Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Website, phone number and address
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Phone number
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Address
SUITE 7, DERBY HOUSE CHAMBERS, LYTHAM RD, FULWOOD, PRESTON, Lancashire, PR2 8JE, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When platformfs.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01772 702000 is
- Who else gives the postcode PR2 8JE
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Give regulated advice FSCS may applyA claim for unsuitable advice is itself FSCS-protected, up to the limit that applies to the product you were advised on.
- Manage or trade investments FSCS may applyEligible investment and pension claims are typically FSCS-protected up to £85,000 per person, depending on the product and your circumstances.
- Lend or arrange credit No FSCS coverConsumer credit is not covered by the FSCS, so there is no compensation scheme if the firm fails.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Advising on P2P agreements
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Credit Broking
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
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
- 08377638 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 28 January 2013 (13 years old)
- Registered office
- Derby House Chambers Suite 7 Lytham Road, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 8JE, England
- Nature of business
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- Activities of insurance agents and brokers (SIC 66220)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imran Ayub | Director | Jan 1969 | 28 Jan 2013 | None |
| Imran Ayub | Secretary | Not published | 28 Jan 2013 | – |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that its director runs no other company
- All 3 people who have been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£60.7k
+11% from £54.9k
Employees (average)
3
+50% from 2
Owed within a year
£16.1k
−2.2% from £16.5k
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 08377638. 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
Platform Financial Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
18 September 2023
- Adeel Ayub stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
1 May 2023
- Adeel Ayub became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2016
1 October 2016
- Imran Ayub took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
24 May 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
28 January 2013
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 13 events
- All 13 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 5
Firms like Platform Financial Services
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In Preston
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- Check your FSCS cover fscs.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk