DS Wealth Management Ltd

Reference number: 461999

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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 19 years
Protected through the principal
No FCA actions
Active company since 2017
Accounts filed up to 31 May 2025

Responsible principal firm

St. James's Place Wealth Management Plc Reference number: 195351 Authorised 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.
DS Wealth Management Ltd (FRN 461999) is an AR of St. James's Place Wealth Management Plc (FRN 195351). When you use DS Wealth Management's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
Example: if you take financial advice from DS Wealth Management, 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.

No website on the FCA register
Phone number

07979 601208
Address

Malting Farm, Wrights Green Lane, Little Hallingbury, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7RE, United Kingdom

In the full report: 2 background checks

What kind of line 07979 601208 is
Who else gives the postcode CM22 7RE

Other names (1)

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

Adrian Dixson-Smith Former name: A name it was registered under before.

FCA permissions and consumer protection

Protection through the principal firm
Protection 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, 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: 10747315 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
Company status: Active
Company type: Private limited company
Incorporated: 2 May 2017 (9 years old)
Registered office: C/O Nicholas Hall,, 7, Johnston Road, Woodford Green, Essex, IG8 0XA, England
Nature of business: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)

Directors and company secretaries

Name	Role	Born	Appointed	Other companies
Adrian Dixson-Smith	Director	Aug 1972	2 May 2017	None

In the full report: every company its directors have run

Confirmation that its director runs no other company

Filed accounts and finances

Year to 31 May 2025Full accountsNot audited

Net assets

£225k

−8.6% from £246k

Cash at bank

£46.8k

+180% from £16.7k

Employees (average)

Same as 5

Owed within a year

£67.5k

−36% from £105k

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.

Accounts filed at Companies House for company 10747315. 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

DS Wealth Management’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

2025

18 July 2025

Emma-Jane Dixson-Smith became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)

Companies House

2017

21 June 2017

Changed its registered name from "Adrian Dixson-Smith"

FCA register

2 May 2017

Incorporated at Companies House
Adrian Dixson-Smith became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Adrian Dixson-smith appointed as a director

Companies House

2007

2 January 2007

Became an appointed representative

FCA register

Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.

Firms like DS Wealth Management

Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.

In Bishop's Stortford

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7 years of accounts, charted
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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is DS Wealth Management Ltd FCA authorised?

DS Wealth Management Ltd (FRN 461999) is not directly authorised. It is an appointed representative acting under the responsibility of a directly authorised principal firm.

What does appointed representative mean for DS Wealth Management?

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. DS Wealth Management Ltd (FRN 461999) is an AR of St. James's Place Wealth Management Plc (FRN 195351). When you use DS Wealth Management's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm. Example: if you take financial advice from DS Wealth Management, 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.

What is DS Wealth Management’s phone number?

The FCA register lists the phone number 07979 601208 for DS Wealth Management. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.

Is DS Wealth Management a scam or clone?

DS Wealth Management 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 DS Wealth Management?

Protection works through St. James's Place Wealth Management PLC, the principal firm responsible for DS Wealth Management's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.

Who owns DS Wealth Management?

Companies House lists 2 people with significant control of DS Wealth Management: Mr Adrian Dixson-Smith (50–75% of shares) and Mrs Emma-Jane Dixson-Smith (25–50% of shares).

Who runs DS Wealth Management?

Companies House lists one director of DS Wealth Management: Adrian Dixson-Smith.

How long has DS Wealth Management been in business?

The company was formed on 2 May 2017.

What do DS Wealth Management’s latest accounts show?

Its latest accounts, to 31 May 2025, show net assets of £225k (−8.6% from £246k) and cash at bank of £46.8k (+180% from £16.7k).

Does DS Wealth Management use any other names?

It has previously used the name Adrian Dixson-Smith.

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