Exhibit 31.1
                                  CERTIFICATION

I, Trent B. Troyer, certify that:

      1.    I  have  reviewed  this  Quarterly  Report  on  Form  10-QSB  of FFD
            Financial Corporation;

      2.    Based on my  knowledge,  this  report  does not  contain  any untrue
            statement  of a  material  fact  or omit to  state a  material  fact
            necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances
            under which such  statements  were made, not misleading with respect
            to the period covered by this report;

      3.    Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
            information included in this report,  fairly present in all material
            respects the financial  condition,  results of  operations  and cash
            flows of the small  business  issuer  as of,  and for,  the  periods
            presented in this report;

      4     The small  business  issuer's  other  certifying  officer  and I are
            responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
            procedures   (as  defined  in  Exchange  Act  Rules   13a-15(e)  and
            15d-15(e)) for the small business issuer and have:

                  (a)  Designed  such  disclosure  controls and  procedures,  or
                  caused such disclosure  controls and procedures to be designed
                  under our  supervision,  to ensure that  material  information
                  relating  to  the  small   business   issuer,   including  its
                  consolidated  subsidiaries,  is  made  known  to us by  others
                  within those entities, particularly during the period in which
                  this report is being prepared;

                  (b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer's
                  disclosure  controls  and  procedures  and  presented  in this
                  report  our  conclusions   about  the   effectiveness  of  the
                  disclosure  controls  and  procedures,  as of  the  end of the
                  period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

                  (c) Disclosed in this report any change in the small  business
                  issuer's  internal  control  over  financial   reporting  that
                  occurred during the small business issuer's most recent fiscal
                  quarter (the small business  issuer's fourth fiscal quarter in
                  the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or
                  is reasonably likely to materially  affect, the small business
                  issuer's internal control over financial reporting; and

      5.    The small  business  issuer's  other  certifying  officer and I have
            disclosed,  based on our most recent  evaluation of internal control
            over financial  reporting,  to the small business  issuer's auditors
            and the audit  committee  of the small  business  issuer's  board of
            directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

                  (a) All significant  deficiencies  and material  weaknesses in
                  the design or  operation of internal  control  over  financial
                  reporting which are reasonably  likely to adversely affect the
                  small business issuer's ability to record, process,  summarize
                  and report financial information; and

                  (b)  Any  fraud,  whether  or  not  material,   that  involves
                  management or other  employees who have a significant  role in
                  the small business  issuer's  internal  control over financial
                  reporting.


Date: February 14, 2006                    /s/Trent B. Troyer
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                                           Trent B. Troyer
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer