First Thought Financial Services LTD
ActiveLiveFirst Thought Financial Services LTD is an active private limited company incorporated on 05 Apr 2018 (8 years ago), with its registered office in Rickmansworth, East of England. The company operates in Financial services.
The score, the reasons behind it, and what to do next.
A live business, still light on evidence
A registered office is on file; phone and web are checked on Pro.
Companies House · ONS · Nomis · General opportunity model · 100% of the model measurable
Financials
No machine-readable accounts to parse yet. New companies often haven’t filed, and some file PDF-only or dormant accounts.
A long-standing financial services business in East of England, in a market growing 7.4% a year and growing faster here than nationally. Every signal in the model was measurable for this company.
CompetitionRead this one the other way round: a high number means a crowded market, where differentiation matters more than timing.
Answers: Is this a live, reachable business in a market worth being in?
A balanced read. Pick the lens that matches what you sell and every number on this page re-weights.
Accounts were due 31 Jan 2024 and are not on the register — about 2 years 8 months late.
What this means for you: Overdue filings are the first thing a new supplier will notice — raise it gently, it shows you did your homework.
What we checked · General opportunity weighting
Rows marked Not checked are excluded from the score rather than assumed — the missing weight shows up as lower confidence, not as a worse company.
Commonly offered to a company like this
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Answers: is this market big, growing and survivable — and is the region ahead or behind?
Sector size & momentum
This sector is growing faster in East of England than nationally — a regional tailwind worth tracking.
Companies House · every incorporation with a SIC code in this sector (34 codes)
How long companies last here
Of every 100 companies started in this sector, roughly 47 are still trading five years later. This company is past that point.
The market around it
Where the sector is heading
- 1East of England is a very high-density market for financial services, with about 42,436 companies in the same industry.
- 2Formation is running ahead of the national average here (+8.1% vs +7.4%), pointing to a regional tailwind.
- 3Around 3,600 new companies registered in this industry locally over the last year.
- 4Sector survival sits at 47% over five years — the benchmark for businesses in this classification.
Answers: how crowded is this market, and where does this company sit against its peers?
Score distribution
A quick score from register status and company age only, because that is all the peer list carries. To compare like with like, this company is placed on the same quick score (100) — not the full 61/100 at the top of the page. Treat it as a position, not a ranking.
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| Westcott Financial Limited 12450486 · SIC 64999 | 07 Feb 2020 | London | Active | 93 |
| Arnold Financial Limited 09893590 · SIC 64999 | 30 Nov 2015 | South West | Active | 100 |
| Silvervale Developments (Ni) Limited NI641700 · SIC 64999 | 25 Oct 2016 | Northern Ireland | Active | 100 |
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| Collins Morgan Group LTD SC530362 · SIC 64999 | 22 Mar 2016 | Scotland | Active | 100 |
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| P K Financial Limited 06212184 · SIC 64999 | 13 Apr 2007 | London | Active | 100 |
| Access Business Capital UK LTD 10734440 · SIC 64999 | 21 Apr 2017 | South West | Active | 100 |
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| Zoom Motor Finance LTD SC640843 · SIC 64999 | 05 Sept 2019 | Scotland | Active | 95 |
| C C D R LTD 06480160 · SIC 64999 | 22 Jan 2008 | North West | Active | 100 |
| Stonebrook Financials Limited 14100991 · SIC 64999 | 11 May 2022 | South East | Active | 80 |
| Ift Wealth Management LTD 07325816 · SIC 64999 | 26 Jul 2010 | Yorkshire & the Humber | Active | 100 |
| Credo Commercial Finance LTD 11599561 · SIC 64999 | 02 Oct 2018 | North West | Active | 100 |
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Answers: what is formally on the public register — and what has not been filed yet?
Timeline
In plain English: Received a strike-off notice without being dissolved.
- Status change / strike-offDissolved compulsory strike off suspended14 May 2024
- Strike-off noticeGazette notice compulsory02 Apr 2024
- Confirmation statementConfirmation statement with no updates23 May 2023
- Accounts filedAccounts with accounts type total exemption full31 Jan 2023
- Registered office changedChange registered office address company with date old address new address07 Jul 2022
- Confirmation statementConfirmation statement with no updates07 Jul 2022
- Accounts filedAccounts with accounts type total exemption full05 Jan 2022
- Confirmation statementConfirmation statement with no updates26 May 2021
- Accounts filedAccounts with accounts type total exemption full09 Mar 2021
- Confirmation statementConfirmation statement with updates01 Jun 2020
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Company details
- Company
- First Thought Financial Services LTD
- Number
- 11293139
- Registered office
- 112-114 High Street, Rickmansworth, WD3 1AQ
- Incorporated
- 05 Apr 2018
- Type
- Private limited company
- Nature of business
- 64999 — Financial services n.e.c.
- Status
- Active
- Region
- East of England · England
- Accounts
- Overdue, was due 31 Jan 2024
- Confirmation statement
- Overdue, was due 06 Jun 2024
Connected companies
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