Introducer appointed representative
This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.
Responsible principal firm
SHERMIN FINANCE LIMITED Reference number: 727594 View firm →What does this mean?
- An introducer appointed representative can only pass your details to its principal firm. It cannot recommend products, give financial advice, or arrange deals on its own.
- HMC DESIGN & SOLUTIONS LTD (FRN 1063672) introduces customers to SHERMIN FINANCE LIMITED (FRN 727594). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not HMC DESIGN & SOLUTIONS.
- Example: if HMC DESIGN & SOLUTIONS refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from HMC DESIGN & SOLUTIONS itself.
- 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
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
Unit 1 Portfield Road, Portsmouth, Portsmouth, PO3 5RR, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07436 203059 is
- Who else gives the postcode PO3 5RR
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Shermin Finance 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
- 17354386 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 22 July 2026 (less than a year old)
- Registered office
- Unit 1 Portfield Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5RR, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Agents involved in the sale of furniture, household goods, hardware and ironmongery (SIC 46150)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Hannah Louise Chamberlain | Director | Jun 1993 | 22 Jul 2026 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that its director runs no other company
Key dates in its history
Hmc Design & Solutions’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
14 September 2026
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
22 July 2026
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Hannah Louise Chamberlain took control (75–100% of shares)
- Hannah Louise Chamberlain 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