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 2011
- Accounts filed up to 31 July 2025
- 1 thing worth a closer look in the background checks
Responsible principal firm
Golden Charter Limited Reference number: 965279 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.
- Goodridge-Milford Funeral Directors & Co Ltd (FRN 984203) is an AR of Golden Charter Limited (FRN 965279). When you use Goodridge-Milford Funeral Directors & Co's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Goodridge-Milford Funeral Directors & Co, 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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Website
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Phone number
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Address
79 Grafton Road, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B71 4EG, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- When gmfd.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0121 242 6945 is
- Who else gives the postcode B71 4EG
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Golden Charter 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
- 07722123 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 29 July 2011 (15 years old)
- Registered office
- 79 Grafton Road, West Bromwich, B71 4EG, England
- Nature of business
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- Funeral and related activities (SIC 96030)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Sharon Michelle Goodridge-Milford | Director | Dec 1969 | 29 Jul 2011 | 1 other company |
| Marquell Milford | Secretary | Not published | 29 Jul 2011 | – |
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
£660k
−2.8% from £679k
Cash at bank
£582k
−5.3% from £615k
Employees (average)
12
Same as 12
Owed within a year
£319k
+5.6% from £302k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 07722123. 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
Goodridge-Milford Funeral Directors & Co’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
28 September 2022
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2016
29 July 2016
- Sharon Michelle Goodridge-Milford gained significant control
Companies House
6 April 2016
- Kyle Milford Junior became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Marquell Milford became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2011
29 July 2011
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 8 events
- All 8 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
Firms connected to Goodridge-Milford Funeral Directors & Co
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Goodridge-Milford Funeral Directors & Co. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Goodridge-Milford Funeral Directors & Co
Other firms of the same type (funeral director), nearest first.
In the Birmingham (B) postcode area
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- 1 other company its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 8 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, 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