United Legal Services Limited
Reference number: 551584
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Introducer appointed representative
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Responsible principal firm
Countrywide Legal Indemnities Limited Reference number: 311764 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.
- United Legal Services Limited (FRN 551584) introduces customers to Countrywide Legal Indemnities Limited (FRN 311764). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not United Legal Services.
- Example: if United Legal Services refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from United Legal Services 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
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Phone number
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Address
Masters Court, Church Road, Thame, Oxon, OX9 3FA, England
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When hellosmoove.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01844 260240 is
- Who else gives the postcode OX9 3FA
Other names (5)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- eConveyancer Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Smoove Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- United Legal Services Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- eConveyancer Searches Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- eCsearches Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Countrywide Legal Indemnities 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
- 04594095 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 19 November 2002 (23 years old)
- Registered office
- Masters Court, Church Road, Thame, Oxon, OX9 3FA, England
- Nature of business
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- Other information technology service activities (SIC 62090)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Ian Joy | Director | Apr 1974 | 21 May 2024 | 1 other company |
| Noelle Lucinda Doherty | Director | Apr 1977 | 1 Aug 2025 | 4 other companies |
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
- 4
- closed down
- 1
- run together
- 1
In the full report: all 4 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 13 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
United Legal Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
10 July 2026
- Changed its registered name from "United Legal Services Ltd"
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Smoove Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2011
20 May 2011
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2002
19 November 2002
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 32 events
- All 32 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 22
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- 4 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 32 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