Countrywide Estate Agents Limited
Reference number: 478250
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Appointed representative
This firm does not hold FCA authorisation of its own. It acts under a principal firm, which is legally responsible for its regulated business.
The FCA register does not name a principal for this 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.
- Countrywide Estate Agents Limited (FRN 478250) is listed as an appointed representative, but the register does not show its principal firm here. Find the principal on the FCA register before dealing with this firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Countrywide Estate Agents, 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.
Identity
Check their details
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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Cumbria House 16-20, Hockliffe Street, Leighton Buzzard, Central Bedfordshire, LU7 1GN, United Kingdom
Also trades as 57 other names, search them
- Abbotts
- Accord Lets
- Alan de Maid
- Anderson Residential
- Andrew Reeves
- APW Property Lettings
- Ashby Lowery
- Ashton Burkinshaw
- Aspire
- Austin & Wyatt
- Bairstow Eves
- Beresford Adams
- Blundells
- Bridgfords
- Bulmers Lettings
- Chappell & Matthews
- Chattings
- CHK Mountford
- CityLets York
- Clive Watkin
- CM Rent and Sales
- Country & Waterside Prestige
- Countrywide North
- Countrywide Residential Lettings
- Cryers
- Dixons
- Entwistle Green
- Finders Keepers
- Flowers Estate Agents
- Frank Innes
- Freeman Forman
- Fulfords
- Gascoigne Pees
- Geering & Colyer
- Hamptons
- Hamptons International
- John D Wood & Co
- John Francis
- King & Chasemore
- Lighthouse Property Services
- Mann
- Mid Cornwall Lettings
- Miller Countrywide
- Morris Dibben
- Palmer Snell
- R A Bennett
- Regal Lettings
- Slater Hogg & Howison
- Spencers
- Stratton Creber
- Sutton Kersh
- Taylors
- Tucker Gardner
- Urban Spaces
- Watson Bull & Porter
- Wilson Peacock
- Woods
Company details
From the company's Companies House record.
- Company number
- 00789476
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 27 January 1964 (62 years old)
- Registered office
- Cumbria House, 16-20 Hockliffe Street, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, LU7 1GN, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Real estate agencies (SIC 68310)
- Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis (SIC 68320)
- Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 82990)
Current directors and secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard John Twigg | Director | Feb 1965 | 8 Mar 2021 |
| Christopher Ashley Rosindale | Director | Jan 1984 | 20 Jan 2025 |
| OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate secretary | Not published | 8 Nov 2013 |
| Richard Twigg | Secretary | Not published | 30 Nov 2021 |
Activities and protection
What they can do, and how you are protected
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through 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: You can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
Track record
FCA actions and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action, and no complaints recorded with the Ombudsman.
Previously registered as
The FCA register holds one earlier registered name for this firm. A registered name changes when a firm rebrands, and a partnership's changes whenever its partners do.
- Countrywide Estate Agents
Names it no longer trades under
This firm has retired 181 trading names. If you were contacted under one of these, the name did belong to this firm, but check the current details above before going ahead.
Show the retired names
- A3 Countrywide
- Abbotts Lettings
- Accord
- Accord Properties
- Advanced Lettings
- Alan de Maid Lettings
- Alan Harvey Property Services
- Alder King
- Alder King Countryside
- Andrew Butler
- Andrew Reefes Countrywide
- APW
- Austin & Wyatt Lettings
- Avon Property
- Bairstow Eves Countrywide
- Bairstow Eves Lettings
- Barrys (Surrey)
- Beresford Adams Lettings
- Bricks & Mortar
- Bridgfords Lettings
- Buckell & Ballard
- Buckell & Ballard Lettings
- Buckell & Ballard Residential Lettings
- Bullock & Lees
- Carol Whyte Property Management
- Carson & Co.
