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Dfs Financial Services Limited

IFA Financial Advisers · Southend-On-Sea, Southend · Est. 2003

23 years

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Registered company name	Dfs Financial Services Limited
Companies House number	04762132 →
Company type	Private Limited Company (Ltd)
Registered address	Cumberland House 24-28 Baxter Avenue, SS2 6HZ
City / Region	Southend-On-Sea, Southend
Date incorporated	2003
Years trading	23 years
CH status	Active
Specialism	Recorded activity: 66190 (activities auxiliary to financial intermediation)
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About Dfs Financial Services Limited

Founded in 2003, Dfs Financial Services Limited has been active for 23 years — a period that spans significant change in the UK financial services landscape, including post-financial crisis regulatory reform, digital transformation and the economic disruption of recent years. The firm's continued active status through this period reflects operational stability.

The Kaeltripton Financial Index records 1663 ifa financial advisers nationally, 24 of them in Southend.

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What IFA Financial Advisers Do

A financial adviser's independent or restricted status determines the breadth of products considered, and must be disclosed. The RDR reforms ended commission on retail investment advice; remuneration is now a disclosed fee.

The protections around regulated advice, Ombudsman and FSCS, are the reason authorisation checks matter first.

How to Choose the Right IFA Financial Adviser

Defined benefit transfer advice requires specific FCA permissions, listed against the firm's register entry. Probe the review process: what is assessed annually and what triggers advice between reviews.

A clear fee schedule before engagement is a regulatory requirement, not a favour.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between an independent financial adviser and a restricted adviser?

Independence has a regulatory definition: the firm must consider a sufficiently broad range of retail investment products across the market. Restricted firms advise from a narrower set, and the status must be disclosed before advice.

How much does independent financial advice cost?

Expect a disclosed initial fee scaled to the work plus, where you take ongoing service, an annual percentage of assets commonly between 0.5% and 1%; nothing is chargeable until agreed in writing.

Do I need an IFA or can I manage my investments myself?

You can absolutely self-manage; the advice case strengthens as affairs grow complex, where portfolio construction, tax and inheritance interact and errors get expensive.

What qualifications should an IFA have?

Level 4 Diploma in Regulated Financial Planning is the FCA minimum; Chartered Financial Planner and Certified Financial Planner designations indicate study beyond it. Individual advisers can be verified on the FCA register.

What happens if I receive bad financial advice from an IFA?

Complain to the firm first, which must respond within eight weeks; if unresolved, the Financial Ombudsman Service can consider the case and award compensation for eligible complaints, and firms carry professional indemnity insurance behind that.

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Dfs Financial Services Limited | IFA Financial Advisers | Southend-On-Sea | Est. 2003