Hardy's Funeral Service Limited

Reference number: 981773

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Introducer appointed representative

This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.

Responsible principal firm

Open Prepaid Funerals Limited Reference number: 962403 Authorised View firm →
What does this mean?
  • An introducer appointed representative can only pass your details to its principal firm. It cannot recommend products, give financial advice, or arrange deals on its own.
  • Hardy's Funeral Service Limited (FRN 981773) introduces customers to Open Prepaid Funerals Limited (FRN 962403). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Hardy's Funeral Service.
  • Example: if Hardy's Funeral Service refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Hardy's Funeral Service itself.
  • 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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In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look

  • When hardysfunerals.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 01388 747747 is
  • Who else gives the postcode DL15 0AA
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Other names (1)

If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.

  • Hardy's Funeral Service Ltd Former name

FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Protection through the principal firm
    Protection works through Open Prepaid Funerals 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, free
    You 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
06581774
Company status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
1 May 2008 (18 years old)
Registered office
116 Commercial Street, Willington, County Durham, DL15 0AA
Nature of business
  • Funeral and related activities (SIC 96030)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
Joanne Midgley Director Sep 1975 31 Oct 2023 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
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Filed accounts and finances

Year to 30 June 2025Small company accountsNot audited

Net assets

£391k

<1% from £392k

Cash at bank

£106k

+26% from £84.0k

Employees (average)

0

−100% from 10

Owed within a year

£64.0k

+24% from £51.7k

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
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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 06581774. 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

Hardy's Funeral Service’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

Key events (7) All events (11)

2026

30 April 2026

  • Changed its registered name from "Hardy's Funeral Service Ltd"

FCA register

2023

31 October 2023

  • Board replaced: its only director left and a new director took over
  • H F S Holdings (Willington) Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
  • Thomas Christopher Hardy gave up control

Companies House

2022

25 August 2022

  • Became an introducer appointed representative

FCA register

2016

1 November 2016

  • Thomas Christopher Hardy took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

2008

1 May 2008

  • Incorporated at Companies House

Companies House

In the full report: all 11 events

  • All 11 events in its history (7 shown here)
  • Every director appointment and resignation: 3
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Firms connected to Hardy's Funeral Service

Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Hardy's Funeral Service. 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
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Firms like Hardy's Funeral Service

Other firms of the same type (funeral director), nearest first.

In the Darlington (DL) postcode area

Charlotte Fleming Funeral Services LtdBishop AucklandAppointed representativeKeith ParlourBedaleAppointed representativeMr R & Mrs D SandersonLeyburnAppointed representativeSaint & Forster Funeral Directors LtdDarlingtonAppointed representativeSeaton Leng & Son LimitedDarlingtonAppointed representativeThe Whitehouse Way LtdDarlingtonAppointed representative

Firms are listed by type and location, best known first. Being listed is not a recommendation: check any firm before you deal with it.

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  • Every company its directors have run, named
  • 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
  • 7 years of accounts, charted
  • All 11 events in its history
  • 1 connected firm, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Hardy's Funeral Service Limited FCA authorised?
Hardy's Funeral Service Limited (FRN 981773) is not directly authorised. It is an appointed representative acting under the responsibility of a directly authorised principal firm.
What does introducer appointed representative mean for Hardy's Funeral Service?
An introducer appointed representative can only pass your details to its principal firm. It cannot recommend products, give financial advice, or arrange deals on its own. Hardy's Funeral Service Limited (FRN 981773) introduces customers to Open Prepaid Funerals Limited (FRN 962403). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Hardy's Funeral Service. Example: if Hardy's Funeral Service refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Hardy's Funeral Service itself. 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.
What is Hardy's Funeral Service’s phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 01388 747747 and the website hardysfunerals.co.uk for Hardy's Funeral Service. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.
Is Hardy's Funeral Service a scam or clone?
Hardy's Funeral Service is a genuine FCA-listed firm, and the FCA has published no warnings about fake versions of it. Scammers do copy real firms, though, so check that any contact details you were given match the ones on the register.
Is my money safe with Hardy's Funeral Service?
Protection works through Open Prepaid Funerals Limited, the principal firm responsible for Hardy's Funeral Service's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
Who owns Hardy's Funeral Service?
Hardy's Funeral Service is owned by H F S Holdings (Willington) Limited, which holds 75–100% of shares, 75–100% of votes and can appoint and remove the board, since 31 October 2023. Before that, it was controlled by Mr Thomas Christopher Hardy.
Who runs Hardy's Funeral Service?
Companies House lists one director of Hardy's Funeral Service: Joanne Midgley.
How long has Hardy's Funeral Service been in business?
The company was formed on 1 May 2008.
What do Hardy's Funeral Service’s latest accounts show?
Its latest accounts, to 30 June 2025, show net assets of £391k (<1% from £392k) and cash at bank of £106k (+26% from £84.0k).
Does Hardy's Funeral Service use any other names?
It has previously used the name Hardy's Funeral Service Ltd.

Sources and links

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