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 18 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2015
- Accounts filed up to 30 September 2025
Responsible principal firm
Sesame Limited Reference number: 150427 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.
- Absolute Financial Advice Limited (FRN 486089) is an AR of Sesame Limited (FRN 150427). When you use Absolute Financial Advice's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Absolute Financial Advice, 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
95 Robertson Drive, St Anne's Park, Bristol, Avon, BS4 4RG, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 0117 904 8297 is
- Who else gives the postcode BS4 4RG
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Absolute Financial Advice Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Sesame 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
- 09724081 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 8 August 2015 (11 years old)
- Registered office
- 95 Robertson Drive, St Annes Park, Bristol, BS4 4RG, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Activities of mortgage finance companies (SIC 64922)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garry Michael Hodges | Director | Sep 1970 | 8 Aug 2015 | None |
| Mary Victoria Hodges | Director | Feb 1978 | 8 Aug 2015 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that these 2 directors run no other company
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£36.5k
+30% from £28.0k
Cash at bank
£48.4k
+41% from £34.4k
Owed within a year
£12.8k
+89% from £6,761
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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 09724081. 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
Absolute Financial Advice’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
1 July 2016
- Garry Michael Hodges became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Mary Victoria Hodges became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2015
3 September 2015
- Changed its registered name from "Absolute Financial Advice"
FCA register
8 August 2015
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
2008
15 July 2008
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
In the full report: all 8 events
- All 8 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 2
Firms like Absolute Financial Advice
Other firms of the same type (mortgage adviser or broker), nearest first.
In the Bristol (BS) postcode area
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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