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
The Woodlands, Anslow Lane, Rolleston-on-Dove, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE13 9DS, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01283 812219 is
- Who else gives the postcode DE13 9DS
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 · Arrange equity release FSCS may applyMortgage advice and arranging may be FSCS-covered, up to the limit that applies.
- Lend or arrange credit No FSCS coverConsumer credit is not covered by the FSCS, so there is no compensation scheme if the firm fails.
- 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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- Acting as a CBTL advisor
- Acting as a CBTL arranger
- Advising on a home reversion plan
- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Advising on P2P agreements
- Advising on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs
- Advising on regulated mortgage contracts
- Arranging (bringing about) a home reversion plan
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Arranging (bringing about) regulated mortgage contracts
- Credit Broking
- Debt-counselling
- Entering into regulated credit agreement as Lender (Excluding high-cost short-term credit, bill of sale agreement, and home collected credit agreement)
- Exercising/having right to exercise lender's rights and duties under a regulated credit agreement (excluding high-cost short-term credit, bill of sale agreement, and home collected credit agreement)
- Making arrangements with a view to a home reversion plan
- Making arrangements with a view to regulated mortgage contracts
- 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
- OC308515 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Limited liability partnership
- Incorporated
- 5 July 2004 (22 years old)
- Registered office
- Matches the FCA register address ✓
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Scott Ward | LLP designated member | May 1968 | 5 Jul 2004 | None |
| James Johnathon Geoffrey Lovatt | LLP designated member | Apr 1989 | 1 Apr 2020 | 1 other company |
| Ryan Alexander Charles Lovatt | LLP designated member | Sep 1993 | 1 Apr 2020 | None |
| John Frederick Hodgkins | LLP designated member | Jun 1984 | 1 Apr 2020 | None |
| James Daniel Lefevre | LLP designated member | May 1994 | 1 Aug 2025 | None |
Other companies run by these 5 directors
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- other company
- 1
- still active
- 1
In the full report: all 1 company, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 5 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 9 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£70.2k
<1% from £70.9k
Cash at bank
£71.8k
<1% from £71.3k
Employees (average)
0
Same as 0
The accounts for the year to 5 April 2026 do not tag turnover in a form that can be read automatically, so it is not shown. The last tagged figure is £917k, for the year to 5 April 2024.
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2026
- Both charts, 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 OC308515. 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
Astute Financial Solutions’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
12 September 2025
- James Johnathon Lovatt gained significant control
- John Frederick Hodgkins gained significant control
- Ryan Alexander Charles Lovatt gained significant control
Companies House
1 August 2025
- James Daniel Lefevre gained significant control
Companies House
2020
1 April 2020
- John Edward Pycroft stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- John Edward Pycroft became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Mark John Lovatt became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Philip Scott Ward gained significant control
Companies House
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2012
9 October 2012
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
8 October 2012
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
FCA register
2004
5 July 2004
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 30 events
- All 30 events in its history (12 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 13
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In Burton-on-Trent
In the Derby (DE) postcode area
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- 7 years of accounts, charted
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
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