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 3 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 1950
- Accounts filed up to 30 September 2025
Responsible principal firm
Ecclesiastical Planning Services Limited Reference number: 958152 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.
- HILLIER FUNERAL SERVICE LIMITED (FRN 989357) is an AR of Ecclesiastical Planning Services Limited (FRN 958152). When you use HILLIER FUNERAL SERVICE's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from HILLIER FUNERAL SERVICE, 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
Kingshill House, Kent Road, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN1 4NH, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01793 522797 is
- Who else gives the postcode SN1 4NH
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Fond Farewell Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Hillier Funeral Service Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Ecclesiastical Planning Services 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
- 00486334 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 14 September 1950 (76 years old)
- Registered office
- Kingshill House, Kent Road, Swindon, SN1 4NH, England
- Nature of business
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- Funeral and related activities (SIC 96030)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rebecca Joy Finnegan | Director | Dec 1987 | 18 Dec 2024 | None |
| Mark Adrian Hillier | Director | Jun 1956 | Not published | None |
| Valerie Isobel Bettley Hillier | Secretary | Not published | 30 Sep 2007 | – |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that these 2 directors run no other company
- All 4 people who have been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£4.71m
+11% from £4.23m
Cash at bank
£768k
−18% from £938k
Employees (average)
30
+3.4% from 29
Owed within a year
£827k
+169% from £307k
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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 00486334. 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
Hillier Funeral Service’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
27 February 2026
- Changed its registered name from "Hillier Funeral Service Ltd"
FCA register
2024
23 August 2024
- Rebecca Joy Finnegan became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2022
30 December 2022
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Mark Adrian Hillier became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
- Valerie Isobel Bettley Hillier became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
1950
14 September 1950
- 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: 3
Firms like Hillier Funeral Service
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In Swindon
In the Swindon (SN) postcode area
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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