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 17 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2008
- Accounts filed up to 30 March 2025
Responsible principal firm
First Complete Limited Reference number: 435779 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.
- Howieson Financial Ltd (FRN 493798) is an AR of First Complete Limited (FRN 435779). When you use Howieson Financial's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Howieson Financial, 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
Woodend Mews, 31 Queen Street, Helensburgh, G84 9PX, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07960 754686 is
- Who else gives the postcode G84 9PX
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through First Complete 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
- SC347366 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 20 August 2008 (18 years old)
- Registered office
- 6th Floor, Gordon Chambers 90 Mitchell Street, Glasgow, G1 3NQ
- Nature of business
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- Financial management (SIC 70221)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Iain Howieson | Director | Mar 1963 | 20 Aug 2008 | 1 other company |
Other companies run by its director
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- 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 3 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£33.5k
−14% from £38.7k
Cash at bank
£3,302
+71% from £1,932
Owed within a year
£55.4k
+13% from £48.8k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 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 SC347366. 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
Howieson Financial’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
6 April 2016
- Iain Howieson took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2008
30 December 2008
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
20 August 2008
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Iain Howieson appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
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- 1 other company its directors have run, named
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- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 4 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