Tom Piper Hair Ltd: FCA regulated?

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 9 years
Protected through the principal
No FCA actions

Responsible principal firm

Social Money Limited Reference number: 675283 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.
TOM PIPER HAIR LTD (FRN 791875) introduces customers to Social Money Limited (FRN 675283). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not TOM PIPER HAIR.
Example: if TOM PIPER HAIR refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from TOM PIPER HAIR 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.

No website on the FCA register
Phone number

07479 220600
Address

Unit 54, Faraday Road, Faraday Mill Business Park, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 0ST, United Kingdom

In the full report: 2 background checks

What kind of line 07479 220600 is
Who else gives the postcode PL4 0ST

Other names (3)

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

Carbon 6 Studio Trading name: A name it trades under now.
Tom Piper Former name: A name it was registered under before.
Coles HD Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.

FCA permissions and consumer protection

Protection through the principal firm
Protection works through Social Money 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

Tom Piper Hair’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

Key events (2) All events (5)

2021

24 April 2021

Changed its registered name from "Tom Piper"

FCA register

2017

18 October 2017

Became an introducer appointed representative

FCA register

In the full report: all 5 events

All 5 events in its history (2 shown here)

Firms connected to Tom Piper Hair

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

connected firms: 4
no longer authorised: 1
share its postcode: 4

In the full report: all 4 connected firms, named

How each is linked: the same postcode (4)
Who links each one: the named directors, with dates

Firms like Tom Piper Hair

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

In Plymouth

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2 background checks on its contact details
All 5 events in its history
4 connected firms, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Tom Piper Hair Ltd FCA authorised?

Tom Piper Hair Ltd (FRN 791875) 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 Tom Piper Hair?

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. Tom Piper Hair Ltd (FRN 791875) introduces customers to Social Money Limited (FRN 675283). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Tom Piper Hair. Example: if Tom Piper Hair refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Tom Piper Hair 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 Tom Piper Hair’s phone number?

The FCA register lists the phone number 07479 220600 for Tom Piper Hair. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.

Is Tom Piper Hair a scam or clone?

Tom Piper Hair 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 Tom Piper Hair?

Protection works through Social Money Limited, the principal firm responsible for Tom Piper Hair's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.

Does Tom Piper Hair use any other names?

It trades as Carbon 6 Studio. It has previously used 2 other names: Tom Piper and Coles HD.