Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Website, phone number and address
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
14 Westlake Crescent, Wivenhoe, Colchester, Essex, CO7 9RZ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01206 823953 is
- Who else gives the postcode CO7 9RZ
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Arcaria Direct Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Give regulated advice FSCS may applyA claim for unsuitable advice is itself FSCS-protected, up to the limit that applies to the product you were advised on.
- Manage or trade investments FSCS may applyEligible investment and pension claims are typically FSCS-protected up to £85,000 per person, depending on the product and your circumstances.
- Advise on or arrange mortgages FSCS may applyMortgage advice and arranging may be FSCS-covered, up to the limit that applies.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Advising on P2P agreements
- Advising on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- 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
- 08048391 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 27 April 2012 (14 years old)
- Registered office
- 820 The Crescent Severalls Business Park, Colchester, Essex, CO4 9YQ, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martyn John Woodland | Director | Jan 1953 | 27 Apr 2012 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that its director runs no other company
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
£36.8k
−2.3% from £37.7k
Employees (average)
1
Same as 1
Owed within a year
£8,412
+3.3% from £8,146
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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 08048391. 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
Arcaria Financial Solutions’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
28 April 2016
- Martyn John Woodland took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2014
2 January 2014
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2012
27 April 2012
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 9 events
- All 9 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 1
Firms like Arcaria Financial Solutions
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- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 9 events in its history
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- Check your FSCS cover fscs.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk