Vetbox Ltd
Reference number: 986277
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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.
- Appointed for 3 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2016
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2020
Responsible principal firm
ManyPets Ltd Reference number: 652623 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.
- Vetbox Ltd (FRN 986277) introduces customers to ManyPets Ltd (FRN 652623). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Vetbox.
- Example: if Vetbox refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Vetbox 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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Website
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Phone number
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Address
Unit 1b, 1 - 10 Summers Street, London, EC1R 5BD, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When vetbox.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0345 340 4090 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode EC1R 5BD
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through ManyPets 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
- 10017066 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 20 February 2016 (10 years old)
- Registered office
- Unit 1b 1-10 Summers Street, London, EC1R 5BD, England
- Nature of business
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- Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets (SIC 47990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Darren Stephen Spriggs | Director | Dec 1968 | 27 Aug 2024 | 4 other companies |
| Paul Andrew Chappel | Director | Feb 1969 | 2 Jun 2025 | 2 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
- 6
- closed down
- 2
- still active
- 4
In the full report: all 6 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
- All 9 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£197k
Up £204k from −£6,392
Cash at bank
£249k
Up £242k from £7,545
Employees (average)
6
+200% from 2
Owed within a year
£55.1k
+140% from £23.0k
Assets and liabilities
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 10017066. 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
Vetbox’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
31 October 2022
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2021
14 December 2021
- Many Group Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- William James Woodley stopped being the majority owner
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- William James Woodley became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
20 February 2016
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 21 events
- All 21 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 16
Firms connected to Vetbox
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Vetbox. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its phone number
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same phone number (1), the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Vetbox
Other firms of the same type (retailer), nearest first.
In London
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- 6 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 21 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, named, and who links them
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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