IDS Financial Services Ltd
Reference number: 506263
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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 17 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2009
- Accounts filed up to 31 July 2026
Responsible principal firm
Sense Network Limited Reference number: 465124 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.
- IDS Financial Services Ltd (FRN 506263) is an AR of Sense Network Limited (FRN 465124). When you use IDS Financial Services's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from IDS Financial Services, 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
Suite A115, 25 Goodlass Road, Speke, Liverpool, L24 9HJ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When idsfinancial.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0151 541 5365 is
- Who else gives the postcode L24 9HJ
Other names (5)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- DTL Independent Financial Planning Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Medical Financial Solutions Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Eden Financial Planning Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Implicit Wealth Management Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- LWM Mortgages Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Sense Network 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
- 06973741 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 27 July 2009 (17 years old)
- Registered office
- 3 Singleton Avenue, Lytham St. Annes, FY8 3JT, England
- Nature of business
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- Activities of insurance agents and brokers (SIC 66220)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Philip Hibbs | Director | Sep 1958 | 10 Sep 2009 | 6 other companies |
| Ian William Halliwell | Secretary | Not published | 11 Aug 2009 | – |
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 companies
- 6
- closed down
- 4
- still active
- 2
In the full report: all 6 companies, 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
£51.4k
−1% from £51.9k
Employees (average)
1
−50% from 2
Owed within a year
£32.8k
−22% from £42.1k
The accounts for the year to 31 July 2026 do not tag turnover in a form that can be read automatically, so it is not shown. The last tagged figure is £204k, for the year to 31 July 2020.
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2026
- 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 06973741. 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
IDS Financial Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
13 September 2026
- Douglas Philip Hibbs gave up control
- Douglas Philip Hibbs took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2016
14 July 2016
- Douglas Philip Hibbs took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2009
1 September 2009
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
27 July 2009
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 16 events
- All 16 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
Firms connected to IDS Financial Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with IDS Financial Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 3
- share its postcode
- 3
In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (3)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like IDS Financial Services
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Liverpool
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- 6 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 16 events in its history
- 3 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