Birkett Financial Planning Limited
Reference number: 845870
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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 7 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2022
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
Responsible principal firm
St. James's Place Wealth Management Plc Reference number: 195351 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.
- Birkett Financial Planning Limited (FRN 845870) is an AR of St. James's Place Wealth Management Plc (FRN 195351). When you use Birkett Financial Planning's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Birkett Financial Planning, 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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Phone number
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Address
1 Skull House Mews, Appley Bridge, Wigan, Lancashire, WN6 9DN, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When birkettfinancialplanning.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01257 254484 is
- Who else gives the postcode WN6 9DN
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Matthew Birkett Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Matthew James + Co Financial Planning Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through St. James's Place Wealth Management PLC, 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
- 13863746 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 21 January 2022 (4 years old)
- Registered office
- 1 Skull House Mews, Appley Bridge, Wigan, WN6 9DN, England
- Nature of business
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- Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 66190)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clare Lesley Birkett | Director | Jul 1982 | 21 Jan 2022 | 1 other company |
| Matthew James Birkett | Director | Jul 1981 | 21 Jan 2022 | 2 other companies |
Other companies run by these 2 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
- 2
- closed down
- 1
- run together
- 1
In the full report: all 2 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 1 company these 2 directors run together
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£203k
+12% from £181k
Cash at bank
£11.1k
+195% from £3,777
Employees (average)
2
Same as 2
Owed within a year
£7,850
+19% from £6,586
Net assets
In the full report: all 4 years of accounts
- Every year from 2023 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 13863746. 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
Birkett Financial Planning’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
30 March 2022
- Changed its registered name from "Matthew Birkett"
FCA register
21 January 2022
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Clare Lesley Birkett became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Matthew James Birkett became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2019
15 July 2019
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
In the full report: all 11 events
- All 11 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 2
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- 2 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 4 years of accounts, charted
- All 11 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
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk