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 11 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2015
- Accounts filed up to 31 October 2025
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.
- Greenstone Financial Planning Ltd (FRN 720213) is an AR of Best Practice IFA Group Limited (FRN 223112). When you use Greenstone Financial Planning's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Greenstone 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
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Phone number
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Address
87A Mount Pleasant, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 1PX, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When greenstonefp.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01892 240460 is
- Who else gives the postcode TN1 1PX
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
- GREENSTONE FINANCIAL PLANNING LIMITED
- Company number
- 09806139 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 2 October 2015 (11 years old)
- Registered office
- Suite 2 1-3 Warren Court, Park Road, Crowborough, East Sussex, TN6 2QX, England
- Nature of business
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- Financial management (SIC 70221)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Clapton | Director | Nov 1955 | 2 Oct 2015 | 37 other companies |
| Catherine Laura Greeves | Director | Dec 1973 | 2 Oct 2015 | 1 other company |
Other companies run by these 2 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
- 37
- closed down
- 24
- are FCA-registered
- 3
In the full report: all 37 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 3 on the FCA register
- The 1 company these 2 directors run together
- All 3 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£26.6k
+11% from £23.9k
Employees (average)
3
Same as 3
Owed within a year
£23.3k
−6.2% from £24.8k
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 09806139. 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
Greenstone Financial Planning’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
31 October 2022
- Michael John Hill stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Catherine Laura Greeves became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
- Eric Clapton became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Michael John Hill became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2015
13 October 2015
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2 October 2015
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 10 events
- All 10 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 4
Firms connected to Greenstone Financial Planning
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Greenstone Financial Planning. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share a director
- 2
- past link
- 1
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like Greenstone Financial Planning
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
In Tunbridge Wells
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- 37 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 10 events in its history
- 2 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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