- Carsons
- Carsons Lettings
- Cathedral Lettings
- Chamberlains
- Chappell & Matthews Residential Lettings
- Churchill Lettings
- Copleys of York
- Cosec Management Services
- Counrtywide Mortgage Services
- Counrtywide Property Management
- Country & Waterside
- Countrywide
- Countrywide Asset Management
- Countrywide City and Prestige
- Countrywide Corporate Property Services
- Countrywide Estate Management
- Countrywide Land & New Homes
- Countrywide Lettings
- Countrywide Managing Agents
- Countrywide Property Auctions
- Countrywide Residential consultancy
- Countrywide Scotland
- Countrywide Student Accommodation
- Curtis & Bains
- Decorum Interiors
- Dixon Lettings
- DN Estates
- Duck & Hedges
- Entwistle Green Lettings
- Faron Sutaria
- Faron Sutaria & Co Lettings
- Faron Sutaria Lettings
- Fells Gulliver
- Fitz-Gibbon
- Flats in Leeds
- Ford
- Fords Property Services
- Forest Bureau
- Frank Innes Residential Lettings
- Freeman & Forman
- Freeman Forman Lettings
- Freeman Forman Residential Lettings
- Fulfords Lettings
- Gascoigne Pees Residential Lettings
- Geering & Colyer Countrywide
- Geering & Colyer Lettings
- Granville & Co
- Granville & Company
- Greene & Co
- Griffiths & Charles
- Harold E. Levi & Co
- Hawkins
- Hawkins Lettings
- H E Lettings
- Hetheringtons
- HLM
- Holmes Pearman
- Home From Home
- Home from Home Holidays
- Hunters for Homes
- Hunters For Homes at Miller Countrywide
- Interlet
- Isite.uk.com
- Jayne & Moss
- JM Property Lettings
- John Curtis
- John D Wood & Co Lettings
- John D Wood & Co (Residential & Agricultural)
- John German
- King & Chasemore Lettings
- Knightsbridge
- Knights of Bath
- Labyrinth Properties
- Lampons Residential
- Land & New Homes Countrywide
- Lanes Lettings & management
- Let Lucas Rental Specialists
- Let More
- Lets Cover
- Lets Insure
- Letters of Distinction
- Locke & England
- Locke & England Lettings
- London and Country Property Auctions
- LSI
- Mann & Co
- Mann Countrywide
- Mann Countrywide Lettings
- Merchant
- Michael Rhodes Property Management
- Miller JK Lettings
- Miller Lettings
- Millers
- Milton Ashbury
- Morris Dibben Lettings
- Mortgage Intelligence
- NCT Estates
- Nest Property Management
- NewSpace
- Palmer Snell Lettings
- Pebble Property Management & Lettings
- Personal Homefinders
- PKL
- Plaza Lettings
- PMS
- Portfolio Lettings Agents & Consultants
- Poulters
- Poulters Lettings
- Preston Bennett
- Property Links
- Property Quarters
- Property Seen
- Property Seen Relocation
- R A Bennetts Lettings
- Realty Lettings
- Realty Property Solutions
- Regal Estates
- Regal Lettings & Property Management
- Rentons
- Rentons Countrywide
- Rentons Lettings
- Richard Trowbridge
- Rufus Stephens
- Russells
- Russells Lettings
- Securelet
- Slater Hogg
- Slater Hogg & Howison Lettings
- Sotheby's
- South West Estates
- Specialist Lettings & Management
- Spencers Residential Lettings
- Stowberry Lettings
- Stratton Creber Lettings
- Taylors Lettings
- Taylors Residential Lettings
- The Flat Managers
- The Lettings Bureau
- The Lettings Company
- The Lettings Shop
- The Lettings Store
- The Property Bureau
- The Property Sales & Lettings Company
- Thomas James Lettings
- Tingley's Lettings
- Tucker Gardner Residential
- Underwoods Town and County
- Vanet Property Asset Management
- Varsitylets
- Watson Bull & Porter Lettings
- West Country Property Auctions
- Wilson Peacock Lettings
- WSB Property Management
- Young Lettings
- Young London
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Common questions
Frequently asked questions
Is Countrywide Estate Agents Limited FCA authorised?
Countrywide Estate Agents Limited (FRN 478250) is not directly authorised. It is an appointed representative acting under the responsibility of a directly authorised principal firm.
What does appointed representative mean for Countrywide Estate Agents?
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. Countrywide Estate Agents Limited (FRN 478250) is listed as an appointed representative, but the register does not show its principal firm here. Find the principal on the FCA register before dealing with this firm. Example: if you take financial advice from Countrywide Estate Agents, 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.
Is my money safe with Countrywide Estate Agents?
Protection works through the principal firm responsible for Countrywide Estate Agents's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
Is Countrywide Estate Agents a scam or clone?
Countrywide Estate Agents is a genuine FCA-listed firm. However, scammers sometimes clone authorised firms. Always check that the contact details you were given match those on the FCA register before sending money or sharing information.
What is Countrywide Estate Agents's Firm Reference Number (FRN)?
Countrywide Estate Agents's FRN is 478250. You can verify it on the FCA register.