Brilliant Mortgages Limited
Reference number: 611227
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Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Website, phone number and address
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Phone number
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Address
Suite A, Floor 2, 11-12 Wind Street, Swansea, SA1 1DP, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When brilliantmoney.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01792 587557 is
- Who else gives the postcode SA1 1DP
Other names (4)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Brilliant Money Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Five Six Finance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Brilliant Insurance Services Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- TopMortgageOptions.co.uk Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Give regulated advice FSCS may applyA claim for unsuitable advice is itself FSCS-protected, up to the limit that applies to the product you were advised on.
- Manage or trade investments FSCS may applyEligible investment and pension claims are typically FSCS-protected up to £85,000 per person, depending on the product and your circumstances.
- Sell or arrange insurance FSCS may applyEligible insurance claims may be FSCS-protected, often 90%, or 100% for compulsory or long-term cover.
- Advise on or arrange mortgages · Arrange equity release FSCS may applyMortgage advice and arranging may be FSCS-covered, up to the limit that applies.
- Lend or arrange credit No FSCS coverConsumer credit is not covered by the FSCS, so there is no compensation scheme if the firm fails.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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- Acting as a CBTL advisor
- Acting as a CBTL arranger
- Advising on a home reversion plan
- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Advising on regulated mortgage contracts
- Arranging (bringing about) a home reversion plan
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Arranging (bringing about) regulated mortgage contracts
- Assisting in the administration and performance of a contract of insurance
- Credit Broking
- Dealing in investments as agent
- Debt Administration
- Debt-collecting
- Debt-counselling
- Making arrangements with a view to a home reversion plan
- Making arrangements with a view to regulated mortgage contracts
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
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
- 06140621 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 6 March 2007 (19 years old)
- Registered office
- 3 Murray Street, Llanelli, SA15 1AQ, Wales
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Vincenzo Arena | Director | Apr 1979 | 6 Mar 2007 | 6 other companies |
| Matthew Vincenzo Arena | Secretary | Not published | 6 Mar 2007 | 6 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
- 6
- closed down
- 5
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 6 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
- The one on the FCA register
- All 6 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
£61.6k
+21% from £51.0k
Cash at bank
£68.4k
+72% from £39.8k
Employees (average)
5
Same as 5
Owed within a year
£11.2k
+29% from £8,672
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2026
- The chart, over every year
- Every filed figure, year by year
About these figures
- Turnover
- Money taken from sales in the year, before any costs.
- Profit before tax
- What was left after the year’s costs, before corporation tax. A minus figure is a loss.
- Net assets, or total equity
- Everything the company owns minus everything it owes. A minus figure means it owes more than it owns.
- Total assets and total liabilities
- Everything the company owns, and everything it owes, on the last day of the year. The gap between them is its net assets.
- Cash at bank
- Money in the company’s accounts on the last day of the year.
- Owed within a year, owed after a year
- Debts and bills due in the next twelve months, and those due later.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 06140621. Every figure is as filed, apart from total assets and total liabilities, which are added up from filed figures. Nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Brilliant Mortgages’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
1 July 2016
- Matthew Vincenzo Arena gained significant control
Companies House
2015
23 November 2015
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2007
6 March 2007
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 22 events
- All 22 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 11
Firms connected to Brilliant Mortgages
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Brilliant Mortgages. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share a director
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: shared directors (1), the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Brilliant Mortgages
Other firms of the same type (mortgage adviser or broker), nearest first.
In Swansea
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- 6 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 22 events in its history
- 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
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- Check your FSCS cover fscs.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk