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BENCHMARK FINANCIAL PLANNING LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 07572431
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2011-03-21
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 66190
- Hubs
- UK Fintech
Accounts
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors are satisfied that, at the time of approving the financial statements, there is a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for 12 months from the date the Annual Report and Accounts is signed. For this reason the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the accounts.”
Subsidiaries
- Advison Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · In Liquidation
- Chilcomb Wealth Ltd · 100% held · England and Wales · In Liquidation
- Kingston Bishop Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant Company
- McPhersons Walpole Harding (Financial Services) Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · In Liquidation
- Mitchell & Company (IFA) Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · In Liquidation
- Mitchell & Company Holdings (Reigate) Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · In Liquidation
- Regents Park Financial Solutions Ltd · 100% held · England and Wales · In Liquidation
- Wealth Planning Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · In Liquidation
- Champain Financial Services Ltd · 100% held · England and Wales · Financial Advisors
- The Workplace Benefits Company Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · In Liquidation
- Mark Cardy Consultancy Ltd · 100% held · England and Wales · Financial Advisors
- Vercern Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Financial Advisors
- Oculus Wealth Management (North Dorset) Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Financial Advisors
Significant events
- “Board of Directors changes included the appointment of one director and the resignation of two directors in 2024, with a further appointment after year-end.”
- “On 30 July 2025 the Company acquired a Client Bank for total consideration of £362k, with £181k paid in cash upon completion.”
- “On 1 September 2025 the Company acquired a Client Bank for total consideration of £114k, with £57k paid in cash upon completion.”
- “On 3 March 2025 the Company acquired 100% of the share capital of Cusack Financial Management Limited for £159k, with £89k paid in cash upon completion.”
- “On 16 June 2025 the Company acquired 100% of the share capital of Jenkins Financial Planning Limited for total consideration of £1.30m, with £0.67m paid in cash upon completion.”
- “Several subsidiaries (Wealth Planning Limited, Chilcomb Wealth Ltd, McPhersons Walpole Harding (Financial Services) Limited, Mitchell & Company (IFA) Limited, Mitchell & Company Holdings (Reigate) Limited, Regents Park Financial Solutions Ltd) were placed into voluntary liquidation or dissolved in early 2025.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
5 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCHRODER CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-11-29 | — | — |
| DYMOTT, Edward | Director | 2021-11-10 | Jan 1979 | British |
| FITZGERALD, Helen Louise | Director | 2025-02-27 | Jun 1981 | British |
| HARRISON, Wesley Sinclair | Director | 2024-11-28 | Dec 1980 | British |
| SEJPAL, Karan Jitendra | Director | 2025-11-21 | Apr 1980 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARIAS, Michael Andrew | Director | 2014-07-15 | 2021-03-31 |
| COOKE, Ian Robert | Director | 2011-03-22 | 2022-01-13 |
| FITZSIMONS, Craig | Director | 2021-09-01 | 2024-12-16 |
| FRENCH, Joanne Marie Gilroy | Director | 2021-10-01 | 2022-01-31 |
| KAHAN, Barbara | Director | 2011-03-21 | 2011-03-21 |
| LASENBY, James John | Director | 2011-03-22 | 2019-02-12 |
| O'SULLIVAN, Peter Stephen | Director | 2019-05-31 | 2024-12-16 |
| POTTER, Brian Malcolm | Director | 2014-12-05 | 2020-12-21 |
| SARGISSON, Timothy Charles | Director | 2023-08-01 | 2023-11-24 |
| WHITE, David Jason | Director | 2021-09-07 | 2023-10-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benchmark Capital Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 68 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-11 | MA | incorporation | memorandum articles |
| 2026-04-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | resolution |
| 2025-12-01 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-03-13 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-01-31 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-12-16 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-12-16 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-12-13 | AP04 | officers | appoint corporate secretary company with name date |
| 2024-12-05 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
| 2024-12-04 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2024-01-11 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2023-12-06 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
| 2023-11-29 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-10-09 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-09-14 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-08-03 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
Credit score
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