James Ashton & Son Limited
Reference number: 814791
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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 8 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 1949
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
Responsible principal firm
Golden Charter Limited Reference number: 965279 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.
- JAMES ASHTON & SON LIMITED (FRN 814791) is an AR of Golden Charter Limited (FRN 965279). When you use JAMES ASHTON & SON's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from JAMES ASHTON & SON, 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
1A Cardean Street, Dundee, Angus, DD4 6PS, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When jamesashton.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01382 452110 is
- Who else gives the postcode DD4 6PS
Other names (3)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Edward McHugh Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- James Ashton & Edward McHugh Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Macgregors Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Golden Charter 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
- SC027285 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 4 October 1949 (77 years old)
- Registered office
- 1a Cardean Street, Dundee, DD4 6PS
- Nature of business
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- Other human health activities (SIC 86900)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant John William Speedie | Director | Aug 1964 | 19 Jul 1995 | 1 other company |
| Roy Shelley Wilde | Director | Oct 1949 | 3 May 2005 | 6 other companies |
| Elaine Wright | Secretary | Not published | 1 Jun 2001 | – |
Other companies run by these 2 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
- 7
- closed down
- 2
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 7 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- All 4 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£4.78m
<1% from £4.77m
Cash at bank
£1.88m
+2.2% from £1.84m
Owed within a year
£624k
+1.7% from £613k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company SC027285. 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
James Ashton & Son’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2018
25 July 2018
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Roy Shelley Wilde took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
1995
30 June 1995
- Board replaced: both directors left and a new director took over
Companies House
1949
4 October 1949
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 13 events
- All 13 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 6
Firms connected to James Ashton & Son
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with James Ashton & Son. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share a director
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: shared directors (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like James Ashton & Son
Other firms of the same type (dental or medical practice), nearest first.
In Dundee
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- 7 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 13 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, 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