No longer an appointed representative
This firm is still listed on the FCA register, but the record is closed. Cover on business done while it was authorised generally still applies, and it cannot take on new regulated business. Registration ended 2 October 2025.
Website, phone number and address
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No website on the FCA register
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Last known phone number
+1 415 501 8000
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Last known address
3rd Floor, 1 Ashley Road, Altrincham, Trafford, WA14 2DT, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line +1 415 501 8000 is
- Who else gives the postcode WA14 2DT
Past FCA permissions and consumer protection
- The record is closedCover you already have generally survives the cancellation: FSCS exists for firms that have failed, and the Financial Ombudsman Service can look at a complaint about a firm that has stopped trading, as long as the business was done while it was authorised. New business with this firm has no cover at all, because it is no longer permitted to carry it out.
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
- 16453730 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 15 May 2025 (1 year old)
- Registered office
- 3rd Floor 1 Ashley Road, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 2DT, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Carter Mcclelland | Director | Aug 1945 | 15 May 2025 | None |
| Edward Rife Smith | Director | Oct 1966 | 15 May 2025 | None |
| OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate secretary | Not published | 15 May 2025 | – |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that these 2 directors run no other company
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
−£107k
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Employees (average)
2
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Owed within a year
£107k
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Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £107k more than it owned.
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 16453730. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Union Square Advisors UK’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
2 October 2025
- Stopped being an appointed representative
FCA register
15 May 2025
- Incorporated at Companies House
- William Carter McClelland took control (75–100% of shares)
- Edward Rife Smith appointed as a director
- William Carter McClelland appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk