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 24 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2010
- Accounts filed up to 30 June 2025
Responsible principal firm
2 Plan Wealth Management Limited Reference number: 461598 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.
- Hitchell Financial Planning Limited (FRN 211675) is an AR of 2 Plan Wealth Management Limited (FRN 461598). When you use Hitchell Financial Planning's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Hitchell 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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
Hitchell Associates LLP, 8 Lonsdale Gardens, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 1NU, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01892 532700 is
- Who else gives the postcode TN1 1NU
Other names (5)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Hitchell Mortgage Solutions Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Hitchell Associates LLP Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- John Hitchell Associates Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Hitchell Associates Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Hitchell Wealth Solutions Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through 2 Plan Wealth Management 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
- 07283512 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 14 June 2010 (16 years old)
- Registered office
- 2nd Floor 8 Lonsdale Gardens, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 1NU, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Financial management (SIC 70221)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Stuart Ashmead Hitchell | Director | Oct 1975 | 14 Jun 2010 | 1 other company |
| Richard John Corrie Hitchell | Director | Aug 1973 | 14 Jun 2010 | 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 company
- 1
- still active
- 1
- run together
- 1
In the full report: all 1 company, 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 1 company these 2 directors run together
- All 4 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£1.08m
+30% from £826k
Cash at bank
£74.1k
No earlier figure to compare
Employees (average)
9
+29% from 7
Owed within a year
£446k
+294% from £113k
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 07283512. 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
Hitchell Financial Planning’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
11 September 2024
- Changed its registered name from "Hitchell Associates LLP"
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- James Stuart Ashmead Hitchell gained significant control
- Richard John Corrie Hitchell gained significant control
Companies House
2010
17 November 2010
- Changed its registered name from "John Hitchell Associates"
FCA register
14 June 2010
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
2002
9 May 2002
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
In the full report: all 22 events
- All 22 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 6
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- All 22 events in its history
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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