Home Energy Counsel Ltd
Reference number: 1052847
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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 under a year
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2020
- Accounts filed up to 31 July 2025
- Its whole board of directors changed in November 2023
Responsible principal firm
SHERMIN FINANCE LIMITED Reference number: 727594 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.
- HOME ENERGY COUNSEL LTD (FRN 1052847) is an AR of SHERMIN FINANCE LIMITED (FRN 727594). When you use HOME ENERGY COUNSEL's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from HOME ENERGY COUNSEL, 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
Unit 6, Carolina Court, Doncaster, Doncaster, DN4 5RA, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When help4homes.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0800 233 5525 is
- Who else gives the postcode DN4 5RA
Other names (3)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- help4homes Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- TELEMARKET Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- TELEMARKET LTD Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Shermin Finance 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
- 12734501 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 10 July 2020 (6 years old)
- Registered office
- Unit 6 Carolina Court, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN4 5RA, England
- Nature of business
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- Electrical installation (SIC 43210)
- Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation (SIC 43220)
- Management consultancy activities other than financial management (SIC 70229)
- Environmental consulting activities (SIC 74901)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Charles Frederick Shilston | Director | Apr 1975 | 10 Nov 2023 | 1 other company |
Other companies run by its director
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
- closed down
- 1
In the full report: all 1 company, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 2 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£97.7k
+97% from £49.7k
Cash at bank
£63.8k
No earlier figure to compare
Employees (average)
22
+175% from 8
Owed within a year
£40.4k
+102% from £20.0k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 5 years of accounts
- Every year from 2021 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 12734501. 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
Home Energy Counsel’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
12 June 2026
- Changed its registered name from "TELEMARKET LTD"
FCA register
21 March 2026
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2023
10 November 2023
- Board replaced: its only director left and a new director took over
- Charles Frederick Shilston took control (75–100% of shares)
- Grzegorz Szewczyk gave up control
Companies House
2020
10 July 2020
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Grzegorz Szewczyk took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 13 events
- All 13 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
Firms connected to Home Energy Counsel
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Home Energy Counsel. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share its postcode
- 2
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Home Energy Counsel
Other firms of the same type (home improvement or trades), nearest first.
In Doncaster
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- 1 other company its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 5 years of accounts, charted
- All 13 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
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk