Scrutton Bland Group

Scrutton Bland Group refers to Scrutton Bland LLP, Scrutton Bland Insurance Brokers Limited and S Merrick Hill (Commercial) Limited, along with its associated entity SB Audit LLP.

Scrutton Bland is a trading name of Scrutton Bland LLP, a limited liability partnership registered in England & Wales. Our registered number is OC306226. The registered office is 820 The Crescent, Colchester Business Park, Colchester, Essex, CO4 9YQ. Regulated for a range of investment business activities by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Members of Scrutton Bland LLP are: Jason Fayers, Tim Mulley, Tim O’Connor, Luke Morris, James Tucker, Nick Banks, Paul Goddard, Graham Doubtfire, Simon Pinion, Jack Deal, Chris George, Steven Burgess, Paul Harris and John Perry.

SB Audit LLP is a limited liability partnership. Registered to carry on audit work in the UK and regulated for a range of investment business activities by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Registered office: 820 The Crescent, Colchester Business Park, Colchester, Essex, CO4 9YQ. Registered in England No. OC443950 and a registered audit firm under ICAEW firm number C011002259. Members of SB Audit LLP are: Tim O’Connor, Luke Morris, James Tucker, Steven Burgess and John Perry.

Scrutton Bland Insurance Services are provided by Scrutton Bland Insurance Brokers Limited (company number 11495277). The registered office is 820 The Crescent, Colchester Business Park, Colchester, Essex, CO4 9YQ. Scrutton Bland Insurance Brokers Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Our FCA registered number is 828934.
Reference to The Financial Conduct Authority’s Register can be accessed through http://www.fca.org.uk/

S Merrick Hill (Commercial) Limited registered office is Chancery House, Victoria Road, Diss, Norfolk, IP22 4HZ. Our registered number is 00937032. S Merrick Hill (Commercial) Limited are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Our FCA reference number is 307237.

Independent Financial Advice Services referred to on this website are provided by Scrutton Bland Financial Services Limited (company number 01288848). The registered office is 820 The Crescent, Colchester Business Park, Colchester, Essex, CO4 9YQ. Scrutton Bland Financial Services Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. The FCA registered number is 209451. Reference to The Financial Conduct Authority’s Register can be accessed through http://www.fca.org.uk/

Please note that Scrutton Bland Financial Services Limited is not a member of the Scrutton Bland Group and is owned by Emery (IFA) Ltd whose registered office is 910 The Crescent, Colchester Business Park, Colchester, England, CO4 9YQ.  The ultimate controlling party of Scrutton Bland Financial Services is Amber River Group Limited whose registered office is Level 13, Broadgate Tower, 20 Primrose Street, London EC2A 2EW.

An exclusive introducer arrangement exists between Scrutton Bland LLP and Scrutton Bland Financial Services Ltd whereby all enquiries in respect of financial planning advice received by Scrutton Bland LLP are passed to Scrutton Bland Financial Services Ltd.  At the present time no commission is receivable by Scrutton Bland LLP in respect of these arrangements.

Provision of Services Regulations 2009

In accordance with the disclosure requirements of the Provision of Services Regulations 2009, our professional indemnity insurer is Axis Lloyds Syndicate, of 4 Floor, Plantation Place South, 60 Great Tower Street, London, EC3R 5AL. The territorial coverage is worldwide excluding professional business carried out from an office in the United States of America or Canada and excludes any action for a claim brought in any court in the United States of America or Canada.

Audit registration and regulation

We are members of a chartered accountants’ professional body, ICAEW (the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales), of Chartered Accountants’ Hall, Moorgate Place, London EC2R 6EA.  ICAEW’s Code of Ethics applies to all our activities.

Details about our audit registration held by SB Audit LLP can be viewed on the Register of Statutory Auditors for the UK, maintained by ICAEW, under reference numbers C011002259. Our statutory audit work is subject to the Audit Regulations and Guidance issued by ICAEW, International Standards on Auditing (UK) and the Auditing Practices Board’s Ethical Standards.

Nexia International Limited

Scrutton Bland LLP is a member firm of the “Nexia International” network. Nexia International is a leading worldwide network of independent accounting and consulting firms, providing a comprehensive portfolio of audit, accountancy, tax and advisory services.

“Nexia International” also refers to the trading name of Nexia International Limited, a company registered in the Isle of Man, which operates the Nexia International network. Company registration number: 53513C. Registered office: 1st floor, Sixty Circular Road, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 1SA.

Nexia International Limited does not deliver services in its own name or otherwise. Nexia International Limited and the member firms of the Nexia International network (including those members which trade under a name which includes the word NEXIA) are not part of a worldwide partnership. Nexia International Limited does not accept any responsibility for the commission of any act, or omission to act by, or the liabilities of, any of its members. Each member firm within the Nexia International network is a separate legal entity.

Nexia International Limited does not accept liability for any loss arising from any action taken, or omission, on the basis of the content on this website or any documentation and external links provided.

The trade marks NEXIA INTERNATIONAL, NEXIA and the NEXIA logo are owned by Nexia International Limited and used under licence.

References to Nexia or Nexia International are to Nexia International Limited or to the “Nexia International” network of firms, as the context may dictate.

Complaints – Scrutton Bland Financial Services Limited

The internal complaints handling procedures for the reasonable and prompt handling of complaints is available on request and if you cannot settle your complaint with Scrutton Bland Financial Services Ltd, you may be entitled to refer it to the Financial Ombudsman Service www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk or by contacting them on 0800 023 4567.

Alternatively, where your complaint relates to products or services purchased online, or by other electronic means such as by email, you may refer your complaint to the online dispute resolution (ODR) platform at http://ec.europa.eu/odr.

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