Virgin Red Limited
Reference number: 947141
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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.
Responsible principal firm
Cycle Solutions (Cycle to Work) Limited Reference number: 722968 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.
- Virgin Red Limited (FRN 947141) is an AR of Cycle Solutions (Cycle to Work) Limited (FRN 722968). When you use Virgin Red's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Virgin Red, 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
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Phone number
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Address
Whitfield Studios, 50A Charlotte Street, Camden, London, W1T 2NS, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When virginred.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 07930 543525 is
- Who else gives the postcode W1T 2NS
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Cycle Solutions (Cycle to Work) 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
- 11490861 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 30 July 2018 (8 years old)
- Registered office
- Whitfield Studios, 50a Charlotte Street, London, W1T 2NS, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 74909)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Peter Michael Russell Norris | Director | Mar 1955 | 19 Aug 2018 | 9 other companies |
| Ian Philip Woods | Director | Sep 1974 | 19 Aug 2018 | 71 other companies |
| Joshua Bayliss | Director | Apr 1973 | 1 Nov 2018 | 9 other companies |
| Perry A. Cantarutti | Director | Aug 1964 | 16 Oct 2019 | None |
| Andrea Lisa Burchett | Director | Oct 1968 | 26 Sep 2023 | 4 other companies |
| Joshua Kaehler | Director | Jan 1985 | 20 Oct 2025 | None |
| Juha Tapio Jaervinen | Director | Feb 1976 | 1 Jan 2026 | 10 other companies |
| Sarah Susan Mumford | Secretary | Not published | 1 Apr 2019 | – |
| Claire Ruth Vertel Vile | Secretary | Not published | 24 Oct 2022 | – |
Other companies run by these 7 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
- 83
- closed down
- 40
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 83 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 7 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The one that went into liquidation or administration
- The 5 on the FCA register
- The 12 companies these 7 directors run together
- All 21 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Virgin Red’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2021
15 December 2021
- Delta Air Lines Inc. stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
15 March 2021
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2019
31 December 2019
- Richard Charles Nicholas Branson stopped being the majority owner
- Virgin Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
29 March 2019
- Delta Air Lines Inc. became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Richard Charles Nicholas Branson became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
- Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited gave up control
- Virgin Atlantic Limited gave up control
- Virgin Atlantic Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Virgin Atlantic Two Limited gave up control
- Virgin Atlantic Two Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Virgin Travel Group Limited gave up control
- Virgin Travel Group Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2018
20 August 2018
- Bibi Rahima Ally gave up control
- Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
30 July 2018
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Bibi Rahima Ally took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 63 events
- All 63 events in its history (17 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 45
Firms connected to Virgin Red
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Virgin Red. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 7
- share a director
- 5
- share its postcode
- 4
In the full report: all 7 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (5), the same postcode (4)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Virgin Red
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- 83 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 63 events in its history
- 7 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