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 3 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2008
- Accounts filed up to 30 April 2025
Responsible principal firm
CO HOME IMPROVEMENTS LIMITED Reference number: 722754 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.
- Planet South Lakes Limited (FRN 995251) is an AR of CO HOME IMPROVEMENTS LIMITED (FRN 722754). When you use Planet South Lakes's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Planet South Lakes, 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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
Unit 31, Dockray Hall Industrial Estate, Dockray Hall Rd, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4RU, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 0800 612 2255 is
- Who else gives the postcode LA9 4RU
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Co Home Improvements 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
- 06584682 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 6 May 2008 (18 years old)
- Registered office
- Unit 31 Dockray Hall Industrial Estate, Dockray Hall Rd, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4RU, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Glazing (SIC 43342)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory Kane | Director | Nov 1975 | 22 Mar 2023 | 34 other companies |
| Richard Ashley | Director | Nov 1981 | 16 Jun 2023 | 1 other company |
| Michael Alexander Giscombe | Director | Jun 1967 | 16 Jun 2023 | 28 other companies |
| Gary Robert Oakes | Director | Nov 1968 | 16 Jun 2023 | 1 other company |
| Sarah Lyn Van Haazel | Director | Jun 1975 | 16 Jun 2023 | 24 other companies |
Other companies run by these 5 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
- 40
- closed down
- 13
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 40 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 5 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The one that went into liquidation or administration
- The 4 on the FCA register
- The 27 companies these 5 directors run together
- All 8 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£58.3k
+132% from £25.2k
Cash at bank
£151k
+129% from £66.0k
Employees (average)
6
+50% from 4
Owed within a year
£573k
+51% from £379k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 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 06584682. 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
Planet South Lakes’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
2 September 2025
- Conservatory Outlet Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Gregory Kane stopped being a part-owner
- Michael Alexander Giscombe stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2023
2 May 2023
- Gregory Kane became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Juliet Hodgson stopped being a part-owner
- Michael Alexander Giscombe became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Richard Ward Hodgson stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
22 April 2023
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Juliet Hodgson became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Richard Ward Hodgson became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2008
6 May 2008
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 24 events
- All 24 events in its history (11 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 13
Firms connected to Planet South Lakes
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Planet South Lakes. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 4
- share a director
- 4
In the full report: all 4 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (4)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Planet South Lakes
Other firms of the same type (home improvement or trades), nearest first.
In the Lancaster (LA) postcode area
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- 40 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 24 events in its history
- 4 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