Ayton Funeral Service

Reference number: 981439

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Introducer appointed representative

Ayton Funeral Service can only introduce you to their principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.

Responsible principal firm

Open Prepaid Funerals Limited Reference number: 962403 Authorised View firm →
What does this mean?
  • An introducer appointed representative can only pass your details to its principal firm. It cannot recommend products, give financial advice, or arrange deals on its own.
  • Ayton Funeral Service (FRN 981439) introduces customers to Open Prepaid Funerals Limited (FRN 962403). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Ayton Funeral Service.
  • Example: if Ayton Funeral Service refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Ayton Funeral Service itself.
  • 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 aytonandransonfunerals.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 0191 477 2398 is
  • Who else gives the postcode NE8 4JR
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Other names (1)

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

  • Ayton & Ranson Funerals Trading name

FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Protection through the principal firm
    Protection works through Open Prepaid Funerals 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.

Key dates in its history

Ayton Funeral Service’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

2025

24 June 2025

  • Began trading as "Ayton & Ranson Funerals"

FCA register

2022

22 August 2022

  • Became an introducer appointed representative

FCA register

Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Ayton Funeral Service FCA authorised?
Ayton Funeral Service (FRN 981439) is not directly authorised. It is an appointed representative acting under the responsibility of a directly authorised principal firm.
What does introducer appointed representative mean for Ayton Funeral Service?
An introducer appointed representative can only pass your details to its principal firm. It cannot recommend products, give financial advice, or arrange deals on its own. Ayton Funeral Service (FRN 981439) introduces customers to Open Prepaid Funerals Limited (FRN 962403). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Ayton Funeral Service. Example: if Ayton Funeral Service refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Ayton Funeral Service itself. 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 Ayton Funeral Service’s phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 0191 477 2398 and the website aytonandransonfunerals.co.uk for Ayton Funeral Service. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.
Is Ayton Funeral Service a scam or clone?
Ayton Funeral Service 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 Ayton Funeral Service?
Protection works through Open Prepaid Funerals Limited, the principal firm responsible for Ayton Funeral Service's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
Does Ayton Funeral Service use any other names?
It trades as Ayton & Ranson Funerals.

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