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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Phone number
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Address
Halfpenny House, Old School Road, Porthcawl, Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr, CF36 3BU, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When laurelcourt.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01656 784862 is
- Who else gives the postcode CF36 3BU
Other names (4)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Garden Lodge Mortgages Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- teachersifa Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- WJ Mortgages Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- DC Mortgages Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
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.
- Advise on or arrange mortgages FSCS may applyMortgage advice and arranging may be FSCS-covered, up to the limit that applies.
- 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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- Acting as a CBTL advisor
- Acting as a CBTL arranger
- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Advising on P2P agreements
- Advising on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs
- Advising on regulated mortgage contracts
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Arranging (bringing about) regulated mortgage contracts
- Credit Broking
- Debt-counselling
- Making arrangements with a view to regulated mortgage contracts
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
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
- 04075881 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 18 September 2000 (26 years old)
- Registered office
- 1 Old School Road, Porthcawl, Mid Glamorgan, CF36 3BU
- Nature of business
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- Activities of insurance agents and brokers (SIC 66220)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Bowers | Director | Jun 1955 | 18 Sep 2000 | None |
| Mark Jones | Director | Sep 1959 | 18 Sep 2000 | None |
| Mark Jones | Secretary | Not published | 18 Sep 2000 | None |
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
£279k
+152% from £111k
Cash at bank
£219k
+151% from £87.2k
Employees (average)
5
−17% from 6
Owed within a year
£110k
+67% from £65.6k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 5 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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 04075881. 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
Laurel Court Associates’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
18 September 2016
- Alan Bowers became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Mark Jones became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2004
13 May 2004
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2000
18 September 2000
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 16 events
- All 16 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 2
Firms like Laurel Court Associates
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
In Porthcawl
In the Cardiff (CF) postcode area
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- Every company its directors have run, named
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- 5 years of accounts, charted
- All 16 events in its history
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.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