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 under a year
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2025
- 1 thing worth a closer look in the background checks
Responsible principal firm
White Rose Finance Group Limited Reference number: 630772 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.
- Forward Business Funding Limited (FRN 1048841) is an AR of White Rose Finance Group Limited (FRN 630772). When you use Forward Business Funding's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Forward Business Funding, 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
Forward Business Funding, 71-75 Shelton Street, London, Camden, WC2H 9JQ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
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FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through White Rose Finance Group 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
- 16888247 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 3 December 2025 (less than a year old)
- Registered office
- 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron Joseph Gobell | Director | Jan 2000 | 3 Dec 2025 | None |
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- Confirmation that its director runs no other company
Key dates in its history
Forward Business Funding’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
22 January 2026
- Became an appointed representative
- Began trading as "Forward Business Funding"
FCA register
2025
3 December 2025
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Cameron Joseph Gobell took control (75–100% of shares)
- Cameron Joseph Gobell appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
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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