Scrimger & Oakes Limited
Reference number: 416938
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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 21 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2017
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
Responsible principal firm
St. James's Place Wealth Management Plc Reference number: 195351 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.
- Scrimger & Oakes Limited (FRN 416938) is an AR of St. James's Place Wealth Management Plc (FRN 195351). When you use Scrimger & Oakes's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Scrimger & Oakes, 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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Phone number
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Address
Shepherds Gill, Bowes Offices, Lambton Park, Chester le Street, County Durham, DH3 4AN, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When scrimgerandoakes.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0191 385 1530 is
- Who else gives the postcode DH3 4AN
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Shaun Scrimger Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through St. James's Place Wealth Management PLC, 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
- 10795830 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 31 May 2017 (9 years old)
- Registered office
- Shepherds Gill Bowes Offices, Lambton Park, Chester Le Street, DH3 4AN, England
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaun James Scrimger | Director | Jul 1971 | 31 May 2017 | 1 other company |
| Aaron Oakes | Director | Jan 1971 | 14 Dec 2017 | 1 other company |
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
- closed down
- 1
- still active
- 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
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£549k
−29% from £777k
Cash at bank
£50.3k
−79% from £238k
Owed within a year
£1.25m
−20% from £1.57m
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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 10795830. 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
Scrimger & Oakes’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2017
14 December 2017
- Aaron Oakes became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
12 September 2017
- Changed its registered name from "Shaun Scrimger"
FCA register
1 August 2017
- Aaron Oakes stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
31 May 2017
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Aaron Oakes became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Shaun James Scrimger became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
2004
7 December 2004
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
In the full report: all 12 events
- All 12 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 4
Firms connected to Scrimger & Oakes
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Scrimger & Oakes. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 3
- share its postcode
- 3
In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (3)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Scrimger & Oakes
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
In Chester le Street
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- 2 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 12 events in its history
- 3 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