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Active Chartered Financial Planners named North East Employer of the Year

6th February 2018

Teesside-based Active Chartered Financial Planners has taken home the North East Employer of the Year 2018 award in the annual Federation of Small Business (FSB) awards. The firm, which has…

Crypto-currency Boom or Bust? What does it all mean?

5th February 2018

With Managing Director & Independent Financial Adviser Karl Pemberton Unless you have been buried in a nuclear bunker for the last few months, you cannot have escaped the media hype…

Active supports Yarm School pupils’ Les Mis ‘dream’

23rd January 2018

Active Chartered Financial Planners is supporting Yarm School’s upcoming performance of Les Misérables, by signing up as a corporate sponsor. The Teesside-based firm, which provides expertise to clients across the…

Active Expands the Business as Experienced Paraplanner Joins the Team

6th November 2017

Active Chartered Financial Planners, one of the North East and Yorkshire’s leading firms of Chartered Financial Planners, is growing its team by appointing an experienced Paraplanner to join it's Stockton-on-Tees…

Active welcomes experienced Training & Competence Manager

23rd October 2017

Active Chartered Financial Planners, one of the North East and Yorkshire’s leading firms of Independent Chartered Financial Planners, is welcoming a new Training and Competence Manager to its team. Darren…

Tees Valley business leader ‘braves the shave’ in friend’s memory

12th September 2017

Karl Pemberton, Managing Director of Active Chartered Financial Planners, has ‘braved the shave’ to raise money for cancer charity Bright Red in memory of his friend Michael Airey. Karl has…

Active’s Karl Pemberton achieves Chartered Director qualification

1st August 2017

Karl Pemberton, Managing Director of Tees Valley-based Active Chartered Financial Planners, has become one of only 18 leaders in the North East to achieve the Institute of Directors’ (IoD) Chartered…

Your Protection Myths – Busted!

1st August 2017

Protection really is the starting point of everything that you do. It’s the first (and most important) area of financial planning.  As an individual, a couple or as a family,…

Your Protection Myths – BUSTED!

1st August 2017

Protection really is the starting point of everything that you do. It’s the first (and most important) area of financial planning.  As an individual, a couple or as a family,…

Active Spirit

“Having been a client of Active for many many years and have always been given great advice and direction. I am now looked after by Andrew. He has given excellent advice and service, continuing on the great work this company has always offered me. Always cheerful and helpful; a great asset to Active. I have no problem recommending him to other people.

How giving back has become part of who we are

28th April 2025

When Active Financial Services began in 2000, we didn’t really talk about “corporate social responsibility”, in those days – we just helped where we could. Sometimes that meant donating hanging…

Active welcomes Chartered Paraplanner as growth continues in the company’s 25th year!

8th April 2025

We’re thrilled to welcome Lauren Lee as the newest member of the Active Chartered Financial Planners’ team, as our strategic growth continues. Lauren began her journey in financial services as…

25 years of change, but financial security still matters

10th March 2025

As Active Chartered Financial Planners celebrates 25 years in business, we want to take a moment to say thank you to our clients. Some of you have been with us…