Ecclesiastical Planning Services Limited
Reference number: 958152
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Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
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.
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Phone number
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Address
Benefact House, 2000 Pioneer Avenue, Gloucester Business Park, Brockworth, Gloucester, GL3 4AW, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When funeralplans.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0800 055 6503 is
- Who else gives the postcode GL3 4AW
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Perfect Choice Funeral Plans Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Funeral plans FSCS may applyFuneral plans are FSCS protected. If the provider fails, the FSCS can arrange for your plan to be honoured or pay compensation.
- 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
- 02644860 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 11 September 1991 (35 years old)
- Registered office
- Benefact House, 2000 Pioneer Avenue, Gloucester Business Park, Brockworth, Gloucester, GL3 4AW, United Kingdom
- 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 |
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| Christopher Alan Howard Clark | Director | Aug 1960 | 27 Jan 2016 | 1 other company |
| David Robert Moore | Director | Feb 1966 | 1 Sep 2018 | 38 other companies |
| Graham Steven Searle | Director | Nov 1961 | 1 Sep 2021 | 1 other company |
| Rachael Jane Hall | Secretary | Not published | 27 Jan 2016 | – |
Other companies run by these 3 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
- 40
- closed down
- 15
- are FCA-registered
- 16
In the full report: all 40 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 16 on the FCA register, including 2 no longer authorised
- All 28 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Ecclesiastical Planning Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
3 January 2023
- Benefact Broking & Advisory Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Benefact Group PLC gave up control
Companies House
2022
29 July 2022
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Benefact Group PLC took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
27 January 2016
- Board replaced: all 4 directors left and 4 new directors took over
Companies House
1991
11 September 1991
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 60 events
- All 60 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 50
Firms connected to Ecclesiastical Planning Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Ecclesiastical Planning Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 12
- share a director
- 12
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: all 12 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (12), the same postcode (1)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Ecclesiastical Planning Services
Other firms of the same type (funeral plan provider), nearest first.
Elsewhere in the UK
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- 40 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 60 events in its history
- 12 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
- Check your FSCS cover fscs.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk