First Rate Exchange Services Ltd
Reference number: 900412
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Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Identity
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No website on the FCA register
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Verified phone number
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Verified address
Botanica Ditton Park, Riding Ct Rd, Datchet, SL3 9LL, United Kingdom
Company details
From the company's Companies House record.
- Company name
- FIRST RATE EXCHANGE SERVICES LIMITED
- Company number
- 04287490
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 14 September 2001 (24 years old)
- Registered office
- Botanica, Ditton Park, Riding Court Road, Datchet, SL3 9LL, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Banks (SIC 64191)
- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
- Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 82990)
Current directors and secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew James Macgregor Hardie | Director | Apr 1967 | 20 May 2011 |
| Sharon Anne Cross | Director | Apr 1972 | 19 Jun 2019 |
| Daniel Aryeh Ehreich | Director | Aug 1980 | 27 Sep 2021 |
| Matt Garrood | Director | Apr 1978 | 21 Nov 2023 |
| George Higginson | Director | Oct 1963 | 13 May 2024 |
| Gail Louise Goldie | Director | May 1979 | 20 May 2024 |
| Ross Borkett | Director | Feb 1986 | 7 Oct 2024 |
| Thomas David Wright | Director | Mar 1975 | 10 Jun 2025 |
| Dominic Peter Grounsell | Director | Dec 1978 | 18 Sep 2025 |
| Edward Michael Dutton | Director | Oct 1969 | 18 Sep 2025 |
| Neil James Brocklehurst | Director | Jul 1976 | 18 Sep 2025 |
| John Edward Michael Dillon | Secretary | Not published | 16 May 2025 |
Activities and protection
What they can do, and how you are protected
- Handle payments & transfers Funds safeguardedYour money must be kept in a separate safeguarded account. If the firm fails, all safeguarded funds should be returned to you. With no upper limit, unlike the capped amounts under FSCS. Safeguarding works differently from FSCS, but protects your full balance when the rules are followed correctly.
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- a) Services enabling cash placement on a payment account
- b) Services enabling cash withdrawals from a payment account
- c) Execution of payment transactions (not covered by a credit line)
- d) Execution of payment transactions (covered by a credit line)
- e) Issuing payment instruments or acquiring payment transactions
- f) Money remittance
- g) Execution of payment transactions via telecoms, IT system or network operator
- h) Issuing Electronic Money
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.
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