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
Profile Financial Solutions Ltd, Norwest Court, Guildhall Street, Preston, Lancashire, PR1 3NU, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- When profilepensions.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01772 804404 is
- Who else gives the postcode PR1 3NU
Other names (6)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Profile Pensions Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Profile Financial Solutions Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- 247 Retirement Advice Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Profile Financial Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Profile Financial Services Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Profile Financial Solution Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
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.
Show FCA detail (6 permissions)
- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Advising on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Entering into regulated credit agreement as Lender (Excluding high-cost short-term credit, bill of sale agreement, and home collected credit agreement)
- Exercising/having right to exercise lender's rights and duties under a regulated credit agreement (excluding high-cost short-term credit, bill of sale agreement, and home collected credit agreement)
- 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
- 07731925 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 8 August 2011 (15 years old)
- Registered office
- Norwest Court, Guildhall Street, Preston, Lancashire, PR1 3NU
- Nature of business
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- Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding (SIC 66290)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giovanni Dapra | Director | Nov 1983 | 31 Jul 2023 | 3 other companies |
| David Jackman | Director | Jun 1960 | 31 Jul 2023 | 13 other companies |
| Christopher Bruce Trebilcock | Director | Dec 1974 | 2 Nov 2023 | 3 other companies |
| Fabio Zampaglione | Director | Jul 1982 | 16 Nov 2023 | 2 other companies |
| Jason Leslie Robert Chapman | Director | Jan 1968 | 1 Dec 2025 | 5 other companies |
| Silvia Benzi | Director | Sep 1975 | 28 Jul 2026 | 2 other companies |
Other companies run by these 6 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
- 18
- closed down
- 6
- are FCA-registered
- 4
In the full report: all 18 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 6 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 4 on the FCA register
- The 3 companies these 6 directors run together
- All 16 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£2.34m
No earlier figure to compare
Cash at bank
£32.9k
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Employees (average)
48
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Owed within a year
£2.47m
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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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 07731925. 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
Profile Financial Solutions’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2017
10 May 2017
- Changed its registered name from "Profile Financial Solutions Limited"
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Profile Fsh Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
20 June 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2011
8 August 2011
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 45 events
- All 45 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 26
Firms connected to Profile Financial Solutions
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Profile Financial Solutions. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share a director
- 2
- past links
- 2
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 2 past links through former directors
Firms like Profile Financial Solutions
Other firms of the same type (lender), nearest first.
In Preston
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- 18 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- All 45 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
- 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