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 3 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2023
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2025
- On its latest accounts it owed £139k more than it owned
Responsible principal firm
AFS Compliance Ltd Reference number: 625035 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.
- Zenith Finance Ltd (FRN 1001718) is an AR of AFS Compliance Ltd (FRN 625035). When you use Zenith Finance's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Zenith Finance, 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
Windmill House, Henfield Road, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS36 2FE, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07494 351060 is
- Who else gives the postcode BS36 2FE
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Asset Finance Solutions Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through AFS Compliance Ltd, 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
- 14657907 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 13 February 2023 (3 years old)
- Registered office
- Boyce's Building 40-42 Regent Street, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 4HU, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin David Jordan | Director | Mar 1980 | 13 Feb 2023 | 2 other companies |
| Stephen John Sands | Director | Nov 1968 | 2 Nov 2023 | 27 other companies |
| Anthony Paul Wigginton | Director | Feb 1976 | 2 Nov 2023 | 16 other companies |
| Jordan Nash | Director | Apr 1992 | 21 May 2026 | 2 other companies |
| David Jon Shore | Director | Oct 1982 | 21 May 2026 | 2 other companies |
Other companies run by these 5 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
- 30
- closed down
- 5
- are FCA-registered
- 2
In the full report: all 30 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 5 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 2 on the FCA register
- The 17 companies these 5 directors run together
- All 6 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
−£139k
Down £85.1k from −£53.7k
Cash at bank
£3,384
−87% from £25.2k
Employees (average)
4
+33% from 3
Owed within a year
£185k
+105% from £90.2k
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £139k more than it owned.
Assets and liabilities
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 14657907. 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
Zenith Finance’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
19 February 2025
- Benjamin David Jordan stopped being a part-owner
- Lee Daniel Cox stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2024
12 December 2024
- Atlantic Group International Limited stopped being a part-owner
- Wigginton Sands Investments Limited became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2023
2 November 2023
- Atlantic Group International Limited became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
25 September 2023
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
13 February 2023
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Benjamin David Jordan became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Lee Daniel Cox became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 17 events
- All 17 events in its history (9 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 7
Firms connected to Zenith Finance
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Zenith Finance. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share a director
- 1
- share its postcode
- 2
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (1), the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like Zenith Finance
Other firms of the same type (mortgage adviser or broker), nearest first.
In Bristol
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- 2 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