A.France & Son (Holborn) Limited
Reference number: 923146
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Introducer appointed representative
This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.
- Appointed for 6 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 1938
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
Responsible principal firm
Open Prepaid Funerals Limited Reference number: 962403 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.
- A.France & Son (Holborn) Limited (FRN 923146) introduces customers to Open Prepaid Funerals Limited (FRN 962403). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not A.France & Son (Holborn).
- Example: if A.France & Son (Holborn) refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from A.France & Son (Holborn) 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
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Phone number
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Address
45 Lambs Conduit Street, London, WC1N 3NH, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When afrance.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 7405 4901 is
- Who else gives the postcode WC1N 3NH
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Open Prepaid Funerals 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
- 00347272 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 14 December 1938 (87 years old)
- Registered office
- 45 Lambs Conduit St, London, WC1N 3NH
- Nature of business
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- Funeral and related activities (SIC 96030)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Anthony France | Director | Jun 1960 | 28 Jan 2005 | 1 other company |
| Thomas Anthony France | Director | May 1997 | 6 Jun 2018 | None |
| Jason Ronald Clarke | Director | Feb 1975 | 1 Apr 2025 | 1 other company |
Other companies run by these 3 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
- 2
- still active
- 2
In the full report: all 2 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 10 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£232k
−32% from £340k
Cash at bank
£68.9k
−43% from £120k
Employees (average)
13
Same as 13
Owed within a year
£47.2k
+2.9% from £45.9k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 4 years of accounts
- Every year from 2022 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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 00347272. Every figure is as filed, apart from total assets and total liabilities, which are added up from filed figures. Nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
A.France & Son (Holborn)’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2020
23 March 2020
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Michael Anthony France took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
1938
14 December 1938
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 16 events
- All 16 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 13
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- 2 other companies its directors have run, named
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- 4 years of accounts, charted
- All 16 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