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 8 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2017
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
Responsible principal firm
New Leaf Distribution Limited Reference number: 460421 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.
- Chris French Ltd (FRN 805633) is an AR of New Leaf Distribution Limited (FRN 460421). When you use Chris French's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Chris French, 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
Also given by a firm that is no longer authorised. Check you are dealing with the firm on this page.
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Address
Christian House, 139 High Street, Herne Bay, CT6 5NG, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01702 431130 is, and the 152 other firms that give it
- Who else gives the postcode CT6 5NG
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through New Leaf Distribution 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
- 11106904 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 12 December 2017 (8 years old)
- Registered office
- Christian House, 139 High Street, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 5NG, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher William French | Director | Jul 1952 | 12 Dec 2017 | None |
| Elizabeth French | Director | Mar 1953 | 12 Dec 2017 | None |
| Dominic Christopher French | Director | Oct 1988 | 6 Aug 2021 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that these 3 directors run no other company
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£23.0k
+102% from £11.4k
Cash at bank
£22.8k
+29% from £17.7k
Employees (average)
5
Same as 5
Owed within a year
£5,678
−19% from £7,048
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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 11106904. 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
Chris French’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
31 May 2026
- Dominic Christopher French became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2018
3 April 2018
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2017
12 December 2017
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Christopher William French became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 7 events
- All 7 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
Firms connected to Chris French
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Chris French. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 12
- share its phone number
- 12
In the full report: all 12 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same phone number (12)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Chris French
Other firms of the same type (pension transfer adviser), nearest first.
In the Canterbury (CT) postcode area
Elsewhere in the UK
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- Every company its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 7 events in its history
- 12 connected firms, 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