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 4 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2003
- Accounts filed up to 31 January 2026
- Its whole board of directors changed in January 2026
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.
- JOHN SHORT & SON LTD (FRN 981403) is an AR of Golden Charter Limited (FRN 965279). When you use JOHN SHORT & SON's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from JOHN SHORT & 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
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
3-5 High Street, Chasetown, Burntwood, WS7 3XE, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01543 686204 is
- Who else gives the postcode WS7 3XE
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- John Short & Son Funeral Directors 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
- 04928980 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 10 October 2003 (23 years old)
- Registered office
- 3 High Street, Chasetown, Burntwood, Staffordshire, WS7 3XE, England
- Nature of business
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- Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 82990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Symon John Tranter | Director | Jun 1970 | 30 Jan 2026 | 10 other companies |
| Simon John Williams | Director | Sep 1975 | 30 Jan 2026 | None |
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
- 10
- still active
- 10
- are FCA-registered
- 2
In the full report: all 10 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 2 on the FCA register
- All 7 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£479k
+60% from £299k
Cash at bank
£131k
+111% from £61.8k
Employees (average)
9
−18% from 11
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2026
- 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 04928980. 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 Short & Son’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
30 January 2026
- Board replaced: all 3 directors left and 2 new directors took over
- Catherine Mary Short stopped being a part-owner
- John Alan Short stopped being a part-owner
- Shropshire Funerals Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2022
22 August 2022
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2016
10 October 2016
- Catherine Mary Short became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- John Alan Short became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2003
10 October 2003
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 19 events
- All 19 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 10
Firms connected to John Short & Son
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with John Short & Son. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share a director
- 2
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like John Short & Son
Other firms of the same type (funeral director), nearest first.
In Burntwood
In the Walsall (WS) postcode area
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- 10 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 19 events in its history
- 2 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