Evolve Financial Services (Scotland) Ltd
Reference number: 793208
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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
5 Craigleith Hill Park, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City Of, EH4 2NR, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- When evolve-financial.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0131 315 0091 is
- Who else gives the postcode EH4 2NR
Other names (6)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Bridging Loans Scotland Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Evolve Financial Services Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- The Will Adviser Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Evolve Equity Release Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Mortgage-ology Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Referral Centre Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
Warning
Scammers have impersonated this firm
Fraudsters have used this firm's name or details with their own contact information to appear genuine. Check whatever you were given below, and against the firm's real details above.
Fake email addresses (1)
- support@evolvefinancialservicesltd.com
Fake websites (1)
- evolvefinancialservicesltd.com
The FCA warning these came from
Scammers change these details often. Always check the live FCA warning.
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.
- Advise on or arrange mortgages 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 investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Advising on regulated mortgage contracts
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Arranging (bringing about) regulated mortgage contracts
- Credit Broking
- Debt-counselling
- 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.
The clone warnings above are scammers using this firm's name, not something the firm has done.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- SC566173 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 17 May 2017 (9 years old)
- Registered office
- 30 Leslie Road, Aberdeen, AB24 4EP, Scotland
- Nature of business
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- Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 82990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alastair Stuart Main | Director | Mar 1975 | 9 Mar 2020 | 3 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
- 3
- closed down
- 2
- still active
- 1
In the full report: all 3 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
- All 3 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£135k
Not compared: the previous accounts cover a different length of time
Profit before tax
£15.1k
Not compared: the previous accounts cover a different length of time
Net assets
£75
Up £46 from £29
Employees (average)
3
Same as 3
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2025
- 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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company SC566173. 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
Evolve Financial Services (Scotland)’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
1 January 2026
- Nicola Anne Lawrie Main stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2021
9 March 2021
- Alastair Stuart Main took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2020
23 September 2020
- FCA warned the public about a scam impersonating this firm
FCA warning list
2018
3 January 2018
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2017
17 May 2017
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Nicola Anne Lawrie Main became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 22 events
- All 22 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 5
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- 3 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 22 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
- FCA warning: Evolve Financial Services Limited / Evolve Financial Services Ltd / Evolve Financials fca.org.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