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 22 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2005
- 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.
- Mark O'Hara Financial Ltd (FRN 230475) is an AR of Sesame Limited (FRN 150427). When you use Mark O'Hara Financial's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Mark O'Hara Financial, 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
8 Old Station Yard, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3LD, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01235 536000 is
- Who else gives the postcode OX14 3LD
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Financial Alliance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- O'Hara Financial Services 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
- MARK O'HARA FINANCIAL LIMITED
- Company number
- 05653052 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 13 December 2005 (20 years old)
- Registered office
- 8 Old Station Yard, Abingdon, OX14 3LD, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Emmott O'Hara | Director | Jan 1968 | 13 Dec 2005 | None |
| Mark Emmott O'Hara | Secretary | Not published | 1 Dec 2024 | – |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that its director runs no other company
- Both people who have been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£2,304
−12% from £2,623
Cash at bank
£7,547
+28% from £5,910
Employees (average)
2
Same as 2
Owed within a year
£16.4k
+7.6% from £15.3k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 4 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 05653052. 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
Mark O'Hara Financial’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
6 April 2016
- Mark Emmott O'Hara took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2006
20 April 2006
- Changed its registered name from "O'Hara Financial Services"
FCA register
2005
13 December 2005
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Mark Emmott O'hara appointed as a director
Companies House
2003
17 December 2003
- Became an appointed representative
- Began trading as "Financial Alliance"
FCA register
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
Firms connected to Mark O'Hara Financial
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Mark O'Hara Financial. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Mark O'Hara Financial
Other firms of the same type (mortgage adviser or broker), nearest first.
In Abingdon
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- 4 years of accounts, charted
- All 6 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