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 16 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2010
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2026
Responsible principal firm
Westcourt Financial Services Limited Reference number: 458200 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.
- Jessop Financial Planning Limited (FRN 525008) is an AR of Westcourt Financial Services Limited (FRN 458200). When you use Jessop Financial Planning's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Jessop Financial Planning, 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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No phone number on the FCA register
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Address
Westbrook Court, 2 Sharrow Vale Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S11 8YZ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 1 background check
- Who else gives the postcode S11 8YZ
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Westcourt 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 number
- 07175284 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 2 March 2010 (16 years old)
- Registered office
- Matches the FCA register address ✓
- Nature of business
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- Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding (SIC 66290)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Ernest Westaway | Director | Apr 1975 | 2 Mar 2010 | None |
| Julia Katherine Westaway | Director | Dec 1975 | 25 Feb 2019 | None |
| Julia Katherine Westaway | Secretary | Not published | 14 Feb 2011 | – |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that these 2 directors run no other company
- All 3 people who have been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£120k
−12% from £136k
Cash at bank
£134k
−8.9% from £148k
Employees (average)
2
Same as 2
Owed within a year
£49.1k
+2.4% from £47.9k
No turnover or profit for the year to 31 March 2026: the accounts print them but do not tag them. The last tagged figures are £242k turnover and £130k profit, for the year to 31 March 2021.
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2026
- 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 07175284. 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
Jessop Financial Planning’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
8 December 2025
- Julia Katherine Westaway became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
4 December 2025
- Julia Westaway stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2017
23 October 2017
- Julia Westaway became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Ben Ernest Westaway became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2010
1 June 2010
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2 March 2010
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 10 events
- All 10 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 4
Firms connected to Jessop Financial Planning
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Jessop Financial Planning. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 3
- share its postcode
- 3
In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (3)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Jessop Financial Planning
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
In Sheffield
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- Every company its directors have run, named
- 1 background check on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 10 events in its history
- 3 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