McAlpine Brown Smyth Ltd
Reference number: 975085
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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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Website
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Phone number
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Address
The Mount, 2 Woodstock Link, Belfast, BT6 8DD, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When mbsifp.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 07407 217080 is
- Who else gives the postcode BT6 8DD
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- MBS Independent Financial Planning Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Give regulated advice FSCS may applyA claim for unsuitable advice is itself FSCS-protected, up to the limit that applies to the product you were advised on.
- Manage or trade investments FSCS may applyEligible investment and pension claims are typically FSCS-protected up to £85,000 per person, depending on the product and your circumstances.
- Lend or arrange credit No FSCS coverConsumer credit is not covered by the FSCS, so there is no compensation scheme if the firm fails.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Advising on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Credit Broking
- Debt-counselling
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
- Providing basic advice on stakeholder products
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
- NI661742 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 28 May 2019 (7 years old)
- Registered office
- The Mount, 2 Woodstock Link, Belfast, BT6 8DD, Northern Ireland
- Nature of business
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- Activities of financial services holding companies (SIC 64205)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Alan James Smyth | Director | Jun 1953 | 28 May 2019 | None |
| Jonathan Timothy Mcalpine | Director | Mar 1968 | 28 May 2019 | 1 other company |
| Paul John Taggart | Director | Jun 1968 | 11 Mar 2022 | 4 other companies |
| Liam Patrick Rice | Director | Mar 1981 | 11 Mar 2022 | None |
| David James White | Director | Mar 1976 | 18 Jun 2025 | 1 other company |
Other companies run by these 5 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
- 5
- closed down
- 4
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 5 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 5 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- The 1 company these 5 directors run together
- All 6 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£175k
No earlier figure to compare
Cash at bank
£264k
+27% from £209k
Owed within a year
£93.8k
No earlier figure to compare
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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company NI661742. 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
McAlpine Brown Smyth’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
14 July 2023
- Gillian Louise McAlpine became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
3 January 2023
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2022
11 March 2022
- Gillian Louise McAlpine stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2019
28 May 2019
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Gillian Louise McAlpine became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Jonathan Timothy McAlpine became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 18 events
- All 18 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 7
Firms connected to McAlpine Brown Smyth
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with McAlpine Brown Smyth. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
- past link
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like McAlpine Brown Smyth
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
In Belfast
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- 5 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 18 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
- 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