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 17 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2012
- Accounts filed up to 31 October 2024
Responsible principal firm
Sesame Limited Reference number: 150427 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.
- Finance WestCountry Limited (FRN 503003) is an AR of Sesame Limited (FRN 150427). When you use Finance WestCountry's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Finance WestCountry, 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
Badgers Brook, Kirtons Road, Stokeinteignhead, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 4QW, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 0345 475 6286 is
- Who else gives the postcode TQ12 4QW
Other names (4)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Finance Great Britain Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Finance South West Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Steven Beck Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Finance West Country Limited T/as Finance South West Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Sesame 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
- 08264056 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 23 October 2012 (14 years old)
- Registered office
- Badgers Brook Kirtons Road, Stokeinteignhead, Newton Abbot,, Devon, TQ12 4QW, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Beck | Director | Jun 1970 | 1 May 2013 | 1 other company |
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 company
- 1
- still active
- 1
In the full report: all 1 company, 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
- All 2 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£7,023
−4.3% from £7,342
Cash at bank
£2,312
+2% from £2,266
Employees (average)
2
−33% from 3
Owed within a year
£20.3k
−21% from £25.6k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2024
- 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 08264056. 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
Finance WestCountry’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
11 September 2025
- Changed its registered name from "Finance West Country Limited"
FCA register
2020
18 July 2020
- Marie Katherine Hammett gave up control
- Steven John Beck took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Marie Katherine Hammett took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2014
17 June 2014
- Changed its registered name from "Steven Beck"
FCA register
2012
23 October 2012
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
2009
30 June 2009
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
In the full report: all 16 events
- All 16 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
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- 1 other company its directors have run, named
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- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 16 events in its history
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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