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 5 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2020
- Accounts filed up to 30 November 2024
Responsible principal firm
Cornerstone Finance Group Ltd Reference number: 767202 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.
- IKA Financial Solutions Ltd (FRN 943254) is an AR of Cornerstone Finance Group Ltd (FRN 767202). When you use IKA Financial Solutions's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from IKA Financial Solutions, 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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
26 Legions Way, Gelligaer, Hengoed, Caerffili, CF82 8DX, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07951 540427 is
- Who else gives the postcode CF82 8DX
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- IKA Financial Solutions Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Cornerstone Finance Group Ltd, 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 name
- IKA FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED
- Company number
- 13048068 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 27 November 2020 (5 years old)
- Registered office
- 26 Legions Way, Gelligaer, Caerphilly, CF82 8DX, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
- Life insurance (SIC 65110)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ieuan Leslie Bidgood | Director | Oct 1988 | 27 Nov 2020 | 2 other companies |
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
- 2
- closed down
- 1
- still active
- 1
In the full report: all 2 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
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£22.8k
−48% from £44.0k
Cash at bank
£16.9k
No earlier figure to compare
Employees (average)
1
Same as 1
Owed within a year
£16.8k
+37% from £12.3k
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 13048068. 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
IKA Financial Solutions’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
17 December 2025
- Changed its registered name from "IKA Financial Solutions Limited"
- Changed its registered name from "IKA Financial Solutions Ltd"
FCA register
2021
19 January 2021
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2020
27 November 2020
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Ieuan Leslie Bidgood took control (75–100% of shares)
- Ieuan Leslie Bidgood appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
Firms like IKA Financial Solutions
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In Hengoed
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- 2 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 6 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