Introducer appointed representative
This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.
Responsible principal firm
Social Money Limited Reference number: 675283 View firm →What does this mean?
- An introducer appointed representative can only pass your details to its principal firm. It cannot recommend products, give financial advice, or arrange deals on its own.
- AFFORDABLE COMFORTS LTD (FRN 1063143) introduces customers to Social Money Limited (FRN 675283). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not AFFORDABLE COMFORTS.
- Example: if AFFORDABLE COMFORTS refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from AFFORDABLE COMFORTS itself.
- 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
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
Unit A, 82 James Carter Road, Mildenhall, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 7DE, United Kingdom
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- What kind of line 07304 081281 is
- Who else gives the postcode IP28 7DE
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Affordable Sofas Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Social Money 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
- 17350970 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 21 July 2026 (less than a year old)
- Registered office
- Unit A 82 James Carter Road, Mildenhall, Bury St. Edmunds, IP28 7DE, England
- Nature of business
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- Retail of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised store (SIC 47599)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Steven Andrew Stringer | Director | Sep 1985 | 21 Jul 2026 | 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
Key dates in its history
Affordable Comforts’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
9 September 2026
- Began trading as "Affordable Sofas"
FCA register
7 September 2026
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
21 July 2026
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Steven Andrew Stringer took control (75–100% of shares)
- Steven Andrew Stringer appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
Firms like Affordable Comforts
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In Bury St. Edmunds
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- 1 other company its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 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