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 7 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2019
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
- 1 thing worth a closer look in the background checks
Responsible principal firm
Sense Network Limited Reference number: 465124 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.
- Friarsgate Financial Planning Limited (FRN 913194) is an AR of Sense Network Limited (FRN 465124). When you use Friarsgate Financial Planning's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Friarsgate Financial Planning, 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
4th Floor, 1 Angel Court, London, City Of London, EC2R 7HJ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- What kind of line 01244 322330 is
- Whether EC2R 7HJ is a shared office: 31 other firms give it
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Friarsgate Financial Planning Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Sense Network 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
- 11988610 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 10 May 2019 (7 years old)
- Registered office
- Brookdale Center, Manchester Road, Knutsford, WA16 0SR, England
- Nature of business
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- Activities of financial services holding companies (SIC 64205)
- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Cresswell | Director | May 1969 | 2 Jun 2023 | 23 other companies |
| Michael Andrew Ferns | Director | Mar 1964 | 2 Jun 2023 | 16 other companies |
| Michael Alastair Couzens | Director | Jan 1964 | 2 Jun 2023 | 105 other companies |
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
- 112
- closed down
- 66
- went insolvent
- 2
In the full report: all 112 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The 2 that went into liquidation or administration
- The 11 on the FCA register
- The 18 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 7 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
£30.6k
+3.1% from £29.7k
Cash at bank
£24.2k
−1.1% from £24.5k
Owed within a year
£1
Up £1 from £0
These accounts were filed as dormant: the company reported no significant trading in the period.
Total equity
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 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 11988610. 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
Friarsgate Financial Planning’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
3 April 2025
- Changed its registered name from "Friarsgate Financial Planning Ltd"
FCA register
20 March 2025
- Adviser Services Group Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Adviser Services Holdings Limited gave up control
Companies House
2023
2 June 2023
- Board replaced: its only director left and 3 new directors took over
- Adviser Services Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Darren Booth stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
31 May 2023
- Darren Booth became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2019
9 September 2019
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
10 May 2019
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 20 events
- All 20 events in its history (9 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 11
Firms connected to Friarsgate Financial Planning
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Friarsgate Financial Planning. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 5
- share a director
- 5
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: all 5 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (5), the same postcode (1)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 6 past links through former directors
Firms like Friarsgate Financial Planning
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- 112 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 20 events in its history
- 5 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