TM Legal Services Limited

Reference number: 1043532

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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

ACI-UK LIMITED Reference number: 708400 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.
  • TM Legal Services Limited (FRN 1043532) is an AR of ACI-UK LIMITED (FRN 708400). When you use TM Legal Services's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
  • Example: if you take financial advice from TM Legal 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 tm-legalservices.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 01253 226186 is
  • Who else gives the postcode FY4 5LW
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Other names (1)

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

  • TM Legal Trading name

FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Protection through the principal firm
    Protection works through Aci-UK 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.

Company number
10214118
Company status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
3 June 2016 (10 years old)
Registered office
Unit 10 Whitehills Drive, Whitehills Business Park, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY4 5LW, England
Nature of business
  • Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 82990)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
Craig Andrew Hinchliffe Director Aug 1982 13 Mar 2018 19 other companies
Max Houghton Director Apr 1980 9 Mar 2020 5 other companies
Paul Derek Alker Director Aug 1974 12 Mar 2020 None
Mark Samuel Pickup Director Sep 1989 24 Oct 2022 4 other companies
Ben Dougal Director Dec 1983 7 Sep 2026 None

Other companies run by these 5 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
22
closed down
8
are FCA-registered
3

In the full report: all 22 companies, named

  • What each company does, and whether it is still trading
  • Which of these 5 directors sit on each board, and since when
  • Any that went into liquidation or administration
  • The 3 on the FCA register
  • The 4 companies these 5 directors run together
  • All 8 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
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Filed accounts and finances

Year to 31 March 2022Small company accountsAudited

Net assets

£1.22m

+26% from £970k

Cash at bank

£117k

−64% from £322k

Employees (average)

50

−18% from 61

Owed within a year

£1.05m

−26% from £1.41m

Assets and liabilities

In the full report: all 4 years of accounts

  • Every year from 2019 to 2022
  • 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 10214118. 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

TM Legal Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

Key events (5) All events (17)

2025

30 October 2025

  • Became an appointed representative

FCA register

2018

21 May 2018

  • Perch Group Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
  • Tracy Ann Appleby Mollart gave up control

Companies House

2016

3 June 2016

  • Incorporated at Companies House
  • Tracy Ann Appleby Mollart took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

In the full report: all 17 events

  • All 17 events in its history (5 shown here)
  • Every director appointment and resignation: 11
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Firms connected to TM Legal Services

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

connected firms
5
share a director
3
share its postcode
4

In the full report: all 5 connected firms, named

  • How each is linked: shared directors (3), the same postcode (4)
  • Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
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  • 22 other companies its directors have run, named
  • 3 background checks on its contact details
  • 4 years of accounts, charted
  • All 17 events in its history
  • 5 connected firms, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is TM Legal Services Limited FCA authorised?
TM Legal Services Limited (FRN 1043532) 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 TM Legal 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. TM Legal Services Limited (FRN 1043532) is an AR of ACI-UK LIMITED (FRN 708400). When you use TM Legal Services's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm. Example: if you take financial advice from TM Legal 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 TM Legal Services’ phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 01253 226186 and the website tm-legalservices.co.uk for TM Legal Services. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.
Is TM Legal Services a scam or clone?
TM Legal 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 TM Legal Services?
Protection works through Aci-UK Limited, the principal firm responsible for TM Legal Services's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
Who owns TM Legal Services?
TM Legal Services is owned by Perch Group Limited, which holds 75–100% of shares and 75–100% of votes, since 21 May 2018. Before that, it was controlled by Mrs Tracy Ann Appleby Mollart.
Who runs TM Legal Services?
Companies House lists 5 directors of TM Legal Services: Craig Andrew Hinchliffe, Max Houghton, Paul Derek Alker, Mark Samuel Pickup and Ben Dougal.
How long has TM Legal Services been in business?
The company was formed on 3 June 2016.
What do TM Legal Services’ latest accounts show?
Its latest accounts, to 31 March 2022, show net assets of £1.22m (+26% from £970k) and cash at bank of £117k (−64% from £322k).
Does TM Legal Services use any other names?
It trades as TM Legal.

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