Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
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
17 Gelliwastad Road, Pontypridd, CF37 2BW, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01443 742681 is
- Who else gives the postcode CF37 2BW
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Kingswood Independent Financial Advisors Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Give regulated advice FSCS may applyA claim for unsuitable advice is itself FSCS-protected, up to the limit that applies to the product you were advised on.
- Manage or trade investments FSCS may applyEligible investment and pension claims are typically FSCS-protected up to £85,000 per person, depending on the product and your circumstances.
- Sell or arrange insurance FSCS may applyEligible insurance claims may be FSCS-protected, often 90%, or 100% for compulsory or long-term cover.
- Lend or arrange credit No FSCS coverConsumer credit is not covered by the FSCS, so there is no compensation scheme if the firm fails.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Advising on P2P agreements
- Advising on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Assisting in the administration and performance of a contract of insurance
- Credit Broking
- Dealing in investments as agent
- Debt-counselling
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
- Providing basic advice on stakeholder products
Limits on what they may do
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No non-standard investments into SIPPs
Under section 55L of FSMA, the following requirements are included in the Firm's Permission so that The Firm must not: (1) Carry on any regulated activities in relation to pension switches and/or pension transfers to any self-invested personal pension scheme, including completing pipeline business (see note (A) below), except where the member's funds are to be invested wholly in standard investments (see note (B) below); or (2) Hold itself out as providing independent advice in relation to personal pension schemes (such advice to be instead described as restricted advice). Notes: (A) Pipeline business includes any business currently being processed which has not been completed. (B) Standard investments are assets which must be capable of being: (i) Accurately and fairly valued on an ongoing basis; and (ii) Readily realised: a. Whenever required (up to a maximum of 30 days); and b. For an amount that can be reconciled with the previous valuation.
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.
Key dates in its history
Kingswood Financial Advisors’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2014
7 April 2014
- FCA imposed a requirement (No non-standard investments into SIPPs)
FCA register
4 April 2014
- Changed its registered name from "Kingswood Independent Financial Advisors"
FCA register
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2006
30 October 2006
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
FCA register
16 October 2006
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
In the full report: all 8 events
- All 8 events in its history (5 shown here)
Firms connected to Kingswood Financial Advisors
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Kingswood Financial Advisors. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Kingswood Financial Advisors
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
In Pontypridd
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- All 8 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
- Check your FSCS cover fscs.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk