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 25 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2006
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2026
Responsible principal firm
Sesame Limited Reference number: 150427 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.
- Lang Independent Mortgage Services Ltd (FRN 197114) is an AR of Sesame Limited (FRN 150427). When you use Lang Independent Mortgage Services's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Lang Independent Mortgage 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
1 Promenade View, Newbiggin-By-The-Sea, Northumberland, NE64 6US, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01238 713564 is
- Who else gives the postcode NE64 6US
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Lang Independent Mortgage Services Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Lang Independent Mortgages & Investments Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Sesame 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 name
- LANG INDEPENDENT MORTGAGE SERVICES LIMITED
- Company number
- 05935520 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 14 September 2006 (20 years old)
- Registered office
- 1 Promenade View, Newbiggin-By-The-Sea, NE64 6US, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alastair Lang | Director | Nov 1969 | 14 Sep 2006 | 1 other company |
| Thomas Lang | Secretary | Not published | 22 Nov 2023 | – |
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
- All 2 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£31.0k
Up £28.2k from £2,789
Employees (average)
2
Same as 2
Owed within a year
£29.0k
+140% from £12.1k
No turnover or profit for the year to 31 March 2026: the accounts print them but do not tag them. The last tagged figures are £110k turnover and £62.5k profit, for the year to 31 March 2023.
Net assets
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2026
- 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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 05935520. 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
Lang Independent Mortgage Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
22 November 2023
- Karina Lang stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Alistair Lang took control (75–100% of shares)
- Karina Lang became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2006
17 November 2006
- Changed its registered name from "Lang Independent Mortgage Services"
FCA register
14 September 2006
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
2005
16 May 2005
- Changed its registered name from "Lang Independent Mortgages & Investments"
FCA register
2001
17 October 2001
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
In the full report: all 10 events
- All 10 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
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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