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 15 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2003
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
Responsible principal firm
J M Taylor Financial Services Limited Reference number: 497519 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 & George Collie Financial Management Limited (FRN 535320) is an AR of J M Taylor Financial Services Limited (FRN 497519). When you use James & George Collie Financial Management's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from James & George Collie Financial Management, 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
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
East Craibstone Street, Aberdeen, AB11 6YQ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01224 581581 is
- Who else gives the postcode AB11 6YQ
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through J M Taylor Financial Services 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 name
- JAMES AND GEORGE COLLIE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
- Company number
- SC253171 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 23 July 2003 (23 years old)
- Registered office
- 1 East Craibstone Street, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, AB11 6YQ
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duncan Mackinnon Love | Director | Mar 1961 | 23 Jul 2003 | 5 other companies |
| Robert Charles Chalmers | Director | Aug 1966 | 22 Nov 2010 | 5 other companies |
| Alexander Edward Benson | Director | Apr 1958 | 22 Nov 2010 | 6 other companies |
| Forbes Fleming Mclennan | Director | Oct 1958 | 15 Nov 2021 | 7 other companies |
| JAMES AND GEORGE COLLIE LLP | Corporate secretary | Not published | 23 Jul 2003 | – |
Other companies run by these 4 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
- 15
- closed down
- 7
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 15 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 4 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- The 8 companies these 4 directors run together
- All 9 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£4,467
−60% from £11.1k
Cash at bank
£4,556
−62% from £12.0k
Employees (average)
4
Same as 4
Owed within a year
£8,758
−5.2% from £9,243
Net assets
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 SC253171. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
This firm’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2010
8 November 2010
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2003
23 July 2003
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 16 events
- All 16 events in its history (2 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 14
Connected firms
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with this firm. 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
Similar firms
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
In Aberdeen
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- 15 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 16 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