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 5 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2017
- Accounts filed up to 30 June 2025
- Its whole board of directors changed in April 2024
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.
- Port Glasgow Funeral Services Ltd (FRN 956920) is an AR of Golden Charter Limited (FRN 965279). When you use Port Glasgow Funeral Services's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Port Glasgow 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
4 John Wood Street, Port Glasgow, PA14 5HU, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01475 744638 is
- Who else gives the postcode PA14 5HU
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
- SC571262 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 14 July 2017 (9 years old)
- Registered office
- 4 John Wood Street, Port Glasgow, PA14 5HU, Scotland
- Nature of business
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- Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 82990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Collins | Director | Apr 1973 | 11 Apr 2024 | 2 other companies |
| Stephanie Quinn | Director | Jan 1985 | 11 Apr 2024 | 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
- is FCA-registered
- 1
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 one on the FCA register
- The 2 companies these 2 directors run together
- All 4 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£46.8k
+129% from £20.4k
Employees (average)
0
−100% from 1
Owed within a year
£41.9k
−5.6% from £44.4k
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 SC571262. 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
Port Glasgow Funeral Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
11 April 2024
- Board replaced: its only director left and 2 new directors took over
- Alistair Robert Thomas gave up control
- Collins & Quinn Funeral Services Ltd took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2021
15 August 2021
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2020
30 September 2020
- Allan David McGhee stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2017
14 July 2017
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Alistair Robert Thomas took control (75–100% of shares)
- Allan David McGhee became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 15 events
- All 15 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 6
Firms connected to Port Glasgow Funeral Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Port Glasgow Funeral Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share a director
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (1), the same postcode (1)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Port Glasgow Funeral Services
Other firms of the same type (funeral director), nearest first.
In the Paisley (PA) postcode area
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- 2 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 15 events in its history
- 2 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