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
Sandy Farm Business Centre, The Sands, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 1PX, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When surreydowns-fs.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01483 338678 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode GU10 1PX
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 · Arrange equity release 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.
Show FCA detail (13 permissions)
- Acting as a CBTL advisor
- Advising on a home reversion plan
- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Advising on regulated mortgage contracts
- Arranging (bringing about) a home reversion plan
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Arranging (bringing about) regulated mortgage contracts
- Credit Broking
- Debt Adjusting
- Debt-counselling
- Making arrangements with a view to a home reversion plan
- 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
- 09210178 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 9 September 2014 (12 years old)
- Registered office
- Sandy Farm Business Centre Sands Road, The Sands, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 1PX, England
- Nature of business
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- Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 66190)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Benjamin Britton | Director | May 1986 | 9 Sep 2014 | 1 other company |
Other companies run by its director
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 company
- 1
- still active
- 1
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 1 company, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£87.1k
−25% from £116k
Cash at bank
£167k
−37% from £265k
Employees (average)
1
−67% from 3
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 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 09210178. 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
Surrey Downs Financial Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2017
1 November 2017
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2016
30 June 2016
- James Benjamin Britton took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2014
9 September 2014
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 7 events
- All 7 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 1
Firms connected to Surrey Downs Financial Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Surrey Downs Financial Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 4
- no longer authorised
- 1
- share a director
- 1
In the full report: all 4 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (1), the same phone number (1), the same postcode (4)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Surrey Downs Financial Services
Other firms of the same type (mortgage adviser or broker), nearest first.
In Farnham
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- 1 other company its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 7 events in its history
- 4 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