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 4 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2011
- Accounts filed up to 31 July 2025
Responsible principal firm
Golden Charter Limited Reference number: 965279 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.
- PETERBOROUGH FUNERAL SERVICES LTD (FRN 982396) is an AR of Golden Charter Limited (FRN 965279). When you use PETERBOROUGH FUNERAL SERVICES's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from PETERBOROUGH FUNERAL 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
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
75 High Street, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 8DT, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01733 347474 is
- Who else gives the postcode PE2 8DT
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- John Lucas Funeral Directors Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Smiths Funeral Directors Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Golden Charter 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
- 07716220 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 25 July 2011 (15 years old)
- Registered office
- 75 High Street, Fletton, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 8DT
- Nature of business
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- Funeral and related activities (SIC 96030)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Smith | Director | Mar 1964 | 25 Jul 2011 | 2 other companies |
| Ruth Margaret Smith | Director | Sep 1964 | 25 Jul 2011 | 2 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
- 2
- still active
- 2
- run together
- 2
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
- The 2 companies these 2 directors run together
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£1.10m
+5.7% from £1.04m
Cash at bank
£271k
+5.8% from £256k
Employees (average)
32
+19% from 27
Owed within a year
£211k
+4% from £202k
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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 07716220. 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
Peterborough Funeral Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
2 September 2022
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Ebenezer Group Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Ian Smith became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Ian Smith stopped being a part-owner
- Ruth Smith became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Ruth Smith stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2011
25 July 2011
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 11 events
- All 11 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 2
Firms connected to Peterborough Funeral Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Peterborough Funeral Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its postcode
- 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
Firms like Peterborough Funeral Services
Other firms of the same type (funeral director), nearest first.
In Peterborough
In the Peterborough (PE) postcode area
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- 2 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 11 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
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk