Merritt's of Midhurst Funeral Services Ltd
Reference number: 1003265
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Introducer appointed representative
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- Appointed for 3 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2022
- Accounts filed up to 31 May 2025
Responsible principal firm
Open Prepaid Funerals Limited Reference number: 962403 View firm →What does this mean?
- An introducer appointed representative can only pass your details to its principal firm. It cannot recommend products, give financial advice, or arrange deals on its own.
- MERRITT'S OF MIDHURST FUNERAL SERVICES LTD (FRN 1003265) introduces customers to Open Prepaid Funerals Limited (FRN 962403). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not MERRITT'S OF MIDHURST FUNERAL SERVICES.
- Example: if MERRITT'S OF MIDHURST FUNERAL SERVICES refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from MERRITT'S OF MIDHURST FUNERAL SERVICES itself.
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Website, phone number and address
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Phone number
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Address
Rumbolds Hill, Midhurst, West Sussex, GU29 9DG, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When merrittsofmidhurst.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01730 816245 is
- Who else gives the postcode GU29 9DG
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Merritt's of Midhurst Funeral Service Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Merritt's of Midhurst Funerall Services Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Open Prepaid Funerals 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
- 14140883 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 30 May 2022 (4 years old)
- Registered office
- 3 Johnson's Barns, Waterworks Road, Petersfield, Hants, GU32 2BY, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Funeral and related activities (SIC 96030)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toby Edward Merritt-Smith | Director | Dec 1997 | 30 May 2022 | 1 other company |
| Jessica Read | Director | Feb 1997 | 24 Feb 2026 | 1 other company |
Other companies run by these 2 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
- 2
- closed down
- 1
- still active
- 1
In the full report: all 2 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£96.8k
No earlier figure to compare
Cash at bank
£85.4k
+81% from £47.2k
Employees (average)
3
Same as 3
Assets and liabilities
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 14140883. 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
Merritt's of Midhurst Funeral Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
12 April 2024
- Changed its registered name from "Merritt's of Midhurst Funerall Services Ltd"
FCA register
2023
3 October 2023
- Changed its registered name from "Merritt's of Midhurst Funeral Services Ltd"
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2022
30 May 2022
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Toby Edward Merritt-Smith took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 8 events
- All 8 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 2
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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