LIFT-Mortgages Limited

Reference number: 918840

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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.

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.
  • LIFT-Mortgages Limited (FRN 918840) is an AR of LIFT-Financial Ltd (FRN 471394). When you use LIFT-Mortgages's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
  • Example: if you take financial advice from LIFT-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.

In the full report: 3 background checks

  • When lift-financial.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 0161 929 2626 is, and the 6 other firms that give it
  • Who else gives the postcode WA14 1RR
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Other names (1)

If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.

  • Brooks Mortgages Trading name: A name it trades under now.

FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Protection through the principal firm
    Protection works through LIFT-Financial Ltd, 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, free
    You 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 status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
7 October 2008 (18 years old)
Registered office
40 Leadenhall Street, London, EC3A 2BJ, England
Nature of business
  • Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 66190)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
David William Baker Director Jul 1979 26 Nov 2019 None
Lucy Claire Tilley Director Oct 1971 13 Oct 2026 59 other companies

Other companies run by these 2 directors

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
59
still active
59
are FCA-registered
14

In the full report: all 59 companies, named

  • What each company does, and whether it is still trading
  • Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
  • Any that went into liquidation or administration
  • The 14 on the FCA register
  • All 6 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
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Filed accounts and finances

Year to 31 December 2023Small company accountsNot audited

Turnover

£1.60m

−15% from £1.88m

Profit before tax

£15.4k

−68% from £48.0k

Net assets

£42.4k

−19% from £52.7k

Cash at bank

£68.3k

−47% from £128k

Turnover and profit

In the full report: all 5 years of accounts

  • Every year from 2019 to 2023
  • Both charts, over every year
  • Every filed figure, year by year
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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 06717683. 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

LIFT-Mortgages’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

2025

31 January 2025

  • Joel Matthew Adams no longer has significant control
  • Michael Ian Holden no longer has significant control

Companies House

2020

1 January 2020

  • Became an appointed representative

FCA register

2016

7 October 2016

  • Joel Matthew Adams gained significant control
  • Michael Ian Holden gained significant control

Companies House

6 April 2016

  • Lift-Financial Group Ltd took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

2008

7 October 2008

  • Incorporated at Companies House

Companies House

In the full report: all 18 events

  • All 18 events in its history (7 shown here)
  • Every director appointment and resignation: 10
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Firms connected to LIFT-Mortgages

Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with LIFT-Mortgages. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.

connected firms
8
share a director
5
share its phone number
6

In the full report: all 8 connected firms, named

  • How each is linked: shared directors (5), the same phone number (6), the same postcode (6)
  • Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
  • 7 past links through former directors
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Firms like LIFT-Mortgages

Other firms of the same type (mortgage adviser or broker), nearest first.

In Altrincham

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  • 59 other companies its directors have run, named
  • 3 background checks on its contact details
  • 5 years of accounts, charted
  • All 18 events in its history
  • 8 connected firms, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is LIFT-Mortgages Limited FCA authorised?
LIFT-Mortgages Limited (FRN 918840) is not directly authorised. It is an appointed representative acting under the responsibility of a directly authorised principal firm.
What does appointed representative mean for LIFT-Mortgages?
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. LIFT-Mortgages Limited (FRN 918840) is an AR of LIFT-Financial Ltd (FRN 471394). When you use LIFT-Mortgages's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm. Example: if you take financial advice from LIFT-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.
What is LIFT-Mortgages’ phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 0161 929 2626 and the website lift-financial.com for LIFT-Mortgages. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further. The same number is also given by 6 other FCA firms.
Is LIFT-Mortgages a scam or clone?
LIFT-Mortgages is a genuine FCA-listed firm, and the FCA has published no warnings about fake versions of it. Scammers do copy real firms, though, so check that any contact details you were given match the ones on the register.
Is my money safe with LIFT-Mortgages?
Protection works through LIFT-Financial Ltd, the principal firm responsible for LIFT-Mortgages's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
Who owns LIFT-Mortgages?
LIFT-Mortgages is owned by Lift-Financial Group Ltd, which holds 75–100% of shares, 75–100% of votes and can appoint and remove the board, since 6 April 2016. Before that, it was controlled by Mr Joel Matthew Adams and Mr Michael Ian Holden.
Who runs LIFT-Mortgages?
Companies House lists 2 directors of LIFT-Mortgages: David William Baker and Lucy Claire Tilley.
How long has LIFT-Mortgages been in business?
The company was formed on 7 October 2008.
What do LIFT-Mortgages’ latest accounts show?
Its latest accounts, to 31 December 2023, show turnover of £1.60m (−15% from £1.88m) and profit before tax of £15.4k (−68% from £48.0k).
Does LIFT-Mortgages use any other names?
It trades as Brooks Mortgages.

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