Introducer appointed representative
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- Appointed for 30 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 1999
- Accounts filed up to 31 October 2024
Responsible principal firm
St. James's Place Wealth Management Plc Reference number: 195351 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.
- Crompton Bailey Financial Services Ltd (FRN 180518) introduces customers to St. James's Place Wealth Management Plc (FRN 195351). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Crompton Bailey Financial Services.
- Example: if Crompton Bailey Financial Services refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Crompton Bailey Financial Services 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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
Cosworth House, 44 Stamford Street East, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, OL6 6QH, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 0161 339 4320 is
- Who else gives the postcode OL6 6QH
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Geoffrey Crompton Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Scribes Financial Services (K417) Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through St. James's Place Wealth Management PLC, 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 name
- CROMPTON BAILEY FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED
- Company number
- 03763127 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 30 April 1999 (27 years old)
- Registered office
- Matches the FCA register address ✓
- Nature of business
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- Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding (SIC 66290)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoffrey Crompton | Director | Jan 1945 | 19 Oct 2000 | 1 other company |
Other companies run by its director
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 company
- 1
- still active
- 1
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 1 company, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- All 3 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£14.0k
+40% from £9,970
Employees (average)
1
Same as 1
Owed within a year
£15.5k
+12% from £13.9k
Assets and liabilities
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 03763127. 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
Crompton Bailey Financial Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
6 April 2016
- Geoffrey Crompton became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
2003
29 January 2003
- Changed its registered name from "Geoffrey Crompton"
FCA register
2001
17 December 2001
- Changed its registered name from "Crompton Bailey Financial Services Ltd"
FCA register
13 December 2001
- Changed its registered name from "Scribes Financial Services (K417)"
FCA register
1999
30 April 1999
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
1996
15 July 1996
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
In the full report: all 9 events
- All 9 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
Firms connected to Crompton Bailey Financial Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Crompton Bailey Financial Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 3
- share a director
- 1
- share its postcode
- 3
In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (1), the same postcode (3)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Crompton Bailey Financial Services
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
In Ashton-under-Lyne
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- 1 other company its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 9 events in its history
- 3 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