Introducer appointed representative
This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.
- Appointed for 6 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2015
- Accounts filed up to 29 October 2025
- On its latest accounts it owed £108k more than it owned
Responsible principal firm
Independent Funeral Planning Services Ltd Reference number: 962434 View firm →What does this mean?
- An introducer appointed representative can only pass your details to its principal firm. It cannot recommend products, give financial advice, or arrange deals on its own.
- Tony Clarke Funeral Directors (Hylton House) Ltd (FRN 917156) introduces customers to Independent Funeral Planning Services Ltd (FRN 962434). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Tony Clarke Funeral Directors (Hylton House).
- Example: if Tony Clarke Funeral Directors (Hylton House) refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Tony Clarke Funeral Directors (Hylton House) itself.
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Website, phone number and address
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Phone number
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Address
29 Railway Terrace, South Hylton, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR4 0PY, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When tony-clarke.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0191 565 6055 is
- Who else gives the postcode SR4 0PY
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Independent Funeral Planning Services Ltd, 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
- 09817980 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 9 October 2015 (11 years old)
- Registered office
- 190 Hylton Road, Sunderland, SR4 7YB, England
- Nature of business
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- Funeral and related activities (SIC 96030)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marek Filipkowski | Director | Dec 1977 | 9 Oct 2015 | 9 other companies |
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 companies
- 9
- closed down
- 7
- still active
- 2
In the full report: all 9 companies, 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
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
−£108k
Down £112k from £4,158
Employees (average)
3
Same as 3
Owed within a year
£143k
<1% from £142k
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £108k more than it owned.
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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 09817980. 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
This firm’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2019
20 November 2019
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Marek Filipkowski took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2015
9 October 2015
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Marek Filipkowski appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
Similar firms
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In Sunderland
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- All 4 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