Cullimore Dutton Solicitors Limited: FCA regulated?

Authorised by the FCA

This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.

Authorised for 10 years
Your funds are protected by FSCS
No FCA actions
Active company since 2014
Accounts filed up to 31 March 2025

Website, phone number and address

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No website on the FCA register
Phone number

01244 356789
Address

Cullimore Dutton Solicitors Ltd, 27 Newgate Street, Chester, Cheshire West and Chester, CH1 1DE, United Kingdom

In the full report: 2 background checks

What kind of line 01244 356789 is
Who else gives the postcode CH1 1DE

Other names (2)

If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.

Cullimore Dutton Solicitors Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
Cullimore Dutton Solicitors incorporating Yates & Co Independent Financial Advisers Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.

FCA permissions and consumer protection

Hold or safeguard your money · Manage or trade investments FSCS may apply
Eligible investment and pension claims are typically FSCS-protected up to £85,000 per person, depending on the product and your circumstances.
Give regulated advice FSCS may apply
A claim for unsuitable advice is itself FSCS-protected, up to the limit that applies to the product you were advised on.
Advise on or arrange mortgages FSCS may apply
Mortgage advice and arranging may be FSCS-covered, up to the limit that applies.
Complaints Ombudsman, free
You can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.

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Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
Arranging safeguarding and administration of assets
Causing dematerialised instructions to be sent
Dealing in investments as agent
Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
Managing investments
Safeguarding and administration of assets (without arranging)
Sending dematerialised instructions

Limits on what they may do

Derivatives as incidental services only.

The firm must not carry on a permitted activity concerning the sale of an option (including a commodity option), future (including commodity future) or contract for difference (including spread bet or rolling spot forex contract), except where the activity is incidental to services to a particular client.
Regulated activities incidental only.

The firm must not carry on the specified REGULATED ACTIVITIES otherwise than in an incidental manner in the course of the provision by it of professional services (that is, services which do not consist of REGULATED ACTIVITIES)
No actions to stabilise market price

The firm must not act in any way to stabilise the market price of any investment.
Not to act as Broker Fund Adviser

The firm must not operate as a BROKER FUND ADVISER
No CORPORATE FIN. BUSINESS unless non-mainstream

The firm must not carry on any CORPORATE FINANCE BUSINESS that is a REGULATED ACTIVITY unless it is a NON-MAINSTREAM REGULATED ACTIVITY.
The firm must not act as an ISA manager.

The firm must not act as an ISA manager.
Only rights to/interests in permitted investments

The firm may carry on a REGULATED ACTIVITY in relation to rights to or interests in investments only where those investments are themselves of a type permitted for that REGULATED ACTIVITY

FCA disciplinary action

Companies House record

The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.

Company number: 09323265 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
Company status: Active
Company type: Private limited company
Incorporated: 21 November 2014 (11 years old)
Registered office: 27 Newgate Street, Chester, CH1 1DE, England
Nature of business: Solicitors (SIC 69102)

Directors and company secretaries

Name	Role	Born	Appointed	Other companies
Andrew Craig Wright	Director	Jul 1977	22 Dec 2015	2 other companies
Adele Bebbington-Plant	Director	Dec 1976	4 Jun 2020	1 other company
Sarah Davies	Director	Dec 1983	18 Dec 2020	None
Stephen Paul Roberts	Director	Oct 1982	15 Mar 2021	1 other company

Other companies run by these 4 directors

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other companies: 4
closed down: 3
still active: 1

In the full report: all 4 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 10 people who have ever been directors, with their dates

Filed accounts and finances

Year to 31 March 2025Full accountsNot audited

Net assets

£722k

−37% from £1.14m

Cash at bank

£762k

−22% from £978k

Owed within a year

£706k

−4.9% from £742k

Assets and liabilities

In the full report: all 6 years of accounts

Every year from 2020 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 09323265. 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

Cullimore Dutton Solicitors’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

Key events (14) All events (34)

2026

22 June 2026

Changed its registered name from "Cullimore Dutton Solicitors Ltd"

FCA register

2020

17 September 2020

White Friars 2020 Limited gained significant control

Companies House

2016

1 April 2016

Regulated by the FCA from this date
Supervised by The Law Society from this date
FCA imposed a requirement (Deed Poll)
FCA imposed a requirement (Derivatives as incidental services only.)
FCA imposed a requirement (No actions to stabilise market price)
FCA imposed a requirement (No CORPORATE FIN. BUSINESS unless non-mainstream)
FCA imposed a requirement (Not to act as Broker Fund Adviser)
FCA imposed a requirement (Only rights to/interests in permitted investments)
FCA imposed a requirement (Regulated activities incidental only.)
FCA imposed a requirement (The firm must not act as an ISA manager.)
Became authorised by the FCA

FCA register

2014

21 November 2014

Incorporated at Companies House

Companies House

In the full report: all 34 events

All 34 events in its history (14 shown here)
Every director appointment and resignation: 16

Firms connected to Cullimore Dutton Solicitors

Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Cullimore Dutton Solicitors. 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

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4 other companies its directors have run, named
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6 years of accounts, charted
All 34 events in its history
1 connected firm, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Cullimore Dutton Solicitors Limited FCA authorised?

Yes, Cullimore Dutton Solicitors Limited (FRN 726090) is authorised by the FCA to carry out regulated activities. It has held its current authorisation since April 2016 and works as an investment or fund manager. The FCA has placed 7 limits on what it may do.

What is Cullimore Dutton Solicitors’ phone number?

The FCA register lists the phone number 01244 356789 for Cullimore Dutton Solicitors. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.

Is Cullimore Dutton Solicitors a scam or clone?

Cullimore Dutton Solicitors 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 Cullimore Dutton Solicitors?

It is permitted to hold and control client money, which it must keep separate from its own. It depends on the product, but eligible claims may be protected by the FSCS. You can also refer complaints about Cullimore Dutton Solicitors to the Financial Ombudsman Service, free of charge.

Who owns Cullimore Dutton Solicitors?

Companies House lists one person with significant control of Cullimore Dutton Solicitors: White Friars 2020 Limited (significant influence or control).

Who runs Cullimore Dutton Solicitors?

Companies House lists 4 directors of Cullimore Dutton Solicitors: Andrew Craig Wright, Adele Bebbington-Plant, Sarah Davies and Stephen Paul Roberts.

How long has Cullimore Dutton Solicitors been in business?

The company was formed on 21 November 2014, and has held its current FCA authorisation since April 2016.

What do Cullimore Dutton Solicitors’ latest accounts show?

Its latest accounts, to 31 March 2025, show net assets of £722k (−37% from £1.14m) and cash at bank of £762k (−22% from £978k).

Does Cullimore Dutton Solicitors use any other names?

It has previously used 2 other names: Cullimore Dutton Solicitors Ltd and Cullimore Dutton Solicitors incorporating Yates & Co Independent Financial Advisers.