Bevis Marks Private Finance ltd
Reference number: 942370
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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 5 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2020
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2025
- On its latest accounts it owed £364k more than it owned
Responsible principal firm
Acorn to Oaks Financial Services Ltd Reference number: 486131 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.
- Bevis Marks Private Finance ltd (FRN 942370) is an AR of Acorn to Oaks Financial Services Ltd (FRN 486131). When you use Bevis Marks Private Finance's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Bevis Marks Private Finance, 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
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Phone number
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Address
12-18 Theobalds Road, Grays Inn Suite, London, Greater London, WC1X 8SL, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When bevismarks.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 07909 520915 is
- Who else gives the postcode WC1X 8SL
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Bevis Marks Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Acorn to Oaks Financial Services Ltd, 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
- 12958229 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 16 October 2020 (6 years old)
- Registered office
- 12-18 Theobalds Road, Grays Inn Suite, London, WC1X 8SL, England
- Nature of business
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- Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 82990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| James Gower Lockyer | Director | Feb 1976 | 16 Oct 2020 | 1 other company |
| Mark Howe Bradley | Director | Jan 1980 | 7 Apr 2021 | 1 other company |
| Christopher Burge | Director | Jul 1963 | 7 Apr 2021 | 1 other company |
| Claire Oakley | Director | Aug 1967 | 1 Oct 2021 | 13 other companies |
| James Lockyer | Secretary | Not published | 16 Oct 2020 | – |
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
- 14
- closed down
- 6
- are FCA-registered
- 2
In the full report: all 14 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 4 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 2 on the FCA register
- The 1 company these 4 directors run together
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
−£364k
Down £280k from −£84.1k
Cash at bank
£124k
No earlier figure to compare
Employees (average)
5
Same as 5
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £364k more than it owned.
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 4 years of accounts
- Every year from 2022 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 12958229. 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
Bevis Marks Private Finance’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2021
6 January 2021
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2020
16 October 2020
- Incorporated at Companies House
- James Gower Lockyer took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 8 events
- All 8 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 4
Firms connected to Bevis Marks Private Finance
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Bevis Marks Private Finance. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share a director
- 1
- past link
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: shared directors (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like Bevis Marks Private Finance
Other firms of the same type (pension transfer adviser), nearest first.
In London
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- 14 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 4 years of accounts, charted
- All 8 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, 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