Sports Financial Services Limited

Reference number: 493197

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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.

Responsible principal firm

Suttons Independent Financial Advisers Limited Reference number: 455848 Authorised 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.
  • Sports Financial Services Limited (FRN 493197) is an AR of Suttons Independent Financial Advisers Limited (FRN 455848). When you use Sports Financial Services's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
  • Example: if you take financial advice from Sports 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.

In the full report: 3 background checks

  • When sports-fs.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 0161 969 1703 is, and the other firm that gives it
  • Who else gives the postcode M33 3HD
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Other names (12)

If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.

  • Absolutely Self Employed Trading name
  • BASI Financial Services Trading name
  • Hazardous Occupations Trading name
  • Hazardous Pursuits Trading name
  • IAM INSURED SOLUTIONS Trading name
  • Insurance Advice Service Trading name
  • Scuba Financial Services Trading name
  • Summit Financial Services Trading name
  • Sports Financial Services Ltd Former name
  • Summit Climbing Financial Services Ltd Former name
  • Rope Sure Life Former trading name
  • VIP Life Former trading name

FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Protection through the principal firm
    Protection works through Suttons Independent Financial Advisers 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, free
    You 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
06691652
Company status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
8 September 2008 (18 years old)
Registered office
Trinity House, 114 Northenden Road, Sale, Cheshire, M33 3HD
Nature of business
  • Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 82990)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
John Arthur Harvey Sutton Director Jul 1966 12 Sep 2008 9 other companies
James Nicholas Phee Director Jan 1998 2 Jan 2024 1 other company
John Arthur Harvey Sutton Secretary Not published 12 Sep 2008 9 other companies

Other companies run by these 2 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
9
closed down
5
are FCA-registered
2

In the full report: all 9 companies, named

  • What each company does, and whether it is still trading
  • Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
  • Any that went into liquidation or administration
  • The 2 on the FCA register
  • The 1 company these 2 directors run together
  • All 4 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
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Filed accounts and finances

Year to 30 June 2025Small company accountsNot audited

Net assets

£160k

No earlier figure to compare

Cash at bank

£368k

+39% from £265k

Employees (average)

7

−13% from 8

Owed within a year

£425k

+22% from £348k

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
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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 06691652. 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

Sports Financial Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

Key events (5) All events (23)

2024

5 November 2024

  • Changed its registered name from "Sports Financial Services Ltd"

FCA register

2016

8 September 2016

  • Sports Financial Serivces Holdings Ltd took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

2009

3 November 2009

  • Changed its registered name from "Summit Climbing Financial Services Ltd"

FCA register

2008

18 December 2008

  • Became an appointed representative

FCA register

8 September 2008

  • Incorporated at Companies House

Companies House

In the full report: all 23 events

  • All 23 events in its history (5 shown here)
  • Every director appointment and resignation: 6
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Firms connected to Sports Financial Services

Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Sports Financial Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.

connected firms
4
share a director
2
share its phone number
1

In the full report: all 4 connected firms, named

  • How each is linked: shared directors (2), the same phone number (1), the same postcode (4)
  • Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
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Firms like Sports Financial Services

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  • 9 other companies its directors have run, named
  • 3 background checks on its contact details
  • 7 years of accounts, charted
  • All 23 events in its history
  • 4 connected firms, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Sports Financial Services Limited FCA authorised?
Sports Financial Services Limited (FRN 493197) is not directly authorised. It is an appointed representative acting under the responsibility of a directly authorised principal firm.
What does appointed representative mean for Sports Financial Services?
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. Sports Financial Services Limited (FRN 493197) is an AR of Suttons Independent Financial Advisers Limited (FRN 455848). When you use Sports Financial Services's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm. Example: if you take financial advice from Sports 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.
What is Sports Financial Services’ phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 0161 969 1703 and the website sports-fs.co.uk for Sports Financial Services. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further. The same number is also given by one other FCA firm.
Is Sports Financial Services a scam or clone?
Sports Financial Services is a genuine FCA-listed firm, and the FCA has published no warnings about fake versions of it. Scammers do copy real firms, though, so check that any contact details you were given match the ones on the register.
Is my money safe with Sports Financial Services?
Protection works through Suttons Independent Financial Advisers Limited, the principal firm responsible for Sports Financial Services's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
Who owns Sports Financial Services?
Sports Financial Services is owned by Sports Financial Serivces Holdings Ltd, which holds 75–100% of shares, since 8 September 2016.
Who runs Sports Financial Services?
Companies House lists 2 directors of Sports Financial Services: John Arthur Harvey Sutton and James Nicholas Phee.
How long has Sports Financial Services been in business?
The company was formed on 8 September 2008.
What do Sports Financial Services’ latest accounts show?
Its latest accounts, to 30 June 2025, show net assets of £160k (no earlier figure to compare) and cash at bank of £368k (+39% from £265k).
Does Sports Financial Services use any other names?
It trades as Absolutely Self Employed, BASI Financial Services, Hazardous Occupations, Hazardous Pursuits and IAM INSURED SOLUTIONS, and 3 more names. It has previously used 4 other names, including Sports Financial Services Ltd, Summit Climbing Financial Services Ltd and Rope Sure Life.

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