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 20 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 1997
- Accounts filed up to 30 November 2023
- 1 thing worth a closer look in the background checks
Responsible principal firm
Vintage Wealth Management Limited Reference number: 593380 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.
- Simmons Gainsford Financial Services Limited (FRN 449588) is an AR of Vintage Wealth Management Limited (FRN 593380). When you use Simmons Gainsford Financial Services's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Simmons Gainsford 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
Compare these against whatever you were given. Scammers clone real firm names and reference numbers but use their own phone number and website, so a detail that does not match the register is the clearest warning sign there is.
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
14th Floor, 33 Cavendish Square, London, Westminster, W1G 0PW, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- What kind of line 020 7447 9000 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Whether W1G 0PW is a shared office: 50 other firms give it
Other names (3)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- SG Financial Services Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- SG Financial Services Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Simmons Gainsford Financial Services Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Vintage Wealth Management 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 number
- 03449000 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 13 October 1997 (29 years old)
- Registered office
- 14th Floor 33 Cavendish Square, London, W1G 0PW, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Leonard Hersey | Director | Sep 1967 | 8 Apr 2005 | 16 other companies |
| Robert Andrew Stein | Director | Feb 1963 | 19 Feb 2007 | 27 other companies |
| David John Pumfrey | Director | Dec 1966 | 17 Feb 2020 | 20 other companies |
| Bernard Cunningham | Director | Mar 1965 | 9 Mar 2023 | None |
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
- 47
- closed down
- 16
- are FCA-registered
- 6
In the full report: all 47 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 6 on the FCA register
- The 16 companies these 4 directors run together
- All 18 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£139k
Up £138k from £1,368
Cash at bank
£182k
+853% from £19.1k
Employees (average)
4
Same as 4
Owed within a year
£73.9k
+78% from £41.6k
Assets and liabilities
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 03449000. 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
Simmons Gainsford Financial Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
6 December 2023
- Simmons Gainsford Nominees Limited gave up control
- Simmons Gainsford Professional Services Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Simmons Gainsford Nominees Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2014
28 October 2014
- Changed its registered name from "SG Financial Services Ltd"
FCA register
2011
16 November 2011
- Changed its registered name from "Simmons Gainsford Financial Services Ltd"
FCA register
2006
21 March 2006
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
1997
13 October 1997
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 44 events
- All 44 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 36
Firms connected to Simmons Gainsford Financial Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Simmons Gainsford Financial Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 6
- share a director
- 5
- share its phone number
- 1
In the full report: all 6 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (5), the same phone number (1), the same postcode (1)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like Simmons Gainsford Financial Services
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
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- 47 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- All 44 events in its history
- 6 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