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 17 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2008
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
Responsible principal firm
Openwork Limited Reference number: 408285 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.
- Maple Leaf Consulting Ltd (FRN 491743) is an AR of Openwork Limited (FRN 408285). When you use Maple Leaf Consulting's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Maple Leaf Consulting, 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
Watergate House, 85 Watergate Street, Chester, CH1 2LF, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01244 888884 is
- Who else gives the postcode CH1 2LF
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Maple Leaf Mortgages Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Openwork 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
- 06683088 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 28 August 2008 (18 years old)
- Registered office
- Watergate House, 85 Watergate Street, Chester, CH1 2LF, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Robert Edwards | Director | Mar 1977 | 28 Aug 2008 | 3 other companies |
| Jeremy Finch | Director | Apr 1959 | 15 Jul 2011 | 1 other company |
| Philip Higgins | Director | Jun 1969 | 15 Jul 2011 | None |
| Jason William Mcgimpsey | Director | Oct 1974 | 15 Jul 2011 | 1 other company |
| Stephen William Walsh | Director | Jul 1955 | 15 Jul 2011 | 2 other companies |
| James Robert Edwards | Secretary | Not published | 28 Aug 2008 | 3 other companies |
Other companies run by these 5 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
- 4
- still active
- 4
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 4 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 5 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- The 1 company these 5 directors run together
- All 8 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£21.7k
+112% from £10.2k
Cash at bank
£9,359
+14% from £8,175
Employees (average)
5
No earlier figure to compare
Owed within a year
£15.0k
−45% from £27.1k
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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 06683088. 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
Maple Leaf Consulting’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2009
23 March 2009
- Changed its registered name from "Maple Leaf Mortgages Ltd"
FCA register
2008
21 November 2008
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
28 August 2008
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 14 events
- All 14 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 11
Firms connected to Maple Leaf Consulting
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Maple Leaf Consulting. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- past link
- 1
In the full report: all 0 connected firms, named
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like Maple Leaf Consulting
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
In the Chester (CH) postcode area
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- 4 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 14 events in its history
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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