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
31 Bolton Street, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 3AA, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01257 262602 is
- Who else gives the postcode PR7 3AA
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- BJ Watson Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Seasons Personal Funeral Plans Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Funeral plans FSCS may applyFuneral plans are FSCS protected. If the provider fails, the FSCS can arrange for your plan to be honoured or pay compensation.
- 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 number
- 00283192 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 1 January 1934 (92 years old)
- Registered office
- Royal Oak Building, Albion Mews 31 Bolton Street, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 3AA
- Nature of business
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- Funeral and related activities (SIC 96030)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher John Edge Livesey | Director | May 1961 | 8 Sep 1994 | 5 other companies |
| Michael Anthony Livesey | Director | Jun 1963 | 8 Sep 1994 | 7 other companies |
| Michael Anthony Livesey | Secretary | Not published | 12 Jun 1999 | 7 other companies |
Other companies run by these 2 directors
A firm is run by people, and their other companies are their track record: what they built, what closed, and anything that failed. It is the check most people never think to make.
- other companies
- 7
- closed down
- 1
- run together
- 5
In the full report: all 7 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 5 companies these 2 directors run together
- All 4 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
£2.15m
+2% from £2.11m
Cash at bank
£1.07m
+22% from £877k
Owed within a year
£949k
+23% from £775k
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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 00283192. 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
B. Livesey’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
5 July 2024
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
4 July 2024
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Christopher John Edge Livesey gained significant control
- Michael Anthony Livesey gained significant control
Companies House
1934
1 January 1934
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 12 events
- All 12 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 4
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- 7 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 12 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