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.
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.
- AMA Financial Solutions (FRN 201947) is an AR of Openwork Limited (FRN 408285). When you use AMA Financial Solutions's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from AMA 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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Address
Unit 5 Branksome Park House, Branksome Business Park, Bourne Valley Road, Poole, Dorset, BH12 1ED, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When amafs.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01202 545940 is
- Who else gives the postcode BH12 1ED
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.
Firms connected to AMA Financial Solutions
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with AMA Financial Solutions. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like AMA Financial Solutions
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
In Poole
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- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 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
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk