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 2016
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2026
Responsible principal firm
Christopher Shaw Reference number: 301880 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.
- Face to Face Retirement Solutions Ltd (FRN 732363) is an AR of Christopher Shaw (FRN 301880). When you use Face to Face Retirement Solutions's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Face to Face Retirement Solutions, 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.
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
3 Oxford Mews, Wath-upon-Dearne, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S63 7GA, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01709 877250 is, and the 3 other firms that give it
- Who else gives the postcode S63 7GA
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Christopher Shaw, 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 name
- FACE TO FACE RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS LIMITED
- Company number
- 09946092 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 12 January 2016 (10 years old)
- Registered office
- 3 Oxford Mews, Wath-Upon-Dearne, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S63 7GA, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher John Shaw | Director | May 1961 | 12 Jan 2016 | 8 other companies |
Other companies run by its director
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
- 8
- closed down
- 3
- are FCA-registered
- 2
In the full report: all 8 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 2 on the FCA register
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£1,643
−11% from £1,846
Employees (average)
2
Same as 2
Owed within a year
£2,338
+28% from £1,833
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2026
- 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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 09946092. 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
Face to Face Retirement Solutions’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
6 April 2016
- Christopher John Shaw took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
18 January 2016
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
12 January 2016
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Christopher John Shaw appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
Firms connected to Face to Face Retirement Solutions
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Face to Face Retirement Solutions. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 3
- share a director
- 2
- share its phone number
- 3
In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (2), the same phone number (3), the same postcode (3)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Face to Face Retirement Solutions
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
In Rotherham
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- 8 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 4 events in its history
- 3 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