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.
Responsible principal firm
Openwork Limited Reference number: 408285 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.
- Berechurch Financial Solutions Limited (FRN 988234) is an AR of Openwork Limited (FRN 408285). When you use Berechurch Financial Solutions's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Berechurch Financial Solutions, 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
Berechurch Financial Solutions, 3a Kingsford Business Centre, Layer Road, Colchester, Essex, CO2 0HT, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07856 282637 is
- Who else gives the postcode CO2 0HT
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Steven Beeton Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Openwork 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, 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
- 16773844 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 9 October 2025 (1 year old)
- Registered office
- Devines Bellefield House, 104 New London Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 0RG, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Richard Beeton | Director | Mar 1983 | 9 Oct 2025 | None |
| Carolyn Victoria Beeton | Secretary | Not published | 9 Oct 2025 | – |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that its director runs no other company
Key dates in its history
Berechurch Financial Solutions’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
7 November 2025
- Changed its registered name from "Steven Beeton"
FCA register
9 October 2025
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Steven Richard Beeton took control (75–100% of shares)
- Steven Richard Beeton appointed as a director
Companies House
2022
5 December 2022
- Became an appointed representative
- Began trading as "Berechurch Financial Solutions"
FCA register
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
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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