    Protection works through Frasers Group Financial Services 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.

Key dates in its history

The Watch Shop Holdings’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

2022

4 January 2022

  • Became an introducer appointed representative
  • Began trading as "Watch Shop"

FCA register

Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.

Firms connected to The Watch Shop Holdings

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

connected firms
10
share its phone number
10
share its postcode
8

In the full report: all 10 connected firms, named

  • How each is linked: the same phone number (10), the same postcode (8)
  • Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
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Firms like The Watch Shop Holdings

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

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  • 3 background checks on its contact details
  • All 2 events in its history
  • 10 connected firms, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is The Watch Shop Holdings Limited FCA authorised?
The Watch Shop Holdings Limited (FRN 966697) is not directly authorised. It is an appointed representative acting under the responsibility of a directly authorised principal firm.
What does introducer appointed representative mean for The Watch Shop Holdings?
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. The Watch Shop Holdings Limited (FRN 966697) introduces customers to Frasers Group Financial Services Limited (FRN 311908). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not The Watch Shop Holdings. Example: if The Watch Shop Holdings refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from The Watch Shop Holdings 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.
What is The Watch Shop Holdings’ phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 0344 245 9200 and the website watchshop.com for The Watch Shop Holdings. 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 10 other FCA firms.
Is The Watch Shop Holdings a scam or clone?
The Watch Shop Holdings 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 Watch Shop Holdings?
Protection works through Frasers Group Financial Services Limited, the principal firm responsible for The Watch Shop Holdings's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
Does The Watch Shop Holdings use any other names?
It trades as Watch Shop.

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