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 20 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2006
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2020
Responsible principal firm
ValidPath Limited Reference number: 197107 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.
- Deans Investment Advisors LLP (FRN 454031) is an AR of ValidPath Limited (FRN 197107). When you use Deans Investment Advisors's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Deans Investment Advisors, 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
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
27 North Bridge Street, Hawick, Scottish Borders, TD9 9BD, Scotland
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01450 377365 is
- Who else gives the postcode TD9 9BD
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through ValidPath 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
- SO300921 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Limited liability partnership
- Incorporated
- 26 May 2006 (20 years old)
- Registered office
- 27 North Bridge Street, Hawick, Borders, TD9 9BD
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Alasdair Campbell | LLP designated member | Dec 1964 | 26 May 2006 | 4 other companies |
| Neil John Garden | LLP designated member | Feb 1970 | 26 May 2006 | 15 other companies |
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
- 17
- closed down
- 6
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 17 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
- The one on the FCA register
- The 2 companies these 2 directors run together
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£64.1k
No earlier figure to compare
Employees (average)
2
No earlier figure to compare
Owed within a year
£289
No earlier figure to compare
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 SO300921. 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
Deans Investment Advisors’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
6 April 2016
- David Alasdair Campbell became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Neil John Garden became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2006
29 June 2006
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
26 May 2006
- Incorporated at Companies House
- David Alasdair Campbell appointed as a director
- Neil John Garden appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
Firms connected to Deans Investment Advisors
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Deans Investment Advisors. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share a director
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (1), the same postcode (1)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Deans Investment Advisors
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
In the Galashiels (TD) postcode area
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- 17 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 6 events in its history
- 2 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