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
Mortgage Advice Bureau (Derby) Limited Reference number: 466154 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.
- Hometown Mortgages Limited (FRN 1055935) is an AR of Mortgage Advice Bureau (Derby) Limited (FRN 466154). When you use Hometown Mortgages's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Hometown 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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Phone number
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Address
84 Moffat Walk, Tranent, East Lothian, EH33 2QN, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When hometownmortgages.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0131 564 0452 is
- Who else gives the postcode EH33 2QN
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Mortgage Advice Bureau (Derby) 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
- SC872275 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 10 December 2025 (less than a year old)
- Registered office
- 84 Moffat Walk, Tranent, EH33 2QN, Scotland
- 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 |
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| Aisling Elizabeth Weymouth | Director | Nov 1989 | 10 Dec 2025 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that its director runs no other company
Key dates in its history
Hometown Mortgages’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
12 May 2026
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2025
10 December 2025
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Aisling Elizabeth Weymouth took control (75–100% of shares)
- Aisling Elizabeth Weymouth appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
Firms like Hometown Mortgages
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Tranent
In the Edinburgh (EH) postcode area
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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