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 5 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2007
- Accounts filed up to 30 April 2026
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.
- Trevor E W Hickton Limited (FRN 939254) is an AR of Golden Charter Limited (FRN 965279). When you use Trevor E W Hickton's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Trevor E W Hickton, 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
Whitmore House, 8-11 Lower High Street, Cradley Heath, West Midlands, B64 5AB, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01384 569569 is
- Who else gives the postcode B64 5AB
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Hickton Family Funeral Directors Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- R Hadley and Hickton 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
- 06210974 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 12 April 2007 (19 years old)
- Registered office
- Matches the FCA register address ✓
- Nature of business
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- Funeral and related activities (SIC 96030)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Whitmore Hickton | Director | Mar 1990 | 27 May 2008 | 10 other companies |
| Greg Whitmore Hickton | Director | Mar 1992 | 23 Jun 2017 | 3 other companies |
| Jodie Louise Whitmore Hickton | Director | Feb 1994 | 18 Feb 2019 | 4 other companies |
| Ross Whitmore Hickton | Secretary | Not published | 17 Dec 2009 | – |
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
- 13
- closed down
- 2
- run together
- 2
In the full report: all 13 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
- The 2 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£228k
+79% from £127k
Cash at bank
£289k
+54% from £188k
Employees (average)
25
+14% from 22
Owed within a year
£280k
−7.2% from £301k
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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 06210974. 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
Trevor E W Hickton’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
22 October 2024
- Greg Whitmore Hickton became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Jodie Louise Whitmore Hickton became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
22 September 2024
- Trevor Eley Whitmore Hickton gave up control
Companies House
2020
21 December 2020
- Ross Whitmore Hickton became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
24 November 2020
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2016
30 June 2016
- Trevor Eley Whitmore Hickton took control (75–100% of votes)
Companies House
2007
12 April 2007
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 15 events
- All 15 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 5
Firms like Trevor E W Hickton
Other firms of the same type (funeral director), nearest first.
In Cradley Heath
In the Birmingham (B) postcode area
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- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 15 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