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 2 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2015
- Accounts filed up to 28 February 2026
Responsible principal firm
Best Practice IFA Group Limited Reference number: 223112 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.
- Bob Gibbs Financial Planning Limited (FRN 1007920) is an AR of Best Practice IFA Group Limited (FRN 223112). When you use Bob Gibbs Financial Planning's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Bob Gibbs 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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
15 Heston Walk, Oxley Park, Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes, MK4 4JP, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07742 019661 is
- Who else gives the postcode MK4 4JP
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Best Practice IFA Group 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
- 09432001 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 10 February 2015 (11 years old)
- Registered office
- 15 Heston Walk, Oxley Park, Milton Keynes, MK4 4JP, England
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
- Life insurance (SIC 65110)
- Activities of insurance agents and brokers (SIC 66220)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert James Gibbs | Director | Apr 1972 | 10 Feb 2015 | None |
| Samantha Gibbs | Director | Jan 1968 | 1 Feb 2017 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that these 2 directors run no other company
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£64.1k
+218% from £20.2k
Employees (average)
3
Same as 3
Owed within a year
£68.5k
+63% from £41.9k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2026
- 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 09432001. 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
Bob Gibbs Financial Planning’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
31 January 2024
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2017
1 February 2017
- Samantha Gibbs appointed as a director
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Robert James Gibbs became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Samantha Gibbs became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2015
10 February 2015
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Robert James Gibbs appointed as a director
Companies House
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