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
Cycle Solutions (Cycle to Work) Limited Reference number: 722968 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 START UP LIMITED (FRN 1023515) introduces customers to Cycle Solutions (Cycle to Work) Limited (FRN 722968). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not VIRGIN START UP.
- Example: if VIRGIN START UP refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from VIRGIN START UP 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
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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
Whitfield Studios,, 50A Charlotte Street, London, Camden, W1T 2NS, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07921 289823 is, and the other firm that gives it
- 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
- 03390330 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 17 June 1997 (29 years old)
- Registered office
- Whitfield Studios, 50a Charlotte Street, London, W1T 2NS, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 66190)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Fishburn | Director | May 1986 | 2 May 2019 | 2 other companies |
| Frederick Christopher Ruggles Andrewes | Director | Oct 1981 | 17 Dec 2020 | 10 other companies |
| Lianne Stephanie Mathieson | Director | Jun 1983 | 21 Sep 2023 | 4 other companies |
| Charlotte Justine Goodman | Director | Nov 1974 | 21 Sep 2023 | 1 other company |
| Claire Jean Hilton | Director | Oct 1972 | 1 Jan 2024 | 5 other companies |
| Claire Ruth Vertel Vile | Secretary | Not published | 24 Sep 2019 | – |
Other companies run by these 5 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
- 22
- closed down
- 8
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 22 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 5 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The one that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- All 33 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Virgin Start Up’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
18 December 2024
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Virgin Management Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
5 August 2013
- Board replaced: both directors left and 2 new directors took over
Companies House
2007
22 June 2007
- Board replaced: all 3 directors left and 2 new directors took over
Companies House
1997
17 June 1997
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 66 events
- All 66 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 61
Firms connected to Virgin Start Up
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Virgin Start Up. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 4
- share its phone number
- 1
- share its postcode
- 4
In the full report: all 4 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same phone number (1), the same postcode (4)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
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- 22 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 66 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