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 4 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 1986
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2025
Responsible principal firm
Ecclesiastical Planning Services Limited Reference number: 958152 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.
- G.M. LUFF & PARTNERS LIMITED (FRN 982196) is an AR of Ecclesiastical Planning Services Limited (FRN 958152). When you use G.M. LUFF & PARTNERS's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from G.M. LUFF & PARTNERS, 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
11-13 Turk Street, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 1AG, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01252 616431 is
- Who else gives the postcode GU34 1AG
Other names (12)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- A & W Goddard Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Brian Bentley Funerals Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Charles Read & Daughter Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Egham & Hythe Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Ford Mears & Partners Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Gould & Chapman Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Holmes & Daughters Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Michael Miller & Partners Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Mullard Funerals Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- P Boast & Son Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Roger Poat & Partners Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Brian Bentley Funeral Service (Crowthorne) Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Ecclesiastical Planning Services 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
- 02024626 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 3 June 1986 (40 years old)
- Registered office
- 11-13 Turk Street, Alton, GU34 1AG, England
- Nature of business
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- Funeral and related activities (SIC 96030)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simon John Ford | Director | Apr 1985 | 25 Apr 2019 | 2 other companies |
| Matthew James Mears | Director | Aug 1997 | 1 Dec 2024 | None |
| Martin Stephen Mcclelland | Director | Feb 1953 | Not published | 19 other companies |
| Anthony Michael Mears | Director | Dec 1950 | Not published | 3 other companies |
| Paul David Wilcox | Director | Aug 1951 | Not published | 17 other companies |
| John Michael Ford | Director | Aug 1949 | Not published | 3 other companies |
| Martin Stephen Mcclelland | Secretary | Not published | Not published | 19 other companies |
Other companies run by these 6 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
- 20
- still active
- 19
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 20 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 6 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The one that went into liquidation or administration
- The 17 companies these 6 directors run together
- All 8 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£5.37m
−2.8% from £5.52m
Profit before tax
£303k
−35% from £463k
Net assets
£6.87m
<1% from £6.91m
Cash at bank
£372k
+32% from £282k
Turnover and profit
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 02024626. 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
G.m. Luff & Partners’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
16 March 2026
- Changed its registered name from "G M Luff & Partners Limited"
FCA register
2022
1 September 2022
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Wilcox & Co (Limousines) Ltd took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
1986
3 June 1986
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 22 events
- All 22 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 5
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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