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 4 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2004
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
Responsible principal firm
Golden Charter Limited Reference number: 965279 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.
- TESTER AND JONES LIMITED (FRN 982959) is an AR of Golden Charter Limited (FRN 965279). When you use TESTER AND JONES's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from TESTER AND JONES, 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
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
Tester & Jones, London Road, Crowborough, East Sussex, TN6 2TT, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01892 611811 is
- Who else gives the postcode TN6 2TT
Other names (3)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Tester & Jones Funeral Services Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- TESTER & JONES FUNERAL SERVICES LTD Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Tester & Jones Independent Funeral Services Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Golden Charter 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.
- Company number
- 05186813 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 22 July 2004 (22 years old)
- Registered office
- 30/32 Gildredge Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 4SH
- Nature of business
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- Funeral and related activities (SIC 96030)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew William Brunsdon | Director | Mar 1946 | 30 Sep 2004 | 3 other companies |
| Alison Jane Creasy | Director | May 1970 | 30 Sep 2004 | None |
| Glenys Margaret Jones | Director | Mar 1954 | 30 Sep 2004 | 1 other company |
| Glenys Margaret Jones | Secretary | Not published | 30 Sep 2004 | 1 other company |
Other companies run by these 3 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
- 4
- closed down
- 1
- still active
- 3
In the full report: all 4 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
£342k
+9.7% from £312k
Cash at bank
£293k
+17% from £251k
Owed within a year
£59.9k
−19% from £73.8k
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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 05186813. 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
Tester and Jones’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
30 November 2023
- Changed its registered name from "TESTER & JONES FUNERAL SERVICES"
FCA register
2022
22 September 2022
- Changed its registered name from "TESTER & JONES FUNERAL SERVICES LTD"
FCA register
9 September 2022
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Andrew William Brunsdon became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
2004
22 July 2004
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 13 events
- All 13 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 5
Firms like Tester and Jones
Other firms of the same type (funeral director), nearest first.
In Crowborough
In the Tonbridge (TN) postcode area
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- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 13 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
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