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.
Responsible principal firm
Wescot Credit Services Limited Reference number: 688858 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.
- Hillesden Securities Limited (FRN 743516) is an AR of Wescot Credit Services Limited (FRN 688858). When you use Hillesden Securities's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Hillesden Securities, 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
First Floor, Plaza One, Ironmaster Way, Telford, TF3 4NT, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01753 724400 is, and the 2 other firms that give it
- Who else gives the postcode TF3 4NT
Other names (4)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Direct Legal & Collections Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- dlc Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Hillesden Finance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Hillesden Leasing Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Wescot Credit Services 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
- 01418063 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 8 May 1979 (47 years old)
- Registered office
- 1 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill, West Malling, ME19 4UA, England
- Nature of business
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- Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 82990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Andrew Graham | Director | May 1969 | 18 Sep 2018 | 40 other companies |
| Paul Jenkins | Director | Nov 1969 | 18 Sep 2018 | 43 other companies |
| Lucy Marie Bassett | Secretary | Not published | 30 Sep 2024 | – |
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
- 48
- closed down
- 24
- are FCA-registered
- 5
In the full report: all 48 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 5 on the FCA register
- The 35 companies these 2 directors run together
- All 11 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Hillesden Securities’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
30 June 2016
- Cabot Financial Debt Recovery Services Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
8 April 2016
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2015
1 June 2015
- Board replaced: all 5 directors left and 2 new directors took over
Companies House
1979
8 May 1979
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 27 events
- All 27 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 18
Firms connected to Hillesden Securities
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Hillesden Securities. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 5
- share a director
- 5
- share its phone number
- 2
In the full report: all 5 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (5), the same phone number (2), the same postcode (1)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Hillesden Securities
Other firms of the same type (mortgage adviser or broker), nearest first.
In Telford
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- 48 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 27 events in its history
- 5 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