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
The Right Mortgage Limited Reference number: 649443 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.
- Ballard Associates Ltd (FRN 1046623) is an AR of The Right Mortgage Limited (FRN 649443). When you use Ballard Associates's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Ballard Associates, 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
48 Lansdown Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 6PU, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07907 976127 is
- Who else gives the postcode GL51 6PU
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through The Right Mortgage 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
- 16318957 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 16 March 2025 (1 year old)
- Registered office
- 48 Lansdown Road, Cheltenham, GL51 6PU, England
- Nature of business
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- Activities of mortgage finance companies (SIC 64922)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| David Ballard | Director | Mar 1982 | 16 Mar 2025 | None |
| Nicole Ballard | Director | Nov 1989 | 16 Mar 2025 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that these 2 directors run no other company
Key dates in its history
Ballard Associates’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
6 January 2026
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2025
16 March 2025
- Incorporated at Companies House
- David Ballard became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Nicole Ballard became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- David Ballard appointed as a director
- Nicole Ballard appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
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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