BEST PRACTICE IFA GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-02 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BEST PRACTICE IFA GROUP LIMITED 2003-07-29 → present
- IAN COOKE & PARTNERS LIMITED 2002-07-19 → 2003-07-29
Accounts
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- UK-adopted international accounting standards
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “As one of the largest operators of a network for financial advisers, we have been engaging with the FCA on their industry review of the provision of ongoing services provided by financial advisers. The current known impact of this matter has been adjusted for in the results for the current year and proceeding years.”
- “The Board elected not to approve the payment of a dividend by the Company to its parent, instead retaining profits.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCHRODER CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-11-29 | — | — |
| DYMOTT, Edward | Director | 2022-03-08 | Jan 1979 | British |
| FITZGERALD, Helen Louise | Director | 2025-04-10 | Jun 1981 | British |
| HALL, Peter Lindop | Director | 2025-04-16 | Jan 1964 | British |
| SEJPAL, Karan Jitendra | Director | 2026-01-07 | Apr 1980 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARIAS, Michael | Secretary | 2002-07-19 | 2007-06-14 |
| UPTON, Nicholas | Secretary | 2007-06-14 | 2010-02-17 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-07-19 | 2002-07-19 |
| ARIAS, Michael Andrew | Director | 2010-05-26 | 2022-03-16 |
| COOKE, Ian Robert | Director | 2002-07-19 | 2022-03-08 |
| FITZSIMONS, Craig | Director | 2021-09-17 | 2025-01-27 |
| FRENCH, Joanne Marie Gilroy | Director | 2021-09-08 | 2022-01-31 |
| HEPBURN, Gillian Margaret | Director | 2024-03-26 | 2025-09-30 |
| LASENBY, James John | Director | 2007-06-25 | 2025-02-13 |
| WHITE, David Jason | Director | 2020-12-09 | 2023-12-19 |
| COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-07-19 | 2002-07-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benchmark Capital Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 92 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-04-11 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-12-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-04-11 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-01-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-19 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-12-13 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
Latest filed period vs the prior one