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 18 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2008
- Accounts filed up to 31 July 2025
Responsible principal firm
Sesame Limited Reference number: 150427 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.
- Griffith And Sharp Mortgage Services Limited (FRN 486521) is an AR of Sesame Limited (FRN 150427). When you use Griffith And Sharp Mortgage Services's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Griffith And Sharp 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
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
The Old Docks, 90 Watery Lane, Preston, PR2 1AU, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01772 682075 is
- Who else gives the postcode PR2 1AU
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- GS Mortgage Services Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Griffith & Sharp Mortgage Services Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Sesame 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
- 06592339 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 14 May 2008 (18 years old)
- Registered office
- Black Bull House 353-355 Station Road, Bamber Bridge, Preston, Lancashire, PR5 6EE, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrea Carole Griffith | Director | Mar 1971 | 14 May 2008 | 2 other companies |
| Joanne Adele Sharp | Director | Mar 1966 | 14 May 2008 | 1 other company |
| Joanne Adele Sharp | Secretary | Not published | 14 May 2008 | 1 other company |
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
- 2
- still active
- 2
- run together
- 1
In the full report: all 2 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 1 company these 2 directors run together
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£164k
+1.1% from £162k
Cash at bank
£2,700
Up £1,851 from £849
Employees (average)
4
Same as 4
Owed within a year
£22.8k
+109% from £10.9k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 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 06592339. 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
Griffith And Sharp Mortgage Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
3 October 2024
- Changed its registered name from "Griffith & Sharp Mortgage Services Ltd"
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Andrea Carole Griffith became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Joanne Adele Sharp became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2008
25 July 2008
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
14 May 2008
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 8 events
- All 8 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 2
Firms connected to Griffith And Sharp Mortgage Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Griffith And Sharp Mortgage Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share its postcode
- 2
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Griffith And Sharp Mortgage Services
Other firms of the same type (mortgage adviser or broker), nearest first.
In Preston
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- 2 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 8 events in its history
- 2 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