Appointed representative
Alexander Leaman does not hold FCA authorisation of their own, and acts under a principal firm, which is legally responsible for their regulated business.
- Appointed for 1 year
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- 1 thing worth a closer look in the background checks
Responsible principal firm
St. James's Place Wealth Management Plc Reference number: 195351 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.
- Alexander Leaman (FRN 1021148) is an AR of St. James's Place Wealth Management Plc (FRN 195351). When you use Alexander Leaman's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Alexander Leaman, 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
York House, 23 Kingsway, London, Westminster, WC2B 6UJ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- What kind of line 020 7744 1600 is, and the 27 other firms that give it
- Whether WC2B 6UJ is a shared office: 88 other firms give it
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Alex Leaman Wealth Management Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through St. James's Place Wealth Management PLC, 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.
Key dates in its history
Alexander Leaman’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
26 November 2024
- Became an appointed representative
- Began trading as "Alex Leaman Wealth Management"
FCA register
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
Firms connected to Alexander Leaman
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Alexander Leaman. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 12
- share its phone number
- 12
- share its postcode
- 12
In the full report: all 12 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same phone number (12), the same postcode (12)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Alexander Leaman
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
In London
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- 12 connected firms, named, and who links them
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk