Introducer appointed representative
This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.
Responsible principal firm
National Friendly Financial Solutions Limited Reference number: 452784 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.
- Pearl Customer Care Limited (FRN 511945) introduces customers to National Friendly Financial Solutions Limited (FRN 452784). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Pearl Customer Care.
- Example: if Pearl Customer Care refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Pearl Customer Care itself.
- 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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
1 Wythall Green Way, Wythall, Birmingham, B47 6WG, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 020 3567 9100 is, and the 8 other firms that give it
- Who else gives the postcode B47 6WG
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through National Friendly Financial Solutions 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
- 03947540 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 14 March 2000 (26 years old)
- Registered office
- 10 Brindleyplace, Birmingham, B1 2JB, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jenny Isobel Holt | Director | Jun 1977 | 6 Dec 2024 | 14 other companies |
| Gillian Mckay Bellshaw | Director | Jul 1971 | 26 Jun 2026 | 1 other company |
| PEARL GROUP SECRETARIAT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate secretary | Not published | 1 Jul 2011 | – |
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
- 14
- still active
- 14
- are FCA-registered
- 3
In the full report: all 14 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 1 company these 2 directors run together
- All 16 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Pearl Customer Care’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
27 October 2023
- Phoenix Life Assurance Limited gave up control
- Phoenix Life Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Phoenix Life Assurance Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2015
9 April 2015
- Changed its registered name from "Pearl Customer Care Limited"
FCA register
2009
6 November 2009
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2006
29 September 2006
- Board replaced: its only director left and 2 new directors took over
Companies House
2002
12 April 2002
- Board replaced: all 3 directors left and a new director took over
Companies House
2000
14 March 2000
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 34 events
- All 34 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 26
Firms connected to Pearl Customer Care
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Pearl Customer Care. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 8
- share a director
- 3
- share its phone number
- 7
In the full report: all 8 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (3), the same phone number (7), the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Pearl Customer Care
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
In Birmingham
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- 14 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 34 events in its history
- 8 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