News Financial Services Limited
Reference number: 992057
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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.
Responsible principal firm
Finder.com Comparison UK Ltd Reference number: 786446 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.
- News Financial Services Limited (FRN 992057) is an AR of Finder.com Comparison UK Ltd (FRN 786446). When you use News Financial Services's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from News 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
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
1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When thetimes.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 07592 826202 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode SE1 9GF
Other names (5)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- The Sun Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- The Times Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- The Times Money Mentor Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Times Money Mentor Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- TMM Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Finder.com Comparison UK Ltd, 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
- 05891402 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 31 July 2006 (20 years old)
- Registered office
- Matches the FCA register address ✓
- Nature of business
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- Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 82990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emma Caroline Humphreys | Director | Aug 1976 | 25 Jul 2022 | 57 other companies |
| Hannah Spencer | Director | Feb 1988 | 5 Dec 2025 | 21 other companies |
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
- 58
- closed down
- 23
- are FCA-registered
- 3
In the full report: all 58 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
- The 3 on the FCA register
- The 20 companies these 2 directors run together
- All 9 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
News Financial Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
19 February 2023
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- News Corp UK & Ireland Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2006
31 July 2006
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 29 events
- All 29 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 16
Firms connected to News Financial Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with News Financial Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 3
- share a director
- 3
- share its phone number
- 1
In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (3), the same phone number (1), the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like News Financial Services
Other firms of the same type (retailer), nearest first.
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- 58 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 29 events in its history
- 3 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
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk