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 11 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2016
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2025
Responsible principal firm
First Complete Limited Reference number: 435779 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.
- Hopkins Financial Services Ltd (FRN 672345) is an AR of First Complete Limited (FRN 435779). When you use Hopkins Financial Services's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Hopkins 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
35 Bills Lane, Shirley, Solihull, West Midlands, B90 2NR, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07896 972259 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode B90 2NR
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- John Hopkins Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- John Hopkins Financial Services Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
Warning
Scammers have impersonated this firm
Fraudsters have used this firm's name or details with their own contact information to appear genuine. Check whatever you were given below, and against the firm's real details above.
Fake phone numbers (10)
- +353 831 589 748
- +353 831 884 377
- +353 834 806 012
- +353 838 131 978
- +353 838 590 918
- 020 8058 1608
- 020 8058 4969
- 020 8058 7036
- 020 8058 7650
- 0899 434 258
Fake email addresses (2)
- info@bluetrustfinance.com
- info@fastpoundloans.com
Fake websites (1)
- fastpoundloans.com
The 3 FCA warnings these came from
- Value Money UK 21 May 2026
- Fast Pound Loans UK ltd 28 October 2025
- Blue Trust Finance / bluetrustfinance.com 27 June 2025
Scammers change these details often. Always check the live FCA warning.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through First Complete 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.
The clone warnings above are scammers using this firm's name, not something the firm has done.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company name
- HOPKINS FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED
- Company number
- 10084453 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 24 March 2016 (10 years old)
- Registered office
- Devonshire Business Centre (A13), Works Road, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 1GJ, England
- Nature of business
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- Activities of insurance agents and brokers (SIC 66220)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Benjamin Hopkins | Director | Jun 1981 | 24 Mar 2016 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that its director runs no other company
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£18.4k
+254% from £5,198
Cash at bank
£38.3k
+73% from £22.1k
Employees (average)
1
Same as 1
Owed within a year
£22.7k
+14% from £20.0k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 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 10084453. 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
Hopkins Financial Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
27 June 2025
- FCA warned the public about a scam impersonating this firm
FCA warning list
2016
31 October 2016
- Changed its registered name from "John Hopkins"
FCA register
6 April 2016
- John Benjamin Hopkins took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
24 March 2016
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
2015
18 February 2015
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
In the full report: all 11 events
- All 11 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 1
Firms connected to Hopkins Financial Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Hopkins Financial Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its phone number
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same phone number (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Hopkins Financial Services
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Solihull
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- Every company its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 11 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, 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
- FCA warning: Value Money UK fca.org.uk
- FCA warning: Fast Pound Loans UK ltd fca.org.uk
- FCA warning: Blue Trust Finance / bluetrustfinance.com fca.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk