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 2004
- Accounts filed up to 30 September 2025
Responsible principal firm
Openwork Limited Reference number: 408285 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.
- Advantage Mortgage Services (Yorkshire) Limited (FRN 476899) is an AR of Openwork Limited (FRN 408285). When you use Advantage Mortgage Services (Yorkshire)'s services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Advantage Mortgage Services (Yorkshire), 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
6 High Street, Kippax, Leeds, LS25 7AB, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 0113 232 2320 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode LS25 7AB
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Advantage Mortgage Services (Yorkshire) Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Openwork 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
- 05238006 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 22 September 2004 (22 years old)
- Registered office
- 6 High Street, Kippax, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS25 7AB, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Stuart Sweeney | Director | Aug 1964 | 22 Sep 2004 | 1 other company |
Other companies run by its director
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- other company
- 1
- still active
- 1
In the full report: all 1 company, 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
- All 4 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
£75.9k
+63% from £46.5k
Cash at bank
£57.3k
+248% from £16.5k
Employees (average)
3
−25% from 4
Owed within a year
£16.0k
+16% from £13.8k
Assets and liabilities
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 05238006. 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
Advantage Mortgage Services (Yorkshire)’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
28 March 2024
- Malcolm Gordon Proctor no longer has significant control
Companies House
2023
21 August 2023
- Changed its registered name from "Advantage Mortgage Services (Yorkshire) Ltd"
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- David Stuart Sweeney gained significant control
- Malcolm Gordon Proctor gained significant control
Companies House
2007
27 December 2007
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2004
22 September 2004
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 13 events
- All 13 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 7
Firms connected to Advantage Mortgage Services (Yorkshire)
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Advantage Mortgage Services (Yorkshire). A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its phone number
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same phone number (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Advantage Mortgage Services (Yorkshire)
Other firms of the same type (mortgage adviser or broker), nearest first.
In Leeds
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- 1 other company its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 13 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, named, and who links them
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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