Brian Smith Funeral Services Ltd
Reference number: 1029905
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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 1 year
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2002
- Accounts filed up to 31 October 2025
Responsible principal firm
Crystal Cremations Ltd Reference number: 961835 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.
- BRIAN SMITH FUNERAL SERVICES LTD (FRN 1029905) is an AR of Crystal Cremations Ltd (FRN 961835). When you use BRIAN SMITH FUNERAL SERVICES's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from BRIAN SMITH FUNERAL SERVICES, 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
Brian Smith Funeral Services Ltd, 317 North Deeside Road, Peterculter, Aberdeen City, AB14 0UL, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When briansmithfuneralservices.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01330 825400 is
- Who else gives the postcode AB14 0UL
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Crystal Cremations 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
- SC235696 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 21 August 2002 (24 years old)
- Registered office
- 317 North Deeside Road, Peterculter, Aberdeen, AB14 0UL
- Nature of business
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- Funeral and related activities (SIC 96030)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Gordon Smith | Director | Nov 1967 | 21 Aug 2002 | 2 other companies |
| Angela Caroline Smith | Director | Aug 1968 | 21 Aug 2002 | None |
| Sam Andrew Smith | Director | Feb 1995 | 9 Apr 2018 | None |
| Shauni Karen Duncan | Director | Nov 1990 | 9 Apr 2018 | None |
| Angela Caroline Smith | Secretary | Not published | 21 Aug 2002 | None |
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
- 2
- still active
- 2
In the full report: all 2 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
- All 6 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£1.64m
<1% from £1.63m
Cash at bank
£144k
Up £133k from £10.6k
Owed within a year
£159k
+44% from £110k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company SC235696. 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
Brian Smith Funeral Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
4 April 2025
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2024
30 April 2024
- Angela Caroline Smith stopped being a part-owner
- Brian Gordon Smith stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2018
9 April 2018
- Sam Andrew Smith became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Angela Caroline Smith became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Brian Gordon Smith became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2002
21 August 2002
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 11 events
- All 11 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 4
Firms connected to Brian Smith Funeral Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Brian Smith Funeral Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Brian Smith Funeral Services
Other firms of the same type (funeral director), nearest first.
In the Aberdeen (AB) postcode area
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- 2 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 11 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