Clear Mortgage Consultants

Reference number: 597947

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Appointed representative

Clear Mortgage Consultants does not hold FCA authorisation of their own, and acts under a principal firm, which is legally responsible for their regulated business.

Responsible principal firm

Mortgage Advice Bureau Limited Reference number: 455545 Authorised 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.
  • Clear Mortgage Consultants (FRN 597947) is an AR of Mortgage Advice Bureau Limited (FRN 455545). When you use Clear Mortgage Consultants's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
  • Example: if you take financial advice from Clear Mortgage Consultants, 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.

  • No website on the FCA register

  • Phone number

    0114 478 9234

  • Address

    2nd Floor, Omega Court, 358 Cemetery Road, Sheffield, Sheffield, S11 8FT, United Kingdom

In the full report: 2 background checks

  • What kind of line 0114 478 9234 is
  • Who else gives the postcode S11 8FT
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Other names (1)

If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.

  • Mortgage Advice Bureau Trading name

FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Protection through the principal firm
    Protection works through Mortgage Advice Bureau 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, free
    You 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

Clear Mortgage Consultants’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

2015

30 October 2015

  • Began trading as "Mortgage Advice Bureau"

FCA register

2013

25 March 2013

  • Became an appointed representative

FCA register

Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.

Firms connected to Clear Mortgage Consultants

Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Clear Mortgage Consultants. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.

connected firms
3
share its postcode
3

In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named

  • How each is linked: the same postcode (3)
  • Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
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Firms like Clear Mortgage Consultants

Other firms of the same type (mortgage adviser or broker), nearest first.

In Sheffield

Ace Mortgages LimitedSheffieldAppointed representativeDean KenyonSheffieldAppointed representativeHasnat SherazSheffieldAppointed representativeHelen SmithSheffieldAppointed representativeHM Mortgages LtdSheffieldAppointed representativeIan Craig StrawSheffieldAppointed representative

Firms are listed by type and location, best known first. Being listed is not a recommendation: check any firm before you deal with it.

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  • 2 background checks on its contact details
  • All 2 events in its history
  • 3 connected firms, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Clear Mortgage Consultants FCA authorised?
Clear Mortgage Consultants (FRN 597947) is not directly authorised. It is an appointed representative acting under the responsibility of a directly authorised principal firm.
What does appointed representative mean for Clear Mortgage Consultants?
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. Clear Mortgage Consultants (FRN 597947) is an AR of Mortgage Advice Bureau Limited (FRN 455545). When you use Clear Mortgage Consultants's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm. Example: if you take financial advice from Clear Mortgage Consultants, 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.
What is Clear Mortgage Consultants’ phone number?
The FCA register lists the phone number 0114 478 9234 for Clear Mortgage Consultants. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.
Is Clear Mortgage Consultants a scam or clone?
Clear Mortgage Consultants is a genuine FCA-listed firm, and the FCA has published no warnings about fake versions of it. Scammers do copy real firms, though, so check that any contact details you were given match the ones on the register.
Is my money safe with Clear Mortgage Consultants?
Protection works through Mortgage Advice Bureau Limited, the principal firm responsible for Clear Mortgage Consultants's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
Does Clear Mortgage Consultants use any other names?
It trades as Mortgage Advice Bureau.

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