John Knowles Funeral Services Limited

Reference number: 984223

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Introducer appointed representative

This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.

Responsible principal firm

Golden Charter Limited Reference number: 965279 Authorised 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.
  • JOHN KNOWLES FUNERAL SERVICES LIMITED (FRN 984223) introduces customers to Golden Charter Limited (FRN 965279). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not JOHN KNOWLES FUNERAL SERVICES.
  • Example: if JOHN KNOWLES FUNERAL SERVICES refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from JOHN KNOWLES FUNERAL SERVICES 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

  • Phone number

    01244 530220

  • Address

    John Knowles Funeral Services, Chester Road, Broughton, Chester, Flintshire, CH4 0DL, United Kingdom

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FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Protection through the principal firm
    Protection 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, free
    You 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
11761454
Company status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
11 January 2019 (7 years old)
Registered office
Charlotte James House Chester Road, Broughton, Chester, CH4 0DL, Wales
Nature of business
  • Funeral and related activities (SIC 96030)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
John Timothy Andrew Knowles Director Jun 1963 11 Jan 2019 6 other companies

Other companies run by its director

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other companies
6
closed down
5
still active
1

In the full report: all 6 companies, named

  • What each company does, and whether it is still trading
  • Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
  • Any that went into liquidation or administration
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Filed accounts and finances

Year to 31 January 2025Micro-entity accountsNot audited

Net assets

£57.5k

+7.3% from £53.6k

Employees (average)

5

+25% from 4

Owed within a year

£54.6k

−9.3% from £60.2k

Assets and liabilities

In the full report: all 6 years of accounts

  • Every year from 2020 to 2025
  • The chart, over every year
  • Every filed figure, year by year
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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 11761454. 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

John Knowles Funeral Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

2025

17 December 2025

  • Margaret Knowles stopped being a part-owner

Companies House

2022

28 September 2022

  • Became an introducer appointed representative

FCA register

2020

19 February 2020

  • Margaret Knowles became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)

Companies House

2019

11 January 2019

  • Incorporated at Companies House
  • John Timothy Andrew Knowles took control (75–100% of shares)
  • John Timothy Andrew Knowles appointed as a director

Companies House

Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.

Firms like John Knowles Funeral Services

Other firms of the same type (funeral director), nearest first.

In Chester

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In the Chester (CH) postcode area

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  • 6 other companies its directors have run, named
  • 2 background checks on its contact details
  • 6 years of accounts, charted
  • All 6 events in its history

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is John Knowles Funeral Services Limited FCA authorised?
John Knowles Funeral Services Limited (FRN 984223) is not directly authorised. It is an appointed representative acting under the responsibility of a directly authorised principal firm.
What does introducer appointed representative mean for John Knowles Funeral Services?
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. John Knowles Funeral Services Limited (FRN 984223) introduces customers to Golden Charter Limited (FRN 965279). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not John Knowles Funeral Services. Example: if John Knowles Funeral Services refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from John Knowles Funeral Services 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.
What is John Knowles Funeral Services’ phone number?
The FCA register lists the phone number 01244 530220 for John Knowles Funeral Services. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.
Is John Knowles Funeral Services a scam or clone?
John Knowles Funeral Services is a genuine FCA-listed firm, and the FCA has published no warnings about fake versions of it. Scammers do copy real firms, though, so check that any contact details you were given match the ones on the register.
Is my money safe with John Knowles Funeral Services?
Protection works through Golden Charter Limited, the principal firm responsible for John Knowles Funeral Services's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
Who owns John Knowles Funeral Services?
Companies House lists one person with significant control of John Knowles Funeral Services: Mr John Timothy Andrew Knowles (75–100% of shares). Before that, it was controlled by Mrs Margaret Knowles.
Who runs John Knowles Funeral Services?
Companies House lists one director of John Knowles Funeral Services: John Timothy Andrew Knowles.
How long has John Knowles Funeral Services been in business?
The company was formed on 11 January 2019.
What do John Knowles Funeral Services’ latest accounts show?
Its latest accounts, to 31 January 2025, show net assets of £57.5k (+7.3% from £53.6k).

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