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 24 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2010
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2025
- One of its directors is also a director of a firm that is no longer authorised
Responsible principal firm
Openwork Limited Reference number: 408285 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.
- William Dixon & Associates Ltd (FRN 216601) is an AR of Openwork Limited (FRN 408285). When you use William Dixon & Associates's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from William Dixon & Associates, 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
Regus A1 & A2 Methuen, Business Park, Chippenham, SN14 0GT, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01225 874102 is
- Who else gives the postcode SN14 0GT
Other names (4)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- William David Dixon Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- William Dixon & Associates Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- William Dixon And Associates Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- William Dixon And Associates Mortgage Services Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Openwork 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
- 07167341 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 24 February 2010 (16 years old)
- Registered office
- A1 & A2 Methuen Park, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN14 0GT, England
- 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 David Dixon | Director | Feb 1963 | 24 Feb 2010 | 4 other companies |
| Robert Jonathan Edney | Director | Feb 1971 | 24 Feb 2010 | 3 other companies |
| ADAPTABLE SERVICES GROUP LTD | Corporate director | Not published | 16 Feb 2021 | None |
| Helen Foster | Director | Jun 1979 | 9 Apr 2024 | 1 other company |
Other companies run by these 4 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
- 6
- closed down
- 3
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 6 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 4 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register, including one no longer authorised
- The 2 companies these 4 directors run together
- All 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£532k
+6.8% from £499k
Cash at bank
£218k
+81% from £121k
Employees (average)
12
+20% from 10
Owed within a year
£206k
+20% from £172k
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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 07167341. 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
William Dixon & Associates’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
6 April 2016
- Robert Jonathan Edney became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- William David Dixon became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2010
12 April 2010
- Changed its registered name from "William David Dixon"
FCA register
24 February 2010
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
2007
22 March 2007
- Changed its registered name from "William Dixon & Associates"
FCA register
2002
16 July 2002
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
In the full report: all 15 events
- All 15 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 5
Firms connected to William Dixon & Associates
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with William Dixon & Associates. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- no longer authorised
- 1
- share a director
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: shared directors (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like William Dixon & Associates
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
In Chippenham
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- 6 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 15 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
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
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