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 3 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2023
- Accounts filed up to 31 July 2025
- On its latest accounts it owed £13.1k more than it owned
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.
- GMC Mortgages Ltd (FRN 1001792) is an AR of STONEBRIDGE MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS LIMITED (FRN 454811). When you use GMC Mortgages's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from GMC 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
10 Sandpiper Road, Hawkinge, Folkestone, Kent, CT18 7TA, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07378 691999 is
- Who else gives the postcode CT18 7TA
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
- 15018758 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 21 July 2023 (3 years old)
- Registered office
- 10 Sandpiper Road, Hawkinge, Folkestone, CT18 7TA, England
- Nature of business
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- Activities of mortgage finance companies (SIC 64922)
- Activities of insurance agents and brokers (SIC 66220)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Brian Carpenter | Director | Nov 1966 | 21 Jul 2023 | None |
| Sharon Kim Carpenter | Director | Aug 1968 | 21 Sep 2026 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that these 2 directors run no other company
- All 4 people who have been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
−£13.1k
Down £6,723 from −£6,329
Employees (average)
3
Same as 3
Owed within a year
£4,228
−5.6% from £4,481
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £13.1k more than it owned.
Assets and liabilities
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 15018758. 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
GMC Mortgages’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
21 September 2026
- Graeme McAlpine stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2025
4 February 2025
- John Kenneth Greasby stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2023
12 September 2023
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
21 July 2023
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Graeme McAlpine became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- John Kenneth Greasby became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Stephen Brian Carpenter took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 13 events
- All 13 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 6
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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