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 10 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2012
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
Responsible principal firm
Your Company Matters Limited Reference number: 486123 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.
- F&W Forestry UK Limited (FRN 756817) is an AR of Your Company Matters Limited (FRN 486123). When you use F&W Forestry UK's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from F&W Forestry UK, 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
Court Barn, Highfield Farm, Clyst Road, Topsham, Exeter, Devon, EX3 0BY, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07876 556091 is
- Who else gives the postcode EX3 0BY
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- F&W Forestry Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Fountains Forestry UK Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Your Company Matters 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
- 07910966 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 16 January 2012 (14 years old)
- Registered office
- Court Barn Highfield Farm, Clyst Road, Topsham, Exeter, EX3 0BY, England
- Nature of business
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- Support services to forestry (SIC 02400)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall D. Thomas | Director | Dec 1954 | 31 Mar 2016 | None |
| Craig Murray Dinwoodie | Director | Jan 1973 | 8 Aug 2022 | None |
| Jeffrey Brian Jordan | Director | May 1972 | 8 Aug 2022 | None |
| Jody Tyson Strickland | Director | Sep 1963 | 8 Aug 2022 | None |
| Jane Williams | Secretary | Not published | 28 Feb 2019 | – |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that these 4 directors run no other company
- All 10 people who have been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£3.56m
+7.7% from £3.30m
Cash at bank
£2.00m
+108% from £963k
Employees (average)
38
−2.6% from 39
Owed within a year
£2.55m
+35% from £1.88m
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 4 years of accounts
- Every year from 2021 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 07910966. 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
F&W Forestry UK’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
30 January 2026
- Charles Flipo stopped being the majority owner
- Marshall Dewitt Thomas became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
2025
7 January 2025
- Changed its registered name from "Fountains Forestry UK Ltd"
FCA register
2024
1 January 2024
- Charles Flipo became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
- Marshall Dewitt Thomas gave up control
Companies House
2016
25 August 2016
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
6 April 2016
- Marshall Dewitt Thomas took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
31 March 2016
- Board replaced: all 3 directors left and 2 new directors took over
Companies House
2012
16 January 2012
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 27 events
- All 27 events in its history (9 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 17
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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