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 2023
- Accounts filed up to 31 May 2025
- 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.
- Alex Smith Wealth Management Limited (FRN 1008865) is an AR of St. James's Place Wealth Management Plc (FRN 195351). When you use Alex Smith Wealth Management's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Alex Smith Wealth Management, 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
116 Brompton Road, Knightsbridge, London, SW3 1JJ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- What kind of line 020 8042 0200 is, and the 10 other firms that give 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
- 14846199 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 4 May 2023 (3 years old)
- Registered office
- Tideford Farmhouse, Quay Road Tideford Farm, Tideford, Saltash, Cornwall, PL12 5HN, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Financial management (SIC 70221)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Charles Robert Smith | Director | Dec 2000 | 4 May 2023 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that its director runs no other company
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£6,938
+83% from £3,796
Cash at bank
£8,394
+32% from £6,380
Employees (average)
1
Same as 1
Owed within a year
£18.3k
+345% from £4,107
Net assets
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 14846199. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Alex Smith Wealth Management’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
16 February 2024
- Became an appointed representative
- Began trading as "Alex Smith Wealth Management"
FCA register
2023
4 May 2023
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Alexander Charles Robert Smith took control (75–100% of shares)
- Alexander Charles Robert Smith appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
Firms connected to Alex Smith Wealth Management
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Alex Smith Wealth Management. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 5
- share its phone number
- 5
- share its postcode
- 4
In the full report: all 5 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same phone number (5), the same postcode (4)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Alex Smith Wealth Management
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
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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