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 7 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2010
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2025
- Its whole board of directors changed in May 2024
Responsible principal firm
HOLYOAKES GROUP LIMITED Reference number: 426166 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.
- Pickersgill Financial Planning Ltd (FRN 912901) is an AR of HOLYOAKES GROUP LIMITED (FRN 426166). When you use Pickersgill Financial Planning's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Pickersgill Financial Planning, 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
Unit 4, Antler Complex, Bruntcliffe Way, Morley, Leeds, Leeds, LS27 0JG, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 0113 220 3630 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode LS27 0JG
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Holyoakes Group 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
- 07206131 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 29 March 2010 (16 years old)
- Registered office
- Unit 4, Antler Complex Bruntcliffe Way, Morley, Leeds, LS27 0JG, England
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Trevor Best | Director | Mar 1954 | 31 May 2024 | 10 other companies |
Other companies run by its director
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
- 10
- closed down
- 3
- are FCA-registered
- 2
In the full report: all 10 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 2 on the FCA register
- All 4 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£17.6k
No earlier figure to compare
Owed within a year
£7,719
−83% from £46.5k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2025
- 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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 07206131. 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
Pickersgill Financial Planning’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
31 May 2024
- Board replaced: its only director left and a new director took over
- Corporate Pensions Administration Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Darren Pickersgill gave up control
Companies House
2019
2 September 2019
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
21 August 2019
- Joanne Pickersgill stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Darren Pickersgill took control (75–100% of shares)
- Joanne Pickersgill became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2010
29 March 2010
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 15 events
- All 15 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 7
Firms connected to Pickersgill Financial Planning
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Pickersgill Financial Planning. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 3
- share its phone number
- 1
- share its postcode
- 3
In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same phone number (1), the same postcode (3)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like Pickersgill Financial Planning
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
In Leeds
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- 10 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 15 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