Appointed representative
This firm does not hold FCA authorisation of its own, and acts under a principal firm, which is legally responsible for its regulated business.
- Appointed for 2 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2024
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2025
- On its latest accounts it owed £2,226 more than it owned
- 1 thing worth a closer look in the background checks
Responsible principal firm
St. James's Place Wealth Management Plc Reference number: 195351 View 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.
- Adastra Financial Ltd (FRN 1012180) is an AR of St. James's Place Wealth Management Plc (FRN 195351). When you use Adastra Financial's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Adastra Financial, 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.
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
Unit 1.1 East, 116 Brompton Road, London, Westminster, SW3 1JJ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- What kind of line 020 8042 1255 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Whether SW3 1JJ is a shared office: 116 other firms give it
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through St. James's Place Wealth Management PLC, 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
- 15577248 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 19 March 2024 (2 years old)
- Registered office
- Lakeview House, 4 Woodbrook Crescent, Billericay, Essex, CM12 0EQ, England
- Nature of business
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- Financial management (SIC 70221)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Charles Cotton O'Meara | Director | Mar 1995 | 19 Mar 2024 | 2 other companies |
Other companies run by its director
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 its director sits on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
−£2,226
No earlier figure to compare
Cash at bank
£248
No earlier figure to compare
Owed within a year
£3,160
No earlier figure to compare
Total equity is negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £2,226 more than it owned.
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 15577248. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Adastra Financial’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
9 May 2024
- Became an appointed representative
- Began trading as "Adastra Financial"
FCA register
19 March 2024
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Jack Charles Cotton O'Meara took control (75–100% of shares)
- Jack Charles Cotton O'meara appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
Firms connected to Adastra Financial
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Adastra Financial. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its phone number
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same phone number (1), the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Adastra Financial
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
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- 2 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- All 5 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, 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