Begbies Chettle Agar Limited
Reference number: 540004
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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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Phone number
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Address
Unit 14, Park Barn, Evegate Business Park, Smeeth, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6SX, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When begbiesaccountants.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01580 713055 is
- Who else gives the postcode TN25 6SX
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Begbies Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Begbies Playfoot Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Hold or safeguard your money · 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.
- 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.
- 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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- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Advising on P2P agreements
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Arranging safeguarding and administration of assets
- Dealing in investments as agent
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
- Safeguarding and administration of assets (without arranging)
Limits on what they may do
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No actions to stabilise market price
The firm must not act in any way to stabilise the market price of any investment.
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DERIVATIVES using permitted third party only
The firm must not engage in a PERMITTED ACTIVITY in respect of DERIVATIVES except through a PERMITTED THIRD PARTY and, in the case of advice, the PERMITTED THIRD PARTY is an INDEPENDENT INTERMEDIARY
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Only rights to/interests in permitted investments
The firm may carry on a REGULATED ACTIVITY in relation to rights to or interests in investments only where those investments are themselves of a type permitted for that REGULATED ACTIVITY
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No CORPORATE FIN. BUSINESS unless non-mainstream
The firm must not carry on any CORPORATE FINANCE BUSINESS that is a REGULATED ACTIVITY unless it is a NON-MAINSTREAM REGULATED ACTIVITY.
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May hold/control client money if rebated commission
The general requirement not to hold or control CLIENT MONEY does not apply if the CLIENT MONEY arises from an agreement under which commission is rebated to the client.
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Regulated activities incidental only.
The firm must not carry on the specified REGULATED ACTIVITIES otherwise than in an incidental manner in the course of the provision by it of professional services (that is, services which do not consist of REGULATED ACTIVITIES)
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
- 04472680 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 28 June 2002 (24 years old)
- Registered office
- 14 Bonhill Street, London, EC2A 4DJ, England
- Nature of business
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- Accounting and auditing activities (SIC 69201)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Robert George Maples | Director | Mar 1955 | 28 Jun 2002 | 2 other companies |
| Colin Peter Wain | Director | Feb 1965 | 1 Apr 2006 | 3 other companies |
| Jeremy Nigel Staines | Director | May 1960 | 1 Apr 2006 | 10 other companies |
| Daniel Martin Valentine | Director | Oct 1964 | 22 Dec 2010 | 2 other companies |
| Michael Firman | Director | May 1947 | 1 May 2015 | 11 other companies |
| Christopher John Pexton | Director | Oct 1955 | 7 Apr 2017 | 5 other companies |
| Katherine Louise Dee | Director | May 1976 | 24 Aug 2017 | 2 other companies |
| Christopher Durai-Bates | Director | Sep 1981 | 24 Aug 2017 | 2 other companies |
| Andrew James Brooker | Director | Jul 1985 | 20 Nov 2023 | 2 other companies |
Other companies run by these 9 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
- 35
- closed down
- 16
- run together
- 2
In the full report: all 35 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 9 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 2 companies these 9 directors run together
- All 18 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Profit before tax
£1.72m
−6.9% from £1.85m
Net assets
£694k
−32% from £1.02m
Cash at bank
£795k
−1.1% from £804k
Employees (average)
24
+4.3% from 23
The accounts for the year to 31 March 2025 do not tag turnover in a form that can be read automatically, so it is not shown. The last tagged figure is £3.29m, for the year to 31 March 2022.
Profit before tax
In the full report: all 4 years of accounts
- Every year from 2022 to 2025
- 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 04472680. 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
Begbies Chettle Agar’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2017
24 August 2017
- Lucy Mary Agnes Scott Maples stopped being a part-owner
- Peasemoldia Limited became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Robert George Maples stopped being the majority owner
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Lucy Mary Agnes Scott Maples became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Robert George Maples became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2011
17 June 2011
- FCA imposed a requirement (DERIVATIVES using permitted third party only)
- FCA imposed a requirement (May hold/control client money if rebated commission)
- FCA imposed a requirement (No actions to stabilise market price)
- FCA imposed a requirement (No CORPORATE FIN. BUSINESS unless non-mainstream)
- FCA imposed a requirement (Only rights to/interests in permitted investments)
- FCA imposed a requirement (Regulated activities incidental only.)
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
23 May 2011
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
FCA register
2002
28 June 2002
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 47 events
- All 47 events in its history (15 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 27
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- All 47 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
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