Hudson Finance Group Limited
Reference number: 976134
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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 4 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2022
- Accounts filed up to 30 April 2025
Responsible principal firm
Rural Finance Limited Reference number: 630701 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.
- Hudson Finance Group Limited (FRN 976134) is an AR of Rural Finance Limited (FRN 630701). When you use Hudson Finance Group's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Hudson Finance Group, 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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Phone number
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Address
Piccadilly Business Centre, Aldow Enterprise Park, Manchester, M12 6AE, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When lawtonandco.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01295 297117 is
- Who else gives the postcode M12 6AE
Other names (3)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Hudson Finance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Lawton & Co Finance LTD Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Lawton & Co Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Rural 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
- 14038753 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 11 April 2022 (4 years old)
- Registered office
- Piccadilly Business Centre, Aldow Enterprise Park, Manchester, M12 6AE, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shannon Nicole Lawton | Director | Apr 1998 | 11 Apr 2022 | 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
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£398
Up £526 from −£128
Employees (average)
1
Same as 1
Owed within a year
£3,301
+33% from £2,483
Assets and liabilities
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 14038753. 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
Hudson Finance Group’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
30 April 2026
- Changed its registered name from "Lawton & Co. Finance LTD"
FCA register
2024
29 February 2024
- Changed its registered name from "Lawton & Co Finance LTD"
FCA register
2022
20 May 2022
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
11 April 2022
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Ross Elliott Daly became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Ross Elliott Daly stopped being a part-owner
- Shannon Nicole Lawton became a part-owner (25–50% 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
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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