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 11 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2008
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2025
- On its latest accounts it owed £134k more than it owned
Responsible principal firm
AFS Compliance Ltd Reference number: 625035 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.
- Midlands Business Finance Solutions Ltd (FRN 672847) is an AR of AFS Compliance Ltd (FRN 625035). When you use Midlands Business Finance Solutions's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Midlands Business Finance Solutions, 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
181 Harvest Fields Way, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B75 5TJ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07764 229414 is
- Who else gives the postcode B75 5TJ
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Asset Finance Solutions Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through AFS Compliance 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, 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
- MIDLANDS BUSINESS FINANCE SOLUTIONS LIMITED
- Company number
- 06521484 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 3 March 2008 (18 years old)
- Registered office
- 88 Hill Village Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B75 5BE
- Nature of business
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- Activities of insurance agents and brokers (SIC 66220)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean Giblin | Director | Aug 1968 | 3 Mar 2008 | 1 other company |
| Lee Adrian Giblin | Director | Oct 1965 | 3 Mar 2008 | 1 other company |
| Jack Allen Giblin | Director | May 1999 | 22 Jan 2016 | 1 other company |
| Lee Giblin | Secretary | Not published | 3 Mar 2008 | – |
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
- 2
- closed down
- 1
- run together
- 1
In the full report: all 2 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
- The 1 company these 3 directors run together
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
−£134k
Down £52.3k from −£81.7k
Cash at bank
£2,680
Up £2,171 from £509
Owed within a year
£153k
+75% from £87.4k
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £134k more than it owned.
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 06521484. 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
Midlands Business Finance Solutions’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
6 April 2016
- Jean Giblin became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Lee Adrian Giblin became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2015
20 February 2015
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2008
3 March 2008
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 10 events
- All 10 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
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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