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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
Also given by a firm that is no longer authorised. Check you are dealing with the firm on this page.
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Address
Chequer Tree Farm, Wittersham, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7EJ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 020 7821 2430 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode TN30 7EJ
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Smith Associates Financial Services Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
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 arranger
- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Advising on P2P agreements
- 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
- 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
- 09741252 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 20 August 2015 (11 years old)
- Registered office
- 7 Cockhall Close, Litlington, Royston, SG8 0RB, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Stuart Smith | Director | Mar 1947 | 20 Aug 2015 | None |
| Aimee Marler | Director | Aug 1983 | 27 Jul 2017 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that these 2 directors run no other company
- All 3 people who have been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£67.2k
+1.5% from £66.2k
Employees (average)
5
No earlier figure to compare
Owed within a year
£13.9k
−36% from £21.8k
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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 09741252. 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 Associates Financial Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
22 December 2025
- Changed its registered name from "Smith Associates Financial Services Limited"
FCA register
2017
27 July 2017
- Lesley Margaret Brown stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2016
15 December 2016
- Brian Stuart Smith became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
17 August 2016
- Lesley Margaret Brown became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2015
16 December 2015
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
20 August 2015
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 13 events
- All 13 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 4
Firms connected to Smith Associates Financial Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Smith Associates Financial Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- no longer authorised
- 1
- share its phone number
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same phone number (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Smith Associates Financial Services
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
In Tenterden
In the Tonbridge (TN) postcode area
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- Every company its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 13 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, 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