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 7 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2019
- Accounts filed up to 30 September 2025
- On its latest accounts it owed £12.1k more than it owned
Responsible principal firm
ROCKWOOD FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED Reference number: 593766 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.
- Leon & Co Financial Services Limited (FRN 913412) is an AR of ROCKWOOD FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED (FRN 593766). When you use Leon & Co Financial Services's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Leon & Co Financial Services, 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
100 High Ash Drive, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS17 8RE, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 0113 288 8111 is
- Who else gives the postcode LS17 8RE
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Rockwood Financial Solutions 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 name
- LEON AND COMPANY FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD
- Company number
- 12183504 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 2 September 2019 (7 years old)
- Registered office
- Leon & Co, 100 High Ash Drive, Alwoodley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS17 8RE, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
- Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding (SIC 66290)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine Louise Charlier | Director | Jan 1977 | 2 Sep 2019 | 4 other companies |
| Jack Posner | Director | Nov 1948 | 2 Sep 2019 | None |
| Darren Ashley Stone (Dr) | Director | Dec 1976 | 2 Sep 2019 | 4 other companies |
| Linda Jennifer Lodge | Director | Oct 1975 | 16 Apr 2026 | 1 other company |
Other companies run by these 4 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
- 8
- closed down
- 3
- are FCA-registered
- 2
In the full report: all 8 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 4 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 2 on the FCA register
- The 1 company these 4 directors run together
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
−£12.1k
−163% from £19.2k
Employees (average)
0
Same as 0
Owed within a year
£15.1k
−1.9% from £15.4k
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £12.1k more than it owned.
Net assets
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 12183504. 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
Leon & Co Financial Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2019
13 September 2019
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2 September 2019
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Catherine Louise Charlier became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Darren Ashley Stone became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Jack Posner became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 9 events
- All 9 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 4
Firms connected to Leon & Co Financial Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Leon & Co Financial Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share a director
- 1
- past link
- 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
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like Leon & Co Financial Services
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
In Leeds
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- 8 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 9 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
- 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