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 under a year
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2025
- 1 thing worth a closer look in the background checks
Responsible principal firm
NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY Reference number: 121878 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.
- Mentor Advisory Services Limited (FRN 1054855) is an AR of NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY (FRN 121878). When you use Mentor Advisory Services's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Mentor Advisory Services, 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
The Royal Bank Of Scotland Plc, 250 Bishopsgate, London, Tower Hamlets, EC2M 4AA, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- What kind of line 04578 88444 is
- Whether EC2M 4AA is a shared office: 24 other firms give it
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through National Westminster Bank Public Limited Company, 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
- 16896022 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 8 December 2025 (less than a year old)
- Registered office
- Pioneer House Pioneer Business Park, North Road, Ellesmere Port, United Kingdom, CH65 1AD, England
- Nature of business
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- Information technology consultancy activities (SIC 62020)
- Activities of head offices (SIC 70100)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gavin Christopher Wilson | Director | Apr 1982 | 17 Jun 2026 | None |
| Stephen Hinchliff | Director | Jul 1969 | 30 Sep 2026 | 1 other company |
| Rena Maria Vasiliou | Director | Dec 1987 | 30 Sep 2026 | 6 other companies |
Other companies run by these 3 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
- 7
- still active
- 7
In the full report: all 7 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Mentor Advisory Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
30 September 2026
- Aplus Bidco Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- National Westminster Bank PLC gave up control
Companies House
1 July 2026
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2025
8 December 2025
- Incorporated at Companies House
- National Westminster Bank PLC took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 12 events
- All 12 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 7
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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