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 6 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2020
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2025
Responsible principal firm
Corbel Partners Limited Reference number: 429142 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.
- Bridgewood Independent Financial Advice Ltd (FRN 923322) is an AR of Corbel Partners Limited (FRN 429142). When you use Bridgewood Independent Financial Advice's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Bridgewood Independent Financial Advice, 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
173A High Street, Blackwood, NP12 1AA, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07970 853666 is
- Who else gives the postcode NP12 1AA
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Corbel Partners 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
- 12415917 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 21 January 2020 (6 years old)
- Registered office
- 173a High Street, Blackwood, NP12 1AA, Wales
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Leigh Howls | Director | May 1981 | 21 Jan 2020 | 1 other company |
| Thomas James Spear | Director | Nov 1979 | 21 Jan 2020 | 1 other company |
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
- still active
- 2
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
Filed accounts and finances
Cash at bank
£31
Down £40 from £71
Employees (average)
0
−100% from 2
In the full report: all 4 years of accounts
- Every year from 2022 to 2025
- 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 12415917. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Bridgewood Independent Financial Advice’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2020
26 March 2020
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
21 January 2020
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Daniel Leigh Howls became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Thomas James Spear became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Daniel Leigh Howls appointed as a director
- Thomas James Spear appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
Firms connected to Bridgewood Independent Financial Advice
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Bridgewood Independent Financial Advice. 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 Bridgewood Independent Financial Advice
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
In Blackwood
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- 2 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 4 years of accounts, charted
- All 6 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