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 2018
- Accounts filed up to 28 February 2025
- On its latest accounts it owed £94.8k more than it owned
Responsible principal firm
New Leaf Distribution Limited Reference number: 460421 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.
- Illustrious FS Ltd (FRN 502512) is an AR of New Leaf Distribution Limited (FRN 460421). When you use Illustrious FS's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Illustrious FS, 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
Also given by a firm that is no longer authorised. Check you are dealing with the firm on this page.
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Address
West Bay Lodge, 106 Minster Road, Westgate-On-Sea, Kent, CT8 8DG, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01702 431130 is, and the 152 other firms that give it
- Who else gives the postcode CT8 8DG
Other names (3)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Illustrious Financial Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Robert Thomas White Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Equity Assured Financial Services Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through New Leaf Distribution 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
- 11188731 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 6 February 2018 (8 years old)
- Registered office
- West Bay Lodge, 106 Minster Road, Westgate-On-Sea, Kent, CT8 8DG, England
- Nature of business
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- Administration of financial markets (SIC 66110)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert White | Director | Jul 1970 | 6 Feb 2018 | 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
−£94.8k
Down £5,135 from −£89.7k
Employees (average)
3
−40% from 5
Owed within a year
£71.3k
+2.6% from £69.5k
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £94.8k more than it owned.
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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 11188731. 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
Illustrious FS’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
25 October 2023
- Changed its registered name from "Illustrious FS Ltd."
FCA register
2022
1 November 2022
- Joanne White stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
23 January 2022
- Joanne White became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
22 January 2022
- Joshua White stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2020
6 April 2020
- Joshua White became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
17 January 2020
- Joshua White stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2019
22 July 2019
- Joanne White stopped being a part-owner
- Joshua White became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2018
20 June 2018
- Changed its registered name from "Robert Thomas White"
FCA register
6 February 2018
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Joanne White became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Robert White became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2009
18 June 2009
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
In the full report: all 20 events
- All 20 events in its history (13 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
Firms connected to Illustrious FS
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Illustrious FS. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 12
- share its phone number
- 12
In the full report: all 12 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same phone number (12)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Illustrious FS
Other firms of the same type (pension transfer adviser), nearest first.
In the Canterbury (CT) postcode area
Elsewhere in the UK
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- All 20 events in its history
- 12 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