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 2 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2024
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2025
- On its latest accounts it owed £3,342 more than it owned
Responsible principal firm
ALPHA ASSET FINANCE LTD Reference number: 804584 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.
- FORBES ASSET FINANCE LTD (FRN 1014181) is an AR of ALPHA ASSET FINANCE LTD (FRN 804584). When you use FORBES ASSET FINANCE's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from FORBES ASSET FINANCE, 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
Beck Farm, Town Street, Clayworth, Retford, Nottinghamshire, DN22 9AD, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07743 927583 is
- Who else gives the postcode DN22 9AD
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Alpha Asset Finance Ltd, 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
- 15488007 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 13 February 2024 (2 years old)
- Registered office
- Beck Farm Town Street, Clayworth, Retford, DN22 9AD, England
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joanne Elizabeth Forbes | Director | Dec 1970 | 13 Feb 2024 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that its director runs no other company
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
−£3,342
No earlier figure to compare
Cash at bank
£6,629
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Employees (average)
1
No earlier figure to compare
Total equity is negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £3,342 more than it owned.
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 15488007. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Forbes Asset Finance’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
6 June 2024
- Became an appointed representative
- Began trading as "Forbes Asset Finance"
FCA register
13 February 2024
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Joanne Elizabeth Forbes took control (75–100% of shares)
- Joanne Elizabeth Forbes appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
Firms connected to Forbes Asset Finance
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Forbes Asset Finance. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 3
- share its postcode
- 3
In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (3)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Forbes Asset Finance
Other firms of the same type (credit broker), nearest first.
In Retford
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- 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
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