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 13 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2012
- 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.
- Hawkstone Financial Services Limited (FRN 594698) is an AR of STONEBRIDGE MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS LIMITED (FRN 454811). When you use Hawkstone Financial Services's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Hawkstone Financial 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
174a Ashley Road, Hale, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA15 9SF, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 0161 928 1148 is
- Who else gives the postcode WA15 9SF
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Hawkstone Mortgage Specialist Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Hawkstone Financial Services Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
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
- 08325018 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 10 December 2012 (13 years old)
- Registered office
- 78 Borough Road, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA15 9EJ
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Gerard Plunkett | Director | Nov 1968 | 10 Dec 2012 | 1 other company |
Other companies run by its director
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 company
- 1
- still active
- 1
In the full report: all 1 company, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
Filed accounts and finances
Employees (average)
1
Same as 1
Net assets
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 08325018. 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
Hawkstone Financial Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
25 July 2025
- Changed its registered name from "Hawkstone Financial Services Ltd"
FCA register
2020
24 June 2020
- Began trading as "Hawkstone Mortgage Specialist"
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Michael Gerard Plunkett took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
21 January 2013
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2012
10 December 2012
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Michael Gerard Plunkett appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
Firms connected to Hawkstone Financial Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Hawkstone Financial 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 Hawkstone Financial Services
Other firms of the same type (mortgage adviser or broker), nearest first.
In Altrincham
Firms are listed by type and location, best known first. Being listed is not a recommendation: check any firm before you deal with it.
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- 1 other company its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 6 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