Introducer appointed representative
This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.
- Appointed for 4 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2012
- Accounts filed up to 30 April 2025
- On its latest accounts it owed £71.5k more than it owned
Responsible principal firm
Golden Charter Limited Reference number: 965279 View firm →What does this mean?
- An introducer appointed representative can only pass your details to its principal firm. It cannot recommend products, give financial advice, or arrange deals on its own.
- JAMES BENEDICT LTD (FRN 983508) introduces customers to Golden Charter Limited (FRN 965279). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not JAMES BENEDICT.
- Example: if JAMES BENEDICT refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from JAMES BENEDICT itself.
- 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
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
James Benedict Funeral Services, The Centre, Amesbury, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP4 7DR, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01980 624300 is
- Who else gives the postcode SP4 7DR
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- James Family Funeral Services 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
- 08014860 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 2 April 2012 (14 years old)
- Registered office
- James Benedict Funeral Services The Centre, Amesbury, Salisbury, SP4 7DR
- Nature of business
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- Funeral and related activities (SIC 96030)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gareth Green | Director | Feb 1983 | 26 Apr 2021 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that its director runs no other company
- All 8 people who have been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
−£71.5k
Up £3,725 from −£75.2k
Employees (average)
3
−25% from 4
Owed within a year
£27.1k
−21% from £34.4k
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £71.5k more than it owned.
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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 08014860. 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 Benedict’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
16 September 2022
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2021
26 April 2021
- Lisa-Anne Patricia Smith became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
19 April 2021
- Benedict William Edward no longer has significant control
- James Richard Huckle stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
31 March 2021
- James Richard Huckle became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
24 March 2021
- Board replaced: its only director left and 3 new directors took over
- Benedict William Edward gained significant control
- James Edmund Green no longer has significant control
Companies House
2019
28 February 2019
- Benedict William Edward no longer has significant control
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Benedict William Edward gained significant control
- James Edmund Green gained significant control
Companies House
2012
2 April 2012
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 30 events
- All 30 events in its history (12 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 17
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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
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