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 12 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2013
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2026
Responsible principal firm
Vision Independent Financial Planning Ltd Reference number: 487395 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.
- GRF Wealth Management Ltd (FRN 626583) is an AR of Vision Independent Financial Planning Ltd (FRN 487395). When you use GRF Wealth Management's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from GRF Wealth Management, 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
Russells, Lydeard St. Lawrence, Taunton, Somerset, TA4 3SE, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07984 301242 is
- Who else gives the postcode TA4 3SE
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Vision Independent Financial Planning Ltd, 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
- G.R.F. WEALTH MANAGEMENT LIMITED
- Company number
- 08648953 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 13 August 2013 (13 years old)
- Registered office
- 28-29 New Road, Kidderminster, DY10 1AF, England
- Nature of business
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- Financial management (SIC 70221)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Franklin | Director | Jan 1975 | 13 Aug 2013 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that its director runs no other company
- Both people who have been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£6,756
Up £6,755 from £1
Employees (average)
3
+50% from 2
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 08648953. 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
GRF Wealth Management’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
31 March 2025
- Joanne Franklin stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2023
10 May 2023
- Joanne Franklin became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2022
11 February 2022
- Joanne Franklin stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Gary Franklin took control (75–100% of shares)
- Joanne Franklin became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2014
25 June 2014
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2013
13 August 2013
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 10 events
- All 10 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
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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