Fortress Mortgage Services Limited
Reference number: 411840
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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 21 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2002
- Accounts filed up to 31 July 2025
- On its latest accounts it owed £9,721 more than it owned
Responsible principal firm
HL Partnership Limited Reference number: 303397 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.
- Fortress Mortgage Services Limited (FRN 411840) is an AR of HL Partnership Limited (FRN 303397). When you use Fortress Mortgage Services's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Fortress Mortgage Services, 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
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Phone number
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Address
2 Stour Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 8SY, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When fortress-mortgages.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 07453 328108 is
- Who else gives the postcode BH8 8SY
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Fortress Mortgages Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Fms Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through HL Partnership 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
- 04499086 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 30 July 2002 (24 years old)
- Registered office
- 87 North Road, Parkstone Poole, Dorset, BH14 0LT
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James David Webster | Director | Aug 1973 | 1 Nov 2017 | 2 other companies |
| Khalid Asam Isehak | Director | Sep 1982 | 14 Jul 2026 | 2 other companies |
Other companies run by these 2 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
- 4
- closed down
- 2
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 4 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- All 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
−£9,721
Up £5,077 from −£14.8k
Cash at bank
£11.3k
−60% from £28.5k
Employees (average)
1
Same as 1
Owed within a year
£7,761
+111% from £3,678
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £9,721 more than it owned.
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 04499086. 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
Fortress Mortgage Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2017
1 November 2017
- Board replaced: its only director left and a new director took over
- James David Webster took control (75–100% of shares)
- John William Richardson gave up control
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- John William Richardson took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2004
12 November 2004
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2002
30 July 2002
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 17 events
- All 17 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 8
Firms connected to Fortress Mortgage Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Fortress Mortgage Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share a director
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: shared directors (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Fortress Mortgage Services
Other firms of the same type (mortgage adviser or broker), nearest first.
In Bournemouth
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- 4 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 17 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
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk