Appointed representative
This firm does not hold FCA authorisation of its own, and acts under a principal firm, which is legally responsible for its regulated business.
- Appointed for 28 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 1998
- Accounts filed up to 31 October 2025
Responsible principal firm
David Booler & Company Reference number: 146287 View firm →What does this mean?
- An appointed representative (AR) can carry out regulated financial services, but is not directly authorised by the FCA. A principal firm holds the authorisation and is legally responsible for the AR's conduct.
- B W Financial Services Limited (FRN 189042) is an AR of David Booler & Company (FRN 146287). When you use B W Financial Services's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from B W Financial Services, complaints and compensation usually follow the same rules as dealing with the principal, but this depends on the product and your circumstances.
- 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.
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
The Mills, Canal Street, Derby, Derbyshire, DE1 2RJ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01332 365855 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode DE1 2RJ
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Bates Weston Financial Services Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through David Booler & Company, 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, 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
- 03616474 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 17 August 1998 (28 years old)
- Registered office
- Matches the FCA register address ✓
- Nature of business
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- Security and commodity contracts dealing activities (SIC 66120)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher James Ball | Director | Mar 1987 | 20 Oct 2016 | 12 other companies |
| Wayne Douglas Thomas | Director | Nov 1970 | 6 Apr 2018 | 10 other companies |
| Anthony Thomas Potter | Director | Nov 1968 | 1 Apr 2022 | 3 other companies |
| John Paul Allen | Director | Dec 1982 | 20 May 2022 | 1 other company |
Other companies run by these 4 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
- 23
- closed down
- 6
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 23 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 4 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The one that went into liquidation or administration
- The 6 on the FCA register
- The 3 companies these 4 directors run together
- All 12 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
£49.3k
+24% from £39.7k
Cash at bank
£122k
+8% from £113k
Employees (average)
4
Same as 4
Owed within a year
£199k
+31% from £152k
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 03616474. 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 W Financial Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2018
1 November 2018
- Changed its registered name from "BW Financial Services Limited"
FCA register
2016
20 October 2016
- Christopher James Ball gained 25–50% of the votes
- Christopher James Ball no longer holds 25–50% of the votes
- David John Ball stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
6 April 2016
- Bates Weston Audit Limited became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- David John Ball became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Glyn Anthony Evans became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Glyn Anthony Evans stopped being a part-owner
- Ian Keith Neal became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Ian Keith Neal stopped being a part-owner
- Wayne Douglas Thomas became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Wayne Douglas Thomas stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
1998
12 October 1998
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
17 August 1998
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 33 events
- All 33 events in its history (14 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 18
Firms connected to B W Financial Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with B W Financial Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 11
- share a director
- 6
- share its phone number
- 1
In the full report: all 11 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (6), the same phone number (1), the same postcode (5)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like B W Financial Services
Other firms of the same type (investment or fund manager), nearest first.
In the Derby (DE) postcode area
Elsewhere in the UK
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- 23 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 33 events in its history
- 11 connected firms, 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
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk