Introducer appointed representative
This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.
Responsible principal firm
GOLDEN LEAVES LIMITED Reference number: 960923 View firm →What does this mean?
- An introducer appointed representative can only pass your details to its principal firm. It cannot recommend products, give financial advice, or arrange deals on its own.
- Mark Howard Smith, Susan M. Smith, Rebecca A. Chew (FRN 998568) introduces customers to GOLDEN LEAVES LIMITED (FRN 960923). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Mark Howard Smith, Susan M. Smith, Rebecca A. Chew.
- Example: if Mark Howard Smith, Susan M. Smith, Rebecca A. Chew refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Mark Howard Smith, Susan M. Smith, Rebecca A. Chew itself.
- 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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Address
Fairbanks House, Bunkers Hill, Skipton, North Yorkshire, BD23 1HU, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When brook-smith.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01756 792738 is
- Who else gives the postcode BD23 1HU
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Brook Smith & Son Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Mr & Mrs H Smith Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Golden Leaves 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.
Key dates in its history
This firm’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
4 August 2026
- Changed its registered name from "Mr & Mrs H Smith"
FCA register
2023
7 July 2023
- Changed its registered name from "Brook Smith & Son"
- Began trading as "Brook Smith & Son"
FCA register
25 June 2023
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
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In Skipton
In the Bradford (BD) postcode area
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk