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 11 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2014
- Accounts filed up to 31 January 2026
Responsible principal firm
Lyncombe Consultants Limited Reference number: 618025 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.
- Lawrance Bennett Partners Ltd (FRN 715173) is an AR of Lyncombe Consultants Limited (FRN 618025). When you use Lawrance Bennett Partners's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Lawrance Bennett Partners, 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
Desford Hall, Leicester Lane, Desford, Leicester, LE9 9JJ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07753 818381 is
- Who else gives the postcode LE9 9JJ
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Lyncombe Consultants 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
- 09280209 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 24 October 2014 (12 years old)
- Registered office
- Desford Hall Leicester Lane, Desford, Leicester, LE9 9JJ, England
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren James Bills | Director | Jul 1963 | 27 Jan 2015 | 2 other companies |
| Rachel Christina Bills | Director | Nov 1966 | 1 Nov 2015 | 1 other company |
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
- 2
- still active
- 2
- run together
- 1
In the full report: all 2 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 1 company these 2 directors run together
- All 4 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£156k
+6.9% from £146k
Employees (average)
5
Same as 5
Owed within a year
£68.5k
+15% from £59.4k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 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 09280209. 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
Lawrance Bennett Partners’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
6 April 2016
- Darren James Bills became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Rachel Christina Bills became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2015
27 August 2015
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2014
24 October 2014
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 10 events
- All 10 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 6
Firms connected to Lawrance Bennett Partners
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Lawrance Bennett Partners. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 4
- no longer authorised
- 1
- share its postcode
- 4
In the full report: all 4 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (4)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Lawrance Bennett Partners
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
In the Leicester (LE) postcode area
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- 2 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 10 events in its history
- 4 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