Manning & Company (South West) Limited
Reference number: 1044629
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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 under a year
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 1995
- Accounts filed up to 31 July 2025
Responsible principal firm
ValidPath Financial Limited Reference number: 836465 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.
- Manning & Company (South West) Limited (FRN 1044629) is an AR of ValidPath Financial Limited (FRN 836465). When you use Manning & Company (South West)'s services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Manning & Company (South West), 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.
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Phone number
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Address
Manning & Co, 14 Fore Street, Ivybridge, Devon, PL21 9AB, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When manningandco.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01752 837950 is
- Who else gives the postcode PL21 9AB
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Assure Wealth Management Ltd Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through ValidPath Financial 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
- 03101454 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 13 September 1995 (31 years old)
- Registered office
- C/O Businessvision Unit 4, Sandy Court, Ashleigh Way, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon, PL7 5JX, England
- Nature of business
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- Financial management (SIC 70221)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Northmore | Director | Dec 1976 | 1 Feb 2003 | 2 other companies |
| Michael Legassick | Director | Jun 1966 | 16 Sep 2016 | None |
| Patrick James Goddard | Director | Apr 1962 | 16 Sep 2016 | 2 other companies |
| Lisa Faye Julian | Director | Feb 1977 | 30 Jul 2018 | 4 other companies |
| Paul Northmore | Secretary | Not published | 31 Jan 2022 | – |
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
- 7
- closed down
- 4
- run together
- 1
In the full report: all 7 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 1 company these 4 directors run together
- All 9 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£519k
+7.8% from £482k
Cash at bank
£4,188
−98% from £183k
Employees (average)
8
Same as 8
Owed within a year
£302k
+53% from £198k
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 03101454. 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
Manning & Company (South West)’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
14 April 2026
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Paul Northmore gained 50–75% of the votes
Companies House
1995
13 September 1995
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 18 events
- All 18 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 14
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- 7 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 18 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
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk