Applewood Independent Ltd
Reference number: 602237
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No longer authorised
This firm is still listed on the FCA register, but the record is closed. Cover on business done while it was authorised generally still applies, and it cannot take on new regulated business. Authorisation ended 7 October 2013.
Website, phone number and address
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Last known website
afhwm.co.uk/nantwich
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Last known phone number
01270 626555
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Last known address
Applewood Independent Ltd, Pepper House, Market Street, Nantwich, Cheshire East, CW5 5DQ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When afhwm.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01270 626555 is
- Who else gives the postcode CW5 5DQ
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- AFH Wealth Management Nantwich Trading name: A name it trades under now.
Past FCA permissions and consumer protection
- The record is closedCover you already have generally survives the cancellation: FSCS exists for firms that have failed, and the Financial Ombudsman Service can look at a complaint about a firm that has stopped trading, as long as the business was done while it was authorised. New business with this firm has no cover at all, because it is no longer permitted to carry it out.
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- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Advising on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Debt-counselling
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
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
- 03565805 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 18 May 1998 (28 years old)
- Registered office
- Afh House Buntsford Drive, Stoke Heath, Bromsgrove, B60 4JE, England
- Nature of business
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- Life insurance (SIC 65110)
- Non-life insurance (SIC 65120)
- Life reinsurance (SIC 65201)
- Pension funding (SIC 65300)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Pritchard | Director | May 1959 | 2 Feb 2001 | None |
| Alexander David Pritchard | Director | Mar 1986 | 4 Jan 2016 | None |
| Rebecca Wolstenholme | Director | Mar 1986 | 1 Jan 2022 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that these 3 directors run no other company
- All 11 people who have been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Profit before tax
£1.48m
Not compared: the previous accounts cover a different length of time
Net assets
£1.72m
+595% from £248k
Cash at bank
£1.50m
+178% from £540k
Owed within a year
£20.5k
−94% from £317k
The previous accounts cover 10 months, so turnover and profit are not compared with them.
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 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 03565805. 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
Applewood Independent’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
7 July 2026
- Afh Financial Group Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2024
31 August 2024
- Alexander David Pritchard stopped being a part-owner
- David Pritchard stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2023
9 November 2023
- Alexander David Pritchard became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Kay Pritchard stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2016
19 May 2016
- David Pritchard became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Kay Pritchard became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2013
7 October 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Stopped being authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2001
2 February 2001
- Board replaced: both directors left and a new director took over
Companies House
1998
18 May 1998
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 31 events
- All 31 events in its history (11 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 17
Firms connected to Applewood Independent
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Applewood Independent. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Applewood Independent
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
In Nantwich
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- Every company its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 31 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
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk