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 4 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 1976
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2026
Responsible principal firm
Ecclesiastical Planning Services Limited Reference number: 958152 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.
- Alfred Dunham & Son Ltd (FRN 981442) is an AR of Ecclesiastical Planning Services Limited (FRN 958152). When you use Alfred Dunham & Son's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Alfred Dunham & Son, 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
56 Snape Hill Lane, Dronfield, Derbyshire, S18 2GL, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01246 413205 is
- Who else gives the postcode S18 2GL
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Ecclesiastical Planning Services 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 name
- ALFRED DUNHAM & SON LIMITED
- Company number
- 01246756 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 2 March 1976 (50 years old)
- Registered office
- 56 Snape Hill Lane, Dronfield, S18 2GL, England
- Nature of business
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- Agents involved in the sale of timber and building materials (SIC 46130)
- Funeral and related activities (SIC 96030)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Dunham | Director | Nov 1965 | 1 Nov 2012 | None |
| David Alfred Dunham | Director | Dec 1942 | Not published | None |
| John Dunham | Secretary | Not published | 28 Jun 2006 | – |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that these 2 directors run no other company
- All 3 people who have been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£2.78m
+1.4% from £2.75m
Cash at bank
£388k
−23% from £501k
Employees (average)
15
Same as 15
Owed within a year
£414k
−12% from £471k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2026
- 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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 01246756. 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
Alfred Dunham & Son’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
31 March 2026
- John Dunham became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2022
22 August 2022
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- David Alfred Dunham became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
2012
1 November 2012
- John Dunham appointed as a director
Companies House
1994
8 November 1994
- John Dunham resigned as a director
Companies House
1976
2 March 1976
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
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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
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