Leather Taylor Limited: FCA regulated?

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 1997
Accounts filed up to 31 March 2025

Responsible principal firm

Ecclesiastical Planning Services Limited Reference number: 958152 Authorised 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.
LEATHER TAYLOR LIMITED (FRN 981319) is an AR of Ecclesiastical Planning Services Limited (FRN 958152). When you use LEATHER TAYLOR's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
Example: if you take financial advice from LEATHER TAYLOR, 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.

No website on the FCA register
Phone number

01983 529090
Address

Geoff Leather Funeral Directors, 45 St James Street, Newport, Isle Of Wight, PO30 1LG, United Kingdom

In the full report: 2 background checks

What kind of line 01983 529090 is
Who else gives the postcode PO30 1LG

Other names (5)

If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.

Fernhill Park Woodland Burial Ground Trading name: A name it trades under now.
Geoff Leather Independent Funeral Directors Trading name: A name it trades under now.
HV Taylor & Son Trading name: A name it trades under now.
Isle of Wight Unattended Funerals Trading name: A name it trades under now.
HV Taylor & Son Geoff Leather Independent Funeral Directors Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.

FCA permissions and consumer protection

Protection through the principal firm
Protection works through Ecclesiastical Planning Services 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, free
You 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: 03469597 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
Company status: Active
Company type: Private limited company
Incorporated: 21 November 1997 (28 years old)
Registered office: 45 St James Street, Newport, Isle Of Wight, PO30 1LG, England
Nature of business: Funeral and related activities (SIC 96030)

Directors and company secretaries

Name	Role	Born	Appointed	Other companies
Adrian Harfield Medley	Director	Aug 1947	21 Nov 1997	9 other companies
Laurence Woodford Gustar	Director	Dec 1950	6 Apr 1998	12 other companies
Geoffrey Leather	Director	Nov 1948	6 Apr 1998	3 other companies
Robin Anthony Leather	Director	Jul 1974	28 Sep 2013	3 other companies
Christine Mary Field	Director	May 1951	16 Mar 2022	17 other companies
Colin Matthissen	Director	Jun 1957	1 May 2023	None

Other companies run by these 6 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: 32
closed down: 3
is FCA-registered: 1

In the full report: all 32 companies, named

What each company does, and whether it is still trading
Which of these 6 directors sit on each board, and since when
Any that went into liquidation or administration
The one on the FCA register
The 3 companies these 6 directors run together
All 9 people who have ever been directors, with their dates

Filed accounts and finances

Year to 31 March 2025Small company accountsNot audited

Net assets

£2.33m

−5.5% from £2.47m

Cash at bank

£958k

−4% from £997k

Employees (average)

21

+24% from 17

Owed within a year

£380k

+13% from £336k

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.

There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.

Accounts filed at Companies House for company 03469597. 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

Leather Taylor’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

Key events (2) All events (20)

2022

19 August 2022

Became an appointed representative

FCA register

1997

21 November 1997

Incorporated at Companies House

Companies House

In the full report: all 20 events

All 20 events in its history (2 shown here)
Every director appointment and resignation: 12

Firms connected to Leather Taylor

Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Leather Taylor. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.

connected firm: 1
share a director: 1

In the full report: the connected firm, named

How it is linked: shared directors (1)
Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates

Firms like Leather Taylor

Other firms of the same type (funeral director), nearest first.

In Newport

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32 other companies its directors have run, named
2 background checks on its contact details
6 years of accounts, charted
All 20 events in its history
1 connected firm, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Leather Taylor Limited FCA authorised?

Leather Taylor Limited (FRN 981319) is not directly authorised. It is an appointed representative acting under the responsibility of a directly authorised principal firm.

What does appointed representative mean for Leather Taylor?

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. Leather Taylor Limited (FRN 981319) is an AR of Ecclesiastical Planning Services Limited (FRN 958152). When you use Leather Taylor's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm. Example: if you take financial advice from Leather Taylor, 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.

What is Leather Taylor’s phone number?

The FCA register lists the phone number 01983 529090 for Leather Taylor. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.

Is Leather Taylor a scam or clone?

Leather Taylor is a genuine FCA-listed firm, and the FCA has published no warnings about fake versions of it. Scammers do copy real firms, though, so check that any contact details you were given match the ones on the register.

Is my money safe with Leather Taylor?

Protection works through Ecclesiastical Planning Services Limited, the principal firm responsible for Leather Taylor's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.

Who runs Leather Taylor?

Companies House lists 6 directors of Leather Taylor: Adrian Harfield Medley, Laurence Woodford Gustar, Geoffrey Leather, Robin Anthony Leather, Christine Mary Field and Colin Matthissen.

How long has Leather Taylor been in business?

The company was formed on 21 November 1997.

What do Leather Taylor’s latest accounts show?

Its latest accounts, to 31 March 2025, show net assets of £2.33m (−5.5% from £2.47m) and cash at bank of £958k (−4% from £997k).

Does Leather Taylor use any other names?

It trades as Fernhill Park Woodland Burial Ground, Geoff Leather Independent Funeral Directors, HV Taylor & Son and Isle of Wight Unattended Funerals. It has previously used the name HV Taylor & Son Geoff Leather Independent Funeral Directors.