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 2013
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2025
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 W. GRIFFITH & SON LIMITED (FRN 982519) is an AR of Golden Charter Limited (FRN 965279). When you use JOHN W. GRIFFITH & SON's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from JOHN W. GRIFFITH & 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
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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Phone number
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Address
Mill Bank Funeral Home, Mill Lane, Wallasey, Wirral, CH44 3BN, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 0151 638 5528 is
- Who else gives the postcode CH44 3BN
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
- 08409773 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 19 February 2013 (13 years old)
- Registered office
- Millbank Funeral Home Mill Lane, Wallasey, Wirral, Merseyside, CH44 3BN, United Kingdom
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrie John Griffith | Director | Oct 1956 | 4 May 2017 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that its director runs no other company
- All 4 people who have been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£655k
+10% from £595k
Cash at bank
£604k
+16% from £523k
Owed within a year
£74.9k
+20% from £62.7k
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
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 08409773. 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 W. Griffith & Son’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
22 August 2025
- Peter Barrie Griffith gave up control
Companies House
2022
5 September 2022
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
4 July 2022
- Barrie John Griffith took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Peter Barrie Griffith took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
19 February 2013
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 13 events
- All 13 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 7
Firms like John W. Griffith & Son
Other firms of the same type (funeral director), nearest first.
In Wallasey
In the Chester (CH) postcode area
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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