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 2006
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2026
Responsible principal firm
Ecclesiastical Planning Services Limited Reference number: 958152 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 Emery & Sons Limited (FRN 981312) is an AR of Ecclesiastical Planning Services Limited (FRN 958152). When you use William Emery & Sons's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from William Emery & 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
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
The Laurels, 13 County Road, Stafford, ST16 2PU, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01785 251205 is
- Who else gives the postcode ST16 2PU
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Ecclesiastical Planning Services 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 name
- W EMERY & SONS LIMITED
- Company number
- 05892990 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 1 August 2006 (20 years old)
- Registered office
- The Laurels, 13 County Road, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST16 2PU
- Nature of business
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- Funeral and related activities (SIC 96030)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Graham Kingsley Emery | Director | Sep 1962 | 1 Aug 2006 | 1 other company |
| Maurice Albert Kingsley Emery | Director | May 1939 | 1 Aug 2006 | 3 other companies |
| Graham William Emery | Director | Jun 1937 | 21 Sep 2006 | 1 other company |
| Christopher Graham Kingsley Emery | Secretary | Not published | 1 Aug 2006 | 1 other company |
Other companies run by these 3 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
- closed down
- 1
- run together
- 2
In the full report: all 3 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 2 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 7 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£291k
−21% from £366k
Cash at bank
£78.7k
+73% from £45.6k
Owed within a year
£230k
+37% from £168k
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 05892990. 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 Emery & Sons’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
17 January 2024
- Matthew Jonathan Kingsley Emery no longer has significant control
Companies House
2022
19 August 2022
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2021
26 February 2021
- Nicholas Louis William Emery no longer has significant control
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Christopher Graham Kingsley Emery gained significant control
- Matthew Jonathan Kingsley Emery gained significant control
- Nicholas Louis William Emery gained significant control
Companies House
2006
1 August 2006
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 18 events
- All 18 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 11
Firms like William Emery & Sons
Other firms of the same type (funeral director), nearest first.
In Stafford
In the Stoke-on-Trent (ST) postcode area
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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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