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 4 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2013
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 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.
- VICTORIA HOUSE FUNERAL SERVICE LTD (FRN 981280) is an AR of Golden Charter Limited (FRN 965279). When you use VICTORIA HOUSE FUNERAL SERVICE's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from VICTORIA HOUSE FUNERAL SERVICE, 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
26 Victoria Road, Hartlepool, Durham, TS26 8DD, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01429 234777 is
- Who else gives the postcode TS26 8DD
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
- 08542087 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 23 May 2013 (13 years old)
- Registered office
- 26 Victoria Road, Hartlepool, TS26 8DD
- Nature of business
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- Funeral and related activities (SIC 96030)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Evans | Director | Jul 1969 | 23 May 2013 | None |
| Carl Mean | Director | Jun 1971 | 23 May 2013 | None |
| Apolena Wilson | Director | Aug 1962 | 14 Oct 2013 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that these 3 directors run no other company
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£407k
+15% from £353k
Cash at bank
£296k
+24% from £239k
Owed within a year
£203k
No earlier figure to compare
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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 08542087. 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
Victoria House Funeral Service’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
19 August 2022
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Andrew Evans became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Apolena Wilson became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Carl Mean became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2013
23 May 2013
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 8 events
- All 8 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
Firms connected to Victoria House Funeral Service
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Victoria House Funeral Service. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 4
- share its postcode
- 4
In the full report: all 4 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (4)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Victoria House Funeral Service
Other firms of the same type (funeral director), nearest first.
In Hartlepool
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- Every company its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 8 events in its history
- 4 connected firms, named, and who links them
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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