Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
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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Phone number
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Address
Moneyfacts House, 66-70 Thorpe Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 1BJ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- When moneyfactscompare.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01603 476476 is
- Who else gives the postcode NR1 1BJ
Other names (4)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Companies Friend Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Moneyfacts Compare Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Moneyfactscompare.co.uk Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Savers Friend Trading name: A name it trades under now.
Warning
Scammers have impersonated this firm
Fraudsters have used this firm's name or details with their own contact information to appear genuine. Check whatever you were given below, and against the firm's real details above.
Fake phone numbers (1)
- 0800 048 8499
Fake email addresses (1)
- accounts@hsbc-gbm.com
The FCA warning these came from
- Moneyfacts 15 July 2020
Scammers change these details often. Always check the live FCA warning.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Advise on or arrange mortgages · Arrange equity release FSCS may applyMortgage advice and arranging may be FSCS-covered, up to the limit that applies.
- Investments & pensions FSCS