Appointed representative
This firm does not hold FCA authorisation of its own, and acts under a principal firm, which is legally responsible for its regulated business.
- Appointed for 21 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2011
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
Responsible principal firm
First Complete Limited Reference number: 435779 View firm →What does this mean?
- An appointed representative (AR) can carry out regulated financial services, but is not directly authorised by the FCA. A principal firm holds the authorisation and is legally responsible for the AR's conduct.
- 1 4 U Financial Solutions Ltd (FRN 412333) is an AR of First Complete Limited (FRN 435779). When you use 1 4 U Financial Solutions's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from 1 4 U Financial Solutions, complaints and compensation usually follow the same rules as dealing with the principal, but this depends on the product and your circumstances.
- Before you proceed, confirm contact details match the official FCA register for both firms. Scammers sometimes clone legitimate AR names and FRNs but use fake phone numbers and websites.
Website, phone number and address
Compare these against whatever you were given. Scammers clone real firm names and reference numbers but use their own phone number and website, so a detail that does not match the register is the clearest warning sign there is.
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
96 Dufferin Avenue, Bangor, County Down, BT20 3AD, Northern Ireland
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 028 9145 6262 is
- Who else gives the postcode BT20 3AD
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- 1-4-U Mortgage & Loan Solutions Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through First Complete Limited, the principal firm responsible for this firm's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
FCA disciplinary action and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action.
The Financial Ombudsman Service only publishes complaint figures for firms with 30 or more new complaints in six months, so there are none here for this firm.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- NI606059 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 7 February 2011 (15 years old)
- Registered office
- Matches the FCA register address ✓
- Nature of business
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- Administration of financial markets (SIC 66110)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avril Spence | Director | Jul 1966 | 7 Feb 2011 | 3 other companies |
Other companies run by its director
A firm is run by people, and their other companies are their track record: what they built, what closed, and anything that failed. It is the check most people never think to make.
- other companies
- 3
- closed down
- 3
In the full report: all 3 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£55.0k
+5.4% from £52.1k
Employees (average)
3
Same as 3
Owed within a year
£20.6k
+40% from £14.7k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2025
- The chart, over every year
- Every filed figure, year by year
About these figures
- Turnover
- Money taken from sales in the year, before any costs.
- Profit before tax
- What was left after the year’s costs, before corporation tax. A minus figure is a loss.
- Net assets, or total equity
- Everything the company owns minus everything it owes. A minus figure means it owes more than it owns.
- Total assets and total liabilities
- Everything the company owns, and everything it owes, on the last day of the year. The gap between them is its net assets.
- Cash at bank
- Money in the company’s accounts on the last day of the year.
- Owed within a year, owed after a year
- Debts and bills due in the next twelve months, and those due later.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company NI606059. Every figure is as filed, apart from total assets and total liabilities, which are added up from filed figures. Nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
1 4 U Financial Solutions’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2017
7 February 2017
- Avril Spence took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2011
16 November 2011
- Changed its registered name from "1-4-U Mortgage & Loan Solutions"
FCA register
7 February 2011
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Avril Spence appointed as a director
Companies House
2004
31 October 2004
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
Firms like 1 4 U Financial Solutions
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- 3 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 5 events in its history
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk