Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Website, phone number and address
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Phone number
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Address
5 Eagle Fold, Hyde, Tameside, SK14 4GU, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- When visiblelegal.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 07966 979439 is
- Who else gives the postcode SK14 4GU
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Hampton Legal Solutions Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Claims management No FSCS coverMoney you pay a claims company is not FSCS protected, but FCA rules cap what it may charge you for a financial services claim. Complaints about this firm go to the Financial Ombudsman Service free of charge.
- 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
- 10263322 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 5 July 2016 (10 years old)
- Registered office
- 5 Eagle Fold, Hyde, SK14 4GU, England
- Nature of business
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- Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 82990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Paul Biddle | Director | Jan 1974 | 17 Jan 2025 | 2 other companies |
Other companies run by its director
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- other companies
- 2
- still active
- 2
In the full report: all 2 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£4,389
Same as £4,389
Cash at bank
£0
Down £58 from £58
Employees (average)
0
Same as 0
Owed within a year
£2,240
−58% from £5,376
Net assets
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2025
- The chart, over every year
- Every filed figure, year by year
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 10263322. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Visible Legal Marketing’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
17 January 2025
- Board replaced: its only director left and a new director took over
- Matthew Paul Biddle took control (75–100% of shares)
- Rory John George Wilson gave up control
Companies House
2020
6 October 2020
- Changed its registered name from "Hampton Legal Solutions Ltd"
FCA register
31 July 2020
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2019
31 March 2019
- No longer regulated by the Claims Management Regulator
FCA register
2018
6 April 2018
- Rory John George Wilson took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2017
3 October 2017
- Board replaced: its only director left and 2 new directors took over
- Faye Welsh gave up control
Companies House
2016
16 September 2016
- Regulated by the Claims Management Regulator from this date
FCA register
5 July 2016
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Faye Welsh took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 23 events
- All 23 events in its history (13 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 9
Firms like Visible Legal Marketing
Other firms of the same type (claims management firm), nearest first.
In Hyde
In the Stockport (SK) postcode area
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- 2 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 23 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