Scotmid Coop Life Services Limited
Reference number: 966550
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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
Fosters Family Funeral Directors, 240A Glasgow Road, Rutherglen, Glasgow, South Lanarkshire, G73 1UZ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When fostersfuneraldirectors.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0800 121 8090 is
- Who else gives the postcode G73 1UZ
Other names (5)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Fosters Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Fosters Family Funeral Directors Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Fosters Funeral Directors Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Scotmid Funerals Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- The Independent Family Funeral Directors Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Funeral plans FSCS may applyFuneral plans are FSCS protected. If the provider fails, the FSCS can arrange for your plan to be honoured or pay compensation.
- 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
- SC391536 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 14 January 2011 (15 years old)
- Registered office
- 147 St. Georges Road, Glasgow, G3 6LB, Scotland
- Nature of business
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- Funeral and related activities (SIC 96030)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karen Scott | Director | Oct 1970 | 13 Sep 2024 | 9 other companies |
| Craig Robert Strachan | Director | Mar 1988 | 13 Sep 2024 | 9 other companies |
| Nicholas John Mclaughlin | Director | Jul 1982 | 24 Apr 2025 | 1 other company |
| Alan David Yuille | Secretary | Not published | 22 Jul 2025 | – |
Other companies run by these 3 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
- 13
- closed down
- 3
- run together
- 5
In the full report: all 13 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 5 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 15 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£9.71m
+11% from £8.72m
Profit before tax
£5.03m
+565% from £756k
Total equity
£16.7m
+40% from £11.9m
Cash at bank
£895k
+953% from £85.0k
Turnover and profit
In the full report: all 5 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2023
- Both charts, 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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company SC391536. 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
Scotmid Coop Life Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
26 August 2025
- Changed its registered name from "The Independent Family Funeral Directors Ltd"
FCA register
2024
13 September 2024
- Board replaced: all 3 directors left and 3 new directors took over
- Dc2 Bidco Limited gave up control
- Scotmid Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2022
3 August 2022
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2017
24 November 2017
- Anthony Joseph Thomas Foster stopped being the majority owner
- Dc2 Bidco Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Anthony Joseph Thomas Foster became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
2011
14 January 2011
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 42 events
- All 42 events in its history (10 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 27
Firms connected to Scotmid Coop Life Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Scotmid Coop Life Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 4
- share its postcode
- 4
In the full report: all 4 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (4)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Scotmid Coop Life Services
Other firms of the same type (funeral plan provider), nearest first.
In Glasgow
Elsewhere in the UK
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- 13 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 5 years of accounts, charted
- All 42 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
- 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