Sycamore Alliance Ltd
Reference number: 402115
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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 22 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2000
- Accounts filed up to 31 January 2026
Responsible principal firm
St. James's Place Wealth Management Plc Reference number: 195351 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.
- Sycamore Alliance Ltd (FRN 402115) is an AR of St. James's Place Wealth Management Plc (FRN 195351). When you use Sycamore Alliance's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Sycamore Alliance, 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
8200 Cambridge Research, Beach Drive, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB25 9TL, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When sycamorealliance.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01223 394969 is
- Who else gives the postcode CB25 9TL
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through St. James's Place Wealth Management PLC, 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.
- Company name
- SYCAMORE ALLIANCE LIMITED
- Company number
- 04016857 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 19 June 2000 (26 years old)
- Registered office
- 15 Station Road, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 5BH
- Nature of business
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- Activities of insurance agents and brokers (SIC 66220)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Louis Chapman | Director | Nov 1968 | 4 Sep 2000 | 2 other companies |
| Stephen Howard | Director | May 1964 | 4 Sep 2000 | 2 other companies |
| Suzanne Michaela Howard | Secretary | Not published | 4 Sep 2000 | – |
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
- 3
- closed down
- 1
- run together
- 1
In the full report: all 3 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 1 company these 2 directors run together
- All 4 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£281k
−11% from £315k
Cash at bank
£81.0k
+41% from £57.3k
Owed within a year
£121k
+2.9% from £117k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 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 04016857. 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
Sycamore Alliance’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
9 March 2023
- Jeremy Louis Chapman stopped being a part-owner
- Stephen Howard stopped being the majority owner
Companies House
2020
1 June 2020
- Vanessa Alexandra Chapman stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2016
1 May 2016
- Jeremy Louis Chapman became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Stephen Howard became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
- Stephen Howard gained significant control
- Suzanne Michaela Howard gained significant control
- Vanessa Alexandra Chapman became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2004
13 July 2004
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2000
19 June 2000
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 16 events
- All 16 events in its history (10 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 6
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- 3 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 16 events in its history
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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