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 16 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2003
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2026
Responsible principal firm
Best Practice IFA Group Limited Reference number: 223112 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.
- Gordon Carter Independent Financial Adviser Ltd (FRN 530944) is an AR of Best Practice IFA Group Limited (FRN 223112). When you use Gordon Carter Independent Financial Adviser's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Gordon Carter Independent Financial Adviser, 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
10-12, Lewes Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 3HP, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01273 523927 is
- Who else gives the postcode BN2 3HP
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Gordon Carter I.F.A Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Best Practice IFA Group 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 name
- GORDON CARTER INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL ADVISER LIMITED
- Company number
- 04799061 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 13 June 2003 (23 years old)
- Registered office
- 74 Brodrick Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN22 9NS, England
- Nature of business
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- Other service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 96090)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Leonard Carter | Director | Sep 1951 | 18 Jun 2003 | 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
£18.5k
−16% from £22.1k
Employees (average)
1
Same as 1
Owed within a year
£7,521
+99% from £3,779
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2026
- 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 04799061. 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
This firm’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
1 July 2016
- Gordon Carter took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2010
1 September 2010
- Became an appointed representative
- Began trading as "Gordon Carter I.F.A"
FCA register
2003
18 June 2003
- Gordon Leonard Carter appointed as a director
Companies House
13 June 2003
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
Connected firms
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with this firm. 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
Similar firms
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
In Brighton
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- 1 other company its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 5 events in its history
- 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
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk