ADVISER SERVICES HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-13 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-29
Watchouts
Cash
£607K
-15% vs 2023
Net assets
-£2M
-172.9% lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
86
+24.6% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ADVISER SERVICES HOLDINGS LIMITED 2020-01-06 → present
- ADVISER SERVICES HOLDCO LIMITED 2019-05-22 → 2020-01-06
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-05-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£967,517 | -£708,767 | — | — | -£4,680,578 | -£5,577,605 | |
| Cash | £559,293 | £359,558 | — | — | £714,894 | £607,345 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£917,462 | £6,748,399 | — | — | £7,891,860 | £1,990,306 | |
| Net assets | -£967,462 | £6,698,399 | — | — | £2,565,596 | -£1,869,667 | |
| Equity | -£967,462 | £6,698,399 | £5,174,712 | — | £2,565,596 | -£1,869,667 | |
| Average employees | 4 | 9 | — | — | 69 | 86 | |
| Wages | £637,333 | £516,457 | — | — | £2,965,244 | £3,252,192 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- 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. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- ADVISER SERVICES HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Lyncombe Consultants Limited 100%
- Rockhold Investments Limited 100%
- Sense Adviser Services Limited 100%
- Sense Network Limited 100%
- Sense Support Limited 100%
- Rockhold Asset Management Limited 100%
- Friarsgate Financial Planning Limited 100%
- North Financial Planning Limited 100%
- Sheafmoor Money Management Limited 100%
- Richard Armitage Wealth Management South West Limited 100%
- Hancock Associates Limited 100%
- Lync Wealth Limited 100%
- Lync Wealth Management Limited 100%
- Bright Star Wealth Ltd 100%
- Hanson Assured Ltd 100%
- Adviser Services Holdings Wealth Management Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In 2023, the group made five acquisitions: Friarsgate Financial Planning Limited, North Financial Planning Limited, Sheafmoor Money Management Limited, Hancock Associates Limited and Richard Armitage Wealth Management South West Limited.”
- “In 2024, the group made two further acquisitions: Hanson Assured Limited and Bright Star Wealth Limited.”
- “Post year end (31 December 2024), the trade and assets of entities acquired during 2023 and 2024 were disposed of, though they remain within the network firms.”
- “Rockhold Asset Management, established in 2021 as the group's asset management platform, was disposed of post year-end (March 2025).”
- “In March 2025, the company carried out a group restructure, with a new holding company, Adviser Services Group Holdings Limited, acquiring 100% of the Ordinary share capital of Adviser Services Holdings Limited by way of share-for-share exchange.”
- “As part of this restructure, the group also disposed of its investment in Rockhold Asset Management Limited, and the trade and assets of several recently acquired subsidiaries (Bright Star Wealth Limited, Friarsgate Financial Planning Limited, Hancock Associates Limited, Hanson Assured Ltd, North Financial Planning Limited, Richard Armitage Wealth Management South West Limited and Sheafmoor Money Management Limited) which had previously been hived into fellow group members Sense Network Limited and Lyncombe Consultants Limited immediately after their respective acquisitions in 2023 and 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FORBES, Charlotte Angela | Secretary | 2019-06-24 | — | — |
| COUZENS, Michael Alastair | Director | 2019-05-22 | Jan 1964 | British |
| CRESSWELL, Stuart | Director | 2020-03-19 | May 1969 | British |
| FERNS, Michael Andrew | Director | 2020-03-19 | Mar 1964 | British |
| TAYLOR, Jonathan Edward | Director | 2021-09-09 | Jan 1963 | British |
| TURNER, Michelle | Director | 2019-12-04 | Nov 1964 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOODALL, Richard Arthur | Director | 2020-09-30 | 2025-05-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adviser Services Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-03-18 | Active |
| Marlborough Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-09-30 | Ceased 2025-03-18 |
| Mrs Michelle Turner | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2019-12-04 | Ceased 2020-09-30 |
| Mr Michael Alastair Couzens | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-05-22 | Ceased 2019-12-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 77 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-03-26 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-03-26 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-03-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-03-04 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-03-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-26 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-03-26 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-03-26 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-03-26 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-18 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-18 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-03-12 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2025-03-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-04 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-03-03 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-03-03 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-03-03 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-03-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-03 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-03-03 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 5
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-15%
£714,894 £607,345
-
Net assets
-172.9%
£2,565,596 -£1,869,667
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
+24.6%
69 86
highest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
+9.7%
£2,965,244 £3,252,192
highest in 4 filed years
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers