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 14 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2013
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
Responsible principal firm
STONEBRIDGE MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS LIMITED Reference number: 454811 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.
- LBR Financial Solutions Limited (FRN 570711) is an AR of STONEBRIDGE MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS LIMITED (FRN 454811). When you use LBR Financial Solutions's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from LBR Financial Solutions, 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
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
Unit 12, Brooke Trading Estate, Lyon Road, Romford, RM1 2AT, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 020 8517 1141 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode RM1 2AT
Other names (5)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Home of Insurance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Home of Mortgages Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Michael O'Brien Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Access Financial Services Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Greenwood Financial Services Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Stonebridge Mortgage Solutions 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
- 08356654 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 11 January 2013 (13 years old)
- Registered office
- 12 Brooke Trading Estate, Lyon Road, Romford, RM1 2AT, England
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael O'Brien | Director | Aug 1979 | 11 Jan 2013 | 8 other companies |
| Michelle Ann O'Brien | Secretary | Not published | 11 Jan 2013 | – |
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 companies
- 8
- closed down
- 3
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 8 companies, 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
- The one on the FCA register
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£91.1k
+202% from £30.1k
Cash at bank
£29.3k
Up £28.7k from £620
Owed within a year
£89.5k
−33% from £134k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 08356654. 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
LBR Financial Solutions’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
6 April 2016
- Michael O'Brien gained significant control
Companies House
2013
6 February 2013
- Changed its registered name from "Michael O'Brien"
FCA register
11 January 2013
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
2011
9 December 2011
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
In the full report: all 11 events
- All 11 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 1
Firms connected to LBR Financial Solutions
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with LBR Financial Solutions. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share a director
- 1
- share its phone number
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: shared directors (1), the same phone number (1), the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like LBR Financial Solutions
Other firms of the same type (mortgage adviser or broker), nearest first.
In Romford
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- 8 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 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
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk