Investment Fund Services Limited
Reference number: 464193
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Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Website, phone number and address
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Phone number
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Address
Marlborough House, 59 Chorley New Road, Bolton, Greater Manchester, BL1 4QP, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- When ifslfunds.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01204 803932 is
- Who else gives the postcode BL1 4QP
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- IFSL Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Marlborough Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Hold or safeguard your money · Run or oversee funds FSCS may applyEligible investment and pension claims are typically FSCS-protected up to £85,000 per person, depending on the product and your circumstances.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
Show FCA detail (2 permissions)
- Managing an authorised AIF
- Managing a UK UCITS
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
- 06110770 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 16 February 2007 (19 years old)
- Registered office
- Marlborough House, 59 Chorley New Road, Bolton, Lancashire, BL1 4QP
- Nature of business
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- Administration of financial markets (SIC 66110)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allan Hamer | Director | Jan 1976 | 31 Dec 2012 | 6 other companies |
| Andrew Staley | Director | Mar 1955 | 31 Dec 2012 | 17 other companies |
| Sarah Bonnie Peaston | Director | Jun 1978 | 1 Oct 2019 | 3 other companies |
| Katherine Jane Damsell | Director | Mar 1962 | 25 Mar 2024 | None |
| Simon Michael Robert Chalkley | Director | Nov 1984 | 27 Nov 2024 | None |
| Martin John Ratcliffe | Director | Apr 1967 | 31 Jul 2025 | 3 other companies |
| Richard Arthur Goodall | Director | Jul 1966 | 1 Jan 2026 | 11 other companies |
| Massimiliano Walter Alberto Zorza | Director | May 1970 | 1 Jan 2026 | 2 other companies |
| Norah Burns | Secretary | Not published | 24 Mar 2022 | – |
Other companies run by these 8 directors
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
- 31
- closed down
- 4
- are FCA-registered
- 7
In the full report: all 31 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 8 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 7 on the FCA register
- The 9 companies these 8 directors run together
- All 29 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£107.6m
Not compared: the previous accounts cover a different length of time
Profit before tax
£1.06m
+102% from £523k
Net assets
£10.9m
No earlier figure to compare
Cash at bank
£15.5m
+1.8% from £15.2m
Profit before tax
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2025
- Both charts, 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 06110770. 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
Investment Fund Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
31 May 2023
- Nicholas Francis John Cooling no longer has significant control
Companies House
2018
31 March 2018
- Marlborough Group Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Andrew Staley gained significant control
- Nicholas Francis John Cooling gained significant control
Companies House
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2012
31 December 2012
- Board replaced: all 3 directors left and 6 new directors took over
Companies House
2007
30 May 2007
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
23 May 2007
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
FCA register
16 February 2007
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 66 events
- All 66 events in its history (9 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 52
Firms connected to Investment Fund Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Investment Fund Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share a director
- 2
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (2), the same postcode (1)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 5 past links through former directors
Firms like Investment Fund Services
Other firms of the same type (investment or fund manager), nearest first.
In Bolton
In the Bolton (BL) postcode area
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- 31 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 66 events in its history
- 2 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
- Check your FSCS cover fscs.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk