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 17 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2008
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
- On its latest accounts it owed £1,944 more than it owned
Responsible principal firm
A.J. OPTIONS LIMITED Reference number: 613250 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.
- Planwise Financial Services Ltd (FRN 496478) is an AR of A.J. OPTIONS LIMITED (FRN 613250). When you use Planwise Financial Services's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Planwise 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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
3 Arniston Road, Dunfermline, Fife, KY11 8EU, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01383 223136 is
- Who else gives the postcode KY11 8EU
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through A.j. Options 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
- SC352778 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 22 December 2008 (17 years old)
- Registered office
- 41 Norton Place, Dunfermline, KY11 4RQ
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lesley Sokell | Director | Apr 1962 | 22 Dec 2008 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that its director runs no other company
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
−£1,944
−183% from £2,345
Employees (average)
1
Same as 1
Owed within a year
£7,536
+16% from £6,515
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £1,944 more than it owned.
Net assets
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 SC352778. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Planwise Financial Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
22 December 2016
- Lesley Sokell took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2009
17 February 2009
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2008
22 December 2008
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Lesley Sokell appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
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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