Vincent Colley Investment Advisors Ltd
Reference number: 424343
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Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Website, phone number and address
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Phone number
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Address
91 Stockport Road, Marple, Stockport, Cheshire, SK6 6AA, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When principle-im.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0161 449 9166 is
- Who else gives the postcode SK6 6AA
Other names (4)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Principle Independent Mortgages Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Principle Investment Management Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Vincent Colley Investment Advisors Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- C G Vincent + Associates Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Give regulated advice FSCS may applyA claim for unsuitable advice is itself FSCS-protected, up to the limit that applies to the product you were advised on.
- Manage or trade investments FSCS may applyEligible investment and pension claims are typically FSCS-protected up to £85,000 per person, depending on the product and your circumstances.
- Advise on or arrange mortgages FSCS may applyMortgage advice and arranging may be FSCS-covered, up to the limit that applies.
- Lend or arrange credit No FSCS coverConsumer credit is not covered by the FSCS, so there is no compensation scheme if the firm fails.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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- Acting as a CBTL advisor
- Acting as a CBTL arranger
- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Advising on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs
- Advising on regulated mortgage contracts
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Arranging (bringing about) regulated mortgage contracts
- Credit Broking
- Debt-counselling
- Making arrangements with a view to regulated mortgage contracts
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
- Providing Credit Information Services
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
- 04373749 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 14 February 2002 (24 years old)
- Registered office
- 91 Stockport Road, Marple, Stockport, SK6 6AA, England
- Nature of business
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- Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding (SIC 66290)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Charles Vincent | Director | Sep 1983 | 2 Nov 2013 | None |
| Julia Claire Vincent | Director | Jul 1985 | 11 Feb 2026 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that these 2 directors run no other company
- All 3 people who have been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£290k
−1.8% from £295k
Cash at bank
£363k
+20% from £302k
Owed within a year
£87.0k
No earlier figure to compare
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 04373749. 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
Vincent Colley Investment Advisors’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
2 July 2025
- Changed its registered name from "Vincent Colley Investment Advisors Limited"
FCA register
2023
24 November 2023
- Charles Gordon Vincent stopped being the majority owner
Companies House
2016
2 November 2016
- Alexander Charles Vincent took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
6 April 2016
- Charles Gordon Vincent became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2005
1 April 2005
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2002
14 February 2002
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 19 events
- All 19 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 4
Firms connected to Vincent Colley Investment Advisors
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Vincent Colley Investment Advisors. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Vincent Colley Investment Advisors
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
In Stockport
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- Every company its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 19 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, 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
- Check your FSCS cover fscs.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk