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 4 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2009
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2025
Responsible principal firm
Ecclesiastical Planning Services Limited Reference number: 958152 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.
- Sherlock Funeral Service Ltd (FRN 981260) is an AR of Ecclesiastical Planning Services Limited (FRN 958152). When you use Sherlock Funeral Service's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Sherlock Funeral Service, 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
190 South Street, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 2ES, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01306 822226 is
- Who else gives the postcode RH4 2ES
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- PlusBay Services Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Sherlock and Sons Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Ecclesiastical Planning Services 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
- SHERLOCK FUNERAL SERVICE LIMITED
- Company number
- 07035658 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 30 September 2009 (17 years old)
- Registered office
- Doran Court, Reigate Road, Redhill, RH1 6AZ, England
- Nature of business
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- Funeral and related activities (SIC 96030)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Christopher John Stoneman | Director | Jul 1964 | 16 Oct 2009 | 4 other companies |
| Mollie Rachel Stoneman | Director | Jun 1993 | 19 Nov 2021 | 5 other companies |
| William James Stoneman | Director | Apr 1994 | 27 Nov 2024 | 3 other companies |
| Maisie Rebecca Samantha Stoneman | Director | Oct 1998 | 27 Nov 2024 | 3 other companies |
| Mollie Rachel Stoneman | Secretary | Not published | 22 Jan 2026 | – |
Other companies run by these 4 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
- 6
- closed down
- 1
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 6 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 4 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- The 3 companies these 4 directors run together
- All 7 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£1.30m
−4.1% from £1.36m
Cash at bank
£397k
+65% from £240k
Employees (average)
12
+9.1% from 11
Owed within a year
£1.20m
+13% from £1.05m
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 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 07035658. 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
Sherlock Funeral Service’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
19 August 2022
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- J Stoneman & Sons Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2009
30 September 2009
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 15 events
- All 15 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 10
Firms connected to Sherlock Funeral Service
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Sherlock Funeral Service. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 3
- share a director
- 1
- share its postcode
- 2
In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (1), the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Sherlock Funeral Service
Other firms of the same type (funeral director), nearest first.
In the Redhill (RH) postcode area
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- 6 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 15 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