South Staffordshire Water PLC
Reference number: 408940
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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 21 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 1991
- Confirmation statement is overdue at Companies House
Responsible principal firm
Homeserve Membership Limited Reference number: 312518 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.
- South Staffordshire Water Plc (FRN 408940) is an AR of Homeserve Membership Limited (FRN 312518). When you use South Staffordshire Water's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from South Staffordshire Water, 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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Phone number
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Address
South Staffordshire Water Plc, Green Lane, Walsall, WS2 7PD, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When south-staffs-water.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01922 638282 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode WS2 7PD
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Cambridge Water Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Homeserve Membership 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.
Concerns on the company record
- Confirmation statement is overdue at Companies House.
- Company number
- 02662742 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Public limited company
- Incorporated
- 25 November 1991 (34 years old)
- Registered office
- Green Lane, Walsall, West Midlands, WS2 7PD
- Nature of business
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- Water collection, treatment and supply (SIC 36000)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Alice Sarah Louise Cummings | Director | Nov 1963 | 14 May 2020 | None |
| Ian Charles Barker | Director | Nov 1953 | 12 Apr 2022 | 4 other companies |
| Sara Lyn Vaughan | Director | May 1964 | 10 Feb 2025 | 23 other companies |
| Jim O'Sullivan | Director | May 1959 | 1 Apr 2025 | None |
| Elena Karpathakis | Director | Jan 1979 | 30 Apr 2025 | 1 other company |
| Mikhail Nahorny | Director | Jul 1979 | 23 Feb 2026 | 15 other companies |
| Stephen Johnson | Director | Dec 1960 | 9 Mar 2026 | 28 other companies |
| James Alaric Leigh | Director | Mar 1966 | 30 Sep 2026 | None |
| Caroline Ann Stretton | Secretary | Not published | 2 Feb 2022 | – |
Other companies run by these 8 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
- 69
- closed down
- 10
- went insolvent
- 2
In the full report: all 69 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 8 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The 2 that went into liquidation or administration
- The 2 on the FCA register
- The 1 company these 8 directors run together
- All 54 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
South Staffordshire Water’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2021
22 December 2021
- South Staffordshire PLC gave up control
- Ssw Finance Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- South Staffordshire PLC took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2005
14 January 2005
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
1991
25 November 1991
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 100 events
- All 100 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 94
Firms connected to South Staffordshire Water
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with South Staffordshire Water. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its phone number
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same phone number (1), the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
- 2 past links through former directors
Firms like South Staffordshire Water
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In the Walsall (WS) postcode area
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- 69 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 100 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
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk