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.
- Appointed for 2 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2023
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
Responsible principal firm
STONEBRIDGE MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS LIMITED Reference number: 454811 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.
- Explore Mortgages Ltd (FRN 1009272) is an AR of STONEBRIDGE MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS LIMITED (FRN 454811). When you use Explore Mortgages's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Explore Mortgages, 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
Greenway House, Greenway, Paddington, Warrington, WA1 3EF, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07572 236035 is
- Who else gives the postcode WA1 3EF
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Stonebridge Mortgage Solutions 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, 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
- 15347449 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 13 December 2023 (2 years old)
- Registered office
- Greenway House Greenway, Paddington, Warrington, WA1 3EF, England
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley Critchley | Director | Apr 1986 | 13 Dec 2023 | None |
| Paul Critchley | Director | Nov 1980 | 13 Dec 2023 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that these 2 directors run no other company
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£2,794
No earlier figure to compare
Cash at bank
£17.0k
+57% from £10.8k
Employees (average)
3
Same as 3
Owed within a year
£15.1k
+80% from £8,393
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 15347449. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Explore Mortgages’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
10 February 2024
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2023
13 December 2023
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Ashley Critchley became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Paul Critchley became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Ashley Critchley appointed as a director
- Paul Critchley appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
Firms like Explore Mortgages
Other firms of the same type (mortgage adviser or broker), nearest first.
In the Warrington (WA) postcode area
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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