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 1899
- Accounts filed up to 31 October 2025
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.
- W.UDEN & SONS LIMITED (FRN 981654) is an AR of Golden Charter Limited (FRN 965279). When you use W.UDEN & SONS's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from W.UDEN & SONS, 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
51-53 Passey Place, Eltham, London, SE9 5DA, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 020 8850 2868 is
- Who else gives the postcode SE9 5DA
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
- 00064335 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 28 November 1899 (126 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Philip Uden | Director | Feb 1966 | 18 Oct 1995 | 1 other company |
| Michael Uden | Director | Apr 1970 | 19 Dec 2012 | 2 other companies |
| Jason Paul Maddin-Uden | Director | Aug 1981 | 19 Dec 2012 | 3 other companies |
| Matthew Alan Maddin-Uden | Director | May 1984 | 19 Dec 2012 | 2 other companies |
| Ben Arthur Maddin-Uden | Director | Oct 1991 | 31 Mar 2021 | None |
| Stanley Martin Uden | Director | Dec 1993 | 1 Feb 2024 | 2 other companies |
| Charles Andrew Uden | Director | Mar 1996 | 1 Feb 2024 | 2 other companies |
| Jack Michael Uden | Director | Aug 1998 | 14 Jul 2026 | 2 other companies |
| Nicholas John Maddin Uden | Director | Apr 1956 | Not published | 2 other companies |
| Ben Arthur Maddin-Uden | Secretary | Not published | 1 Jul 2022 | – |
Other companies run by these 9 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
- 3
- still active
- 3
- run together
- 2
In the full report: all 3 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 9 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 2 companies these 9 directors run together
- All 14 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£5.42m
+11% from £4.88m
Cash at bank
£1.59m
−39% from £2.63m
Employees (average)
47
+12% from 42
Owed within a year
£1.57m
+28% from £1.23m
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 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 00064335. 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
W.uden & Sons’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
5 June 2024
- Andrew Philip Uden stopped being a part-owner
- Ben Arthur Maddin-Uden became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Charles Andrew Uden became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Matthew Alan Maddin-Uden became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Stanley Martin Uden became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2022
24 August 2022
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2019
7 February 2019
- David Leonard Uden stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Andrew Philip Uden became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- David Leonard Uden became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
1899
28 November 1899
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 23 events
- All 23 events in its history (10 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 13
Firms connected to W.uden & Sons
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with W.uden & Sons. 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 W.uden & Sons
Other firms of the same type (funeral director), nearest first.
In the South East London (SE) postcode area
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- 3 other companies its directors have run, named
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- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 23 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
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