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 2022
- Accounts filed up to 30 September 2023
- On its latest accounts it owed £38.2k more than it owned
Responsible principal firm
RICHDALE BROKERS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD. Reference number: 769876 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.
- Unbiased Group Services Limited (FRN 980150) is an AR of RICHDALE BROKERS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD. (FRN 769876). When you use Unbiased Group Services's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Unbiased Group Services, 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
32-38 Saffron Hill, London, EC1N 8FH, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When unbiased.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 3696 2080 is
- Who else gives the postcode EC1N 8FH
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Richdale Brokers and Financial Services Ltd., 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
- 14201156 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 28 June 2022 (4 years old)
- Registered office
- 3rd Floor 32-38 Saffron Hill, London, EC1N 8FH, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karen Ann Barrett | Director | Sep 1973 | 28 Jun 2022 | 6 other companies |
| Neil Bannister | Director | Nov 1973 | 30 Jun 2025 | 2 other companies |
| OHS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate secretary | Not published | 28 Jun 2022 | – |
Other companies run by these 2 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
- 7
- still active
- 7
- run together
- 1
In the full report: all 7 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 1 company these 2 directors run together
- All 3 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
−£38.2k
No earlier figure to compare
Employees (average)
2
No earlier figure to compare
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £38.2k 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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 14201156. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Unbiased Group Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
1 August 2022
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
28 June 2022
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Unbiased Ec1 Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 7 events
- All 7 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 4
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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