Smith and Wardle Financial Consultants LLP
Reference number: 912090
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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
Suite B, Gloverside, 23-25 Bury Mead Road, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 1RT, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- When smithandwardle.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01462 420544 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode SG5 1RT
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Smith and Wardle Financial Planning Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Give regulated advice FSCS may applyA claim for unsuitable advice is itself FSCS-protected, up to the limit that applies to the product you were advised on.
- Manage or trade investments FSCS may applyEligible investment and pension claims are typically FSCS-protected up to £85,000 per person, depending on the product and your circumstances.
- Advise on or arrange mortgages FSCS may applyMortgage advice and arranging may be FSCS-covered, up to the limit that applies.
- Lend or arrange credit No FSCS coverConsumer credit is not covered by the FSCS, so there is no compensation scheme if the firm fails.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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- Acting as a CBTL advisor
- Acting as a CBTL Advisor
- Acting as a CBTL arranger
- Acting as a CBTL Arranger
- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Advising on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs
- Advising on regulated mortgage contracts
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Arranging (bringing about) regulated mortgage contracts
- Dealing in investments as agent
- Debt-counselling
- Making arrangements with a view to regulated mortgage contracts
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
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
- OC398850 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Limited liability partnership
- Incorporated
- 14 March 2015 (11 years old)
- Registered office
- Smith And Wardle , Suite B Gloverside, 23-25 Bury Mead Road, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 1RT, United Kingdom
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine Margaret Davidson Smith | LLP designated member | Nov 1965 | 14 Mar 2015 | None |
| Jonathan Marc Davidson Smith | LLP designated member | Aug 1966 | 14 Mar 2015 | None |
| Helena Elizabeth Wardle | LLP designated member | Jul 1985 | 14 Dec 2016 | 4 other companies |
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
- 4
- closed down
- 2
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 4 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 one on the FCA register, including one no longer authorised
- All 4 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£158k
+37% from £115k
Cash at bank
£109k
+14% from £95.7k
Employees (average)
10
Same as 10
Owed within a year
£61.6k
+116% from £28.5k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 5 years of accounts
- Every year from 2022 to 2026
- 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 OC398850. 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
Smith and Wardle Financial Consultants’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
1 April 2023
- Helena Elizabeth Wardle became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Jonathan Marc Davidson Smith became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2020
7 August 2020
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2015
14 March 2015
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 13 events
- All 13 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 5
Firms connected to Smith and Wardle Financial Consultants
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Smith and Wardle Financial Consultants. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share a director
- 1
- share its phone number
- 1
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (1), the same phone number (1), the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Smith and Wardle Financial Consultants
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
In Hitchin
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- 4 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- 5 years of accounts, charted
- All 13 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
- 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