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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Website
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Phone number
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Address
Royce Cohen & Co Accountants, 193A Ashley Road, Hale, Altrincham, Trafford, WA15 9SQ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When bdcsf.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 07985 408622 is
- Who else gives the postcode WA15 9SQ
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.
Show FCA detail (14 permissions)
- Acting as a CBTL advisor
- Acting as a CBTL Advisor
- Acting as a CBTL arranger
- Acting as a CBTL Arranger
- Advising on a home reversion plan
- Advising on investments (except 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
- 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
- 14331424 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 1 September 2022 (4 years old)
- Registered office
- 193a Ashley Road, Hale, Altrincham, WA15 9SQ, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
- Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 66190)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Brett Dean Cocking | Director | Aug 1973 | 1 Sep 2022 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that its director runs no other company
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£14.1k
+76% from £8,016
Cash at bank
£41.5k
+31% from £31.7k
Employees (average)
3
+50% from 2
Owed within a year
£25.8k
+17% from £22.1k
Assets and liabilities
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 14331424. 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
BDC Specialist Finance’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
19 November 2024
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
- FCA recorded a standard requirement (Financial Promotions for own firm, ARs and other members of the group)
FCA register
1 October 2024
- Fredrica Cocking stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2022
1 September 2022
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Brett Dean Cocking became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Fredrica Cocking became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Brett Dean Cocking appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
Firms connected to BDC Specialist Finance
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with BDC Specialist Finance. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 5
- share its postcode
- 5
In the full report: all 5 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (5)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like BDC Specialist Finance
Other firms of the same type (mortgage adviser or broker), nearest first.
In Altrincham
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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