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
25 Bury Street, London, SW1Y 6AL, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 020 7430 1750 is
- Who else gives the postcode SW1Y 6AL
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Lifetime Home Securities PLC Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Arrange equity release FSCS may applyMortgage advice and arranging may be FSCS-covered, up to the limit that applies.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
Show FCA detail (4 permissions)
- Administering a home reversion plan
- Arranging (bringing about) a home reversion plan
- Entering into a home reversion plan
- Making arrangements with a view to a home reversion plan
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
- 02565240 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 4 December 1990 (35 years old)
- Registered office
- 25 Bury Street, London, SW1Y 6AL, England
- Nature of business
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- Buying and selling of own real estate (SIC 68100)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Smeath | Director | Jul 1968 | 31 Mar 2022 | 2 other companies |
| NEW QUADRANT TRUST CORPORATION LIMITED | Corporate secretary | Not published | 22 Mar 2021 | – |
Other companies run by its director
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
- closed down
- 2
In the full report: all 2 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 3 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£1.72m
<1% from £1.71m
Cash at bank
£651
−100% from £153k
Employees (average)
1
Same as 1
Owed within a year
£5,380
−98% from £251k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 5 years of accounts
- Every year from 2022 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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 02565240. 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
Lifetime Home Securities’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
31 March 2022
- Board replaced: its only director left and a new director took over
Companies House
2021
6 August 2021
- Changed its registered name from "Lifetime Home Securities PLC"
FCA register
2019
23 September 2019
- New Quadrant Trust Corporation Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- M A Brown Discretionary Trust took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2007
11 June 2007
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
FCA register
18 May 2007
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
1990
4 December 1990
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 13 events
- All 13 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
Firms connected to Lifetime Home Securities
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Lifetime Home Securities. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 4
- 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 Lifetime Home Securities
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- 2 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 5 years of accounts, charted
- All 13 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
- 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