Bootstrap Finance Limited
Reference number: 1036263
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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
Connect IFA Ltd Reference number: 441505 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.
- BOOTSTRAP FINANCE LIMITED (FRN 1036263) is an AR of Connect IFA Ltd (FRN 441505). When you use BOOTSTRAP FINANCE's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from BOOTSTRAP FINANCE, 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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Phone number
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Address
1 Stainsbury Street, London, Tower Hamlets, E2 0NF, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When bootstrapfinance.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 07812 603249 is
- Who else gives the postcode E2 0NF
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Connect IFA Ltd, 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
- 16386501 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 14 April 2025 (1 year old)
- Registered office
- Merryweathers, Dancers End Lane, Tring, HP23 6JY, England
- Nature of business
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- Activities of mortgage finance companies (SIC 64922)
- Activities of insurance agents and brokers (SIC 66220)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Charles Murphy | Director | Dec 1968 | 14 Apr 2025 | 8 other companies |
Other companies run by its director
A firm is run by people, and their other companies are their track record: what they built, what closed, and anything that failed. It is the check most people never think to make.
- other companies
- 8
- still active
- 8
In the full report: all 8 companies, 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
Bootstrap Finance’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
26 June 2025
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
14 April 2025
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Stephen Charles Murphy took control (75–100% of shares)
- Stephen Charles Murphy appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
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- 8 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 4 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