Alexander Calder Financial Ltd

Reference number: 407890

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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.

Responsible principal firm

Lyncombe Consultants Limited Reference number: 618025 Authorised 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.
  • Alexander Calder Financial Ltd (FRN 407890) is an AR of Lyncombe Consultants Limited (FRN 618025). When you use Alexander Calder Financial's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
  • Example: if you take financial advice from Alexander Calder 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.

In the full report: 3 background checks

  • When alexandercalder.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 01909 512250 is
  • Who else gives the postcode S80 1PD
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Other names (5)

If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.

  • Chesters & Co Former name
  • Alexander Rose Former trading name
  • Financial Connections Former trading name
  • Mortgage Shop Former trading name
  • Protect & Prosper Former trading name

FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Protection through the principal firm
    Protection works through Lyncombe Consultants 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, free
    You 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 name
ALEXANDER CALDER FINANCIAL LIMITED
Company number
06070920
Company status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
26 January 2007 (19 years old)
Registered office
Matches the FCA register address ✓
Nature of business
  • Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 82990)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
Gregory John Bartram Director Oct 1966 26 Jan 2007 16 other companies
Nigel Stanton Ruff Director Nov 1965 26 Jan 2007 5 other companies
INDIGO CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED Corporate secretary Not published 29 Aug 2025 –

Other companies run by these 2 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
17
closed down
9
is FCA-registered
1

In the full report: all 17 companies, named

  • What each company does, and whether it is still trading
  • Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
  • Any that went into liquidation or administration
  • The one on the FCA register
  • The 4 companies these 2 directors run together
  • All 4 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
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Filed accounts and finances

7 months to 28 August 2025Small company accountsNot audited

Net assets

£624k

−1.9% from £636k

Cash at bank

£66.0k

+64% from £40.3k

Employees (average)

13

+18% from 11

Owed within a year

£436k

+674% from £56.4k

Assets and liabilities

In the full report: all 7 years of accounts

  • Every year from 2020 to 2025
  • The chart, over every year
  • Every filed figure, year by year
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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 06070920. 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

Alexander Calder Financial’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

Key events (9) All events (25)

2020

15 July 2020

  • Alexander Calder Financial Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
  • Gregory John Bartram stopped being a part-owner
  • Peter Robert Greaves stopped being a part-owner

Companies House

2016

6 April 2016

  • Gregory John Bartram became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
  • Peter Robert Greaves became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)

Companies House

2009

15 September 2009

  • Changed its registered name from "Chesters & Co"

FCA register

14 September 2009

  • Changed its registered name from "Alexander Calder Financial Ltd"

FCA register

2007

26 January 2007

  • Incorporated at Companies House

Companies House

2004

22 September 2004

  • Became an appointed representative

FCA register

In the full report: all 25 events

  • All 25 events in its history (9 shown here)
  • Every director appointment and resignation: 6
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Firms connected to Alexander Calder Financial

Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Alexander Calder Financial. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.

connected firm
1
share a director
1

In the full report: the connected firm, named

  • How it is linked: shared directors (1)
  • Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
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  • 17 other companies its directors have run, named
  • 3 background checks on its contact details
  • 7 years of accounts, charted
  • All 25 events in its history
  • 1 connected firm, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Alexander Calder Financial Ltd FCA authorised?
Alexander Calder Financial Ltd (FRN 407890) 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 Alexander Calder Financial?
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. Alexander Calder Financial Ltd (FRN 407890) is an AR of Lyncombe Consultants Limited (FRN 618025). When you use Alexander Calder Financial's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm. Example: if you take financial advice from Alexander Calder 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.
What is Alexander Calder Financial’s phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 01909 512250 and the website alexandercalder.co.uk for Alexander Calder Financial. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.
Is Alexander Calder Financial a scam or clone?
Alexander Calder Financial is a genuine FCA-listed firm, and the FCA has published no warnings about fake versions of it. Scammers do copy real firms, though, so check that any contact details you were given match the ones on the register.
Is my money safe with Alexander Calder Financial?
Protection works through Lyncombe Consultants Limited, the principal firm responsible for Alexander Calder Financial's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
Who owns Alexander Calder Financial?
Alexander Calder Financial is owned by Alexander Calder Financial Holdings Limited, which holds 75–100% of shares, 75–100% of votes and can appoint and remove the board, since 15 July 2020. Before that, it was controlled by Mr Gregory John Bartram and Mr Peter Robert Greaves.
Who runs Alexander Calder Financial?
Companies House lists 2 directors of Alexander Calder Financial: Gregory John Bartram and Nigel Stanton Ruff.
How long has Alexander Calder Financial been in business?
The company was formed on 26 January 2007.
What do Alexander Calder Financial’s latest accounts show?
Its latest accounts, to 28 August 2025, show net assets of £624k (−1.9% from £636k) and cash at bank of £66.0k (+64% from £40.3k).
Does Alexander Calder Financial use any other names?
It has previously used 5 other names, including Chesters & Co, Alexander Rose and Financial Connections.

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