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
Optimum Commercial Solutions Ltd Reference number: 808754 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.
- Evolve Specialist Lending Solutions Limited (FRN 1016611) is an AR of Optimum Commercial Solutions Ltd (FRN 808754). When you use Evolve Specialist Lending Solutions's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Evolve Specialist Lending Solutions, 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
Unit 26, Brightwell Barns, Waldringfield Road, Brightwell, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP10 0BJ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07976 294953 is
- Who else gives the postcode IP10 0BJ
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Optimum Commercial Solutions 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
- 15778445 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 14 June 2024 (2 years old)
- Registered office
- Capital House Pride Place, Pride Park, Derby, DE24 8QR, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 66190)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Robert Blunden | Director | Dec 1970 | 14 Jun 2024 | 4 other companies |
| Gareth John Herbert | Director | Feb 1970 | 22 Sep 2026 | 36 other companies |
| Joanne Thomson Stent | Director | Apr 1974 | 1 Oct 2026 | 14 other companies |
Other companies run by these 3 directors
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
- 52
- still active
- 48
- went insolvent
- 4
In the full report: all 52 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The 4 that went into liquidation or administration
- The 20 on the FCA register, including one no longer authorised
- The 2 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 6 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Evolve Specialist Lending Solutions’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
31 July 2024
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
14 June 2024
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Evolve FS Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 12 events
- All 12 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 9
Firms connected to Evolve Specialist Lending Solutions
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Evolve Specialist Lending Solutions. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 12
- share a director
- 12
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: all 12 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (12), the same postcode (1)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Evolve Specialist Lending Solutions
Other firms of the same type (credit broker), nearest first.
In Ipswich
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- 52 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 12 events in its history
- 12 connected firms, 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
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk