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 11 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2001
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2025
Responsible principal firm
Rural Finance Limited Reference number: 630701 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.
- Tree View Finance Limited (FRN 687405) is an AR of Rural Finance Limited (FRN 630701). When you use Tree View Finance's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Tree View Finance, 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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
Tree View, St Mary's Way, Brownshill, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL6 8SW, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07901 711665 is
- Who else gives the postcode GL6 8SW
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Rural Finance 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
- 04230814 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 7 June 2001 (25 years old)
- Registered office
- Vine Farm, Saint Marys Way, Brownshill, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL6 8SW
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Wightman | Director | Jun 1962 | 7 Jun 2001 | 3 other companies |
| Jane Mahoney-Wightman | Director | Feb 1966 | 20 Mar 2022 | 1 other company |
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
- 4
- still active
- 4
- are FCA-registered
- 2
In the full report: all 4 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 2 on the FCA register
- All 3 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£1.05m
+7.6% from £973k
Cash at bank
£8,803
−45% from £16.1k
Employees (average)
1
−50% from 2
Owed within a year
£770k
−2.9% from £793k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 4 years of accounts
- Every year from 2022 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 04230814. 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
Tree View Finance’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
20 March 2022
- Jane Mahoney-wightman appointed as a director
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Mark Wightman took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2015
21 April 2015
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2001
7 June 2001
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Mark Wightman appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
Firms connected to Tree View Finance
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Tree View Finance. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- past links
- 2
In the full report: all 0 connected firms, named
- 2 past links through former directors
Firms like Tree View Finance
Other firms of the same type (credit broker), nearest first.
In Stroud
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- 4 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 4 years of accounts, charted
- All 5 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