FSCS places Lancashire firm Frodsham Financial Planning in default

Advice practice formerly traded as Tom Carroll Associates FP

Hope Coumbe
clock • 1 min read

Rochdale advice firm Frodsham Financial Planning is now in default after being declared failed by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS).

The lifeboat fund today (13 February) confirmed the business has stopped trading and claims may be able to be made against it. The FSCS told Professional Adviser there are two claims against the firm so far - one with an upheld decision and one in progress. The claims relate to pensions and home finance. According to the lifeboat fund's notice, the firm was formerly known as Tom Carroll Associates Financial Planning. The Financial Conduct Authority register also shows Frodsham to have traded as both Up Front Financial Services and Islamic Financial Planners in the past. The firm...

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