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 22 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2004
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
Responsible principal firm
J. ILLINGWORTH AND COMPANY LIMITED Reference number: 207560 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.
- Seekings & Wardle Financial Services Ltd (FRN 232341) is an AR of J. ILLINGWORTH AND COMPANY LIMITED (FRN 207560). When you use Seekings & Wardle Financial Services's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Seekings & Wardle Financial 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
3 Finkle Street, Malton, North Yorkshire, YO17 7JD, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01653 697101 is
- Who else gives the postcode YO17 7JD
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through J. Illingworth and Company 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 name
- SEEKINGS & WARDLE FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED
- Company number
- 05008353 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 7 January 2004 (22 years old)
- Registered office
- 3 Finkle Street, Malton, North Yorkshire, YO17 7JD, England
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
- Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 66190)
- Activities of insurance agents and brokers (SIC 66220)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gavin Paul Pugh | Director | Sep 1977 | 30 Nov 2012 | 2 other companies |
| Darren Michael Kelly | Director | Mar 1973 | 28 Jan 2021 | 5 other companies |
| Gavin Paul Pugh | Secretary | Not published | 30 Nov 2012 | – |
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
- 5
- still active
- 5
- are FCA-registered
- 2
In the full report: all 5 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 2 on the FCA register
- The 2 companies these 2 directors run together
- All 7 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
£407k
No earlier figure to compare
Cash at bank
£6,627
−68% from £20.6k
Owed within a year
£39.1k
+44% from £27.2k
Net assets
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 05008353. 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
Seekings & Wardle Financial Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
6 April 2016
- Newgate House took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2012
30 November 2012
- Board replaced: both directors left and 2 new directors took over
Companies House
2004
24 March 2004
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
7 January 2004
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 14 events
- All 14 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 10
Firms connected to Seekings & Wardle Financial Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Seekings & Wardle Financial Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share a director
- 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
Firms like Seekings & Wardle Financial Services
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Malton
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- 5 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 14 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