Virgin Holidays Limited
Reference number: 492546
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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
AWP Assistance UK Ltd Reference number: 311909 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.
- Virgin Holidays Limited (FRN 492546) introduces customers to AWP Assistance UK Ltd (FRN 311909). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Virgin Holidays.
- Example: if Virgin Holidays refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Virgin Holidays 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
The Office, Manor Royal, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 9NU, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When virginholidays.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01793 851958 is
- Who else gives the postcode RH10 9NU
Other names (4)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Bales Worldwide Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- TCD Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Travel City Direct Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Virgin Holidays Cruises Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through AWP Assistance UK 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
- 01873815 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 21 December 1984 (41 years old)
- Registered office
- Company Secretariat - The Vhq, Fleming Way, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 9DF, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Tour operator activities (SIC 79120)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Herman Bastian | Director | Jun 1957 | 24 Jun 2013 | 4 other companies |
| Cornelis Johan Albert Koster | Director | Aug 1971 | 1 Aug 2017 | 12 other companies |
| Juha Tapio Jaervinen | Director | Feb 1976 | 1 Jul 2019 | 10 other companies |
| Luigi Brambilla | Director | Nov 1983 | 20 Jan 2021 | 9 other companies |
| Alain Bellemare | Director | Jun 1961 | 11 Feb 2021 | 5 other companies |
| Peter William Carter | Director | Mar 1963 | 6 May 2022 | 5 other companies |
| Hirad Horoufchin | Director | Sep 1989 | 31 Dec 2024 | 5 other companies |
| Joshua Bayliss | Director | Apr 1973 | 31 Dec 2024 | 9 other companies |
| Klaus Walter Willi Heinemann | Director | Jun 1951 | 15 Oct 2026 | 5 other companies |
| Richard Matthew Mccord | Director | Sep 1973 | 15 Oct 2026 | 38 other companies |
| Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (Sir) | Director | Jul 1950 | Not published | 128 other companies |
| Kelly Bristoll | Secretary | Not published | 1 Apr 2026 | – |
Other companies run by these 11 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
- 168
- closed down
- 91
- are FCA-registered
- 6
In the full report: all 168 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 11 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 6 on the FCA register
- The 13 companies these 11 directors run together
- All 68 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Virgin Holidays’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2019
20 December 2019
- Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Virgin Travel Group Limited gave up control
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Virgin Travel Group Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2008
16 December 2008
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
1984
21 December 1984
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 131 events
- All 131 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 122
Firms connected to Virgin Holidays
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Virgin Holidays. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 4
- share a director
- 4
- past links
- 2
In the full report: all 4 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (4)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 2 past links through former directors
Firms like Virgin Holidays
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Crawley
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- 168 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 131 events in its history
- 4 connected firms, 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