County Durham Funeral Directors Ltd.

Reference number: 982261

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Introducer appointed representative

This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.

Responsible principal firm

GOLDEN LEAVES LIMITED Reference number: 960923 Authorised View firm →
What does this mean?
  • An introducer appointed representative can only pass your details to its principal firm. It cannot recommend products, give financial advice, or arrange deals on its own.
  • County Durham Funeral Directors Ltd. (FRN 982261) introduces customers to GOLDEN LEAVES LIMITED (FRN 960923). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not County Durham Funeral Directors.
  • Example: if County Durham Funeral Directors refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from County Durham Funeral Directors itself.
  • 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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In the full report: 3 background checks

  • When countydurhamfuneraldirectors.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 0191 371 0170 is
  • Who else gives the postcode DH7 6QU
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FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Protection through the principal firm
    Protection works through Golden Leaves 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, free
    You 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
11978766
Company status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
3 May 2019 (7 years old)
Registered office
Scourie House Sacriston Lane, Witton Gilbert, Durham, DH7 6QU, England
Nature of business
  • Funeral and related activities (SIC 96030)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
Louise Meighan Director Jan 1976 3 May 2019 None

In the full report: every company its directors have run

  • Confirmation that its director runs no other company
  • Both people who have been directors, with their dates
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Filed accounts and finances

Year to 31 October 2025Micro-entity accountsNot audited

Total equity

−£4,237

Up £6,054 from −£10.3k

Employees (average)

1

−50% from 2

Owed within a year

£13.5k

−34% from £20.3k

Total equity is negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £4,237 more than it owned.

Assets and liabilities

In the full report: all 5 years of accounts

  • Every year from 2020 to 2025
  • The chart, over every year
  • Every filed figure, year by year
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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 11978766. 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

County Durham Funeral Directors’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

Key events (6) All events (10)

2026

13 January 2026

  • Changed its registered name from "COUNTY DURHAM FUNERAL DIRECTORS LTD"

FCA register

2023

29 October 2023

  • Stephanie Dawn Lyons stopped being a part-owner

Companies House

2022

1 September 2022

  • Became an introducer appointed representative

FCA register

2019

3 May 2019

  • Incorporated at Companies House
  • Louise Meighan took control (75–100% of shares)
  • Stephanie Dawn Lyons became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)

Companies House

In the full report: all 10 events

  • All 10 events in its history (6 shown here)
  • Every director appointment and resignation: 3
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  • 5 years of accounts, charted
  • All 10 events in its history

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is County Durham Funeral Directors Ltd. FCA authorised?
County Durham Funeral Directors Ltd. (FRN 982261) is not directly authorised. It is an appointed representative acting under the responsibility of a directly authorised principal firm.
What does introducer appointed representative mean for County Durham Funeral Directors?
An introducer appointed representative can only pass your details to its principal firm. It cannot recommend products, give financial advice, or arrange deals on its own. County Durham Funeral Directors Ltd. (FRN 982261) introduces customers to GOLDEN LEAVES LIMITED (FRN 960923). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not County Durham Funeral Directors. Example: if County Durham Funeral Directors refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from County Durham Funeral Directors itself. 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.
What is County Durham Funeral Directors’ phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 0191 371 0170 and the website countydurhamfuneraldirectors.co.uk for County Durham Funeral Directors. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.
Is County Durham Funeral Directors a scam or clone?
County Durham Funeral Directors is a genuine FCA-listed firm, and the FCA has published no warnings about fake versions of it. Scammers do copy real firms, though, so check that any contact details you were given match the ones on the register.
Is my money safe with County Durham Funeral Directors?
Protection works through Golden Leaves Limited, the principal firm responsible for County Durham Funeral Directors's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
Who owns County Durham Funeral Directors?
Companies House lists one person with significant control of County Durham Funeral Directors: Mrs Louise Meighan (75–100% of shares). Before that, it was controlled by Miss Stephanie Dawn Lyons.
Who runs County Durham Funeral Directors?
Companies House lists one director of County Durham Funeral Directors: Louise Meighan.
How long has County Durham Funeral Directors been in business?
The company was formed on 3 May 2019.
What do County Durham Funeral Directors’ latest accounts show?
Its latest accounts, to 31 October 2025, show total equity of −£4,237 (up £6,054 from −£10.3k).

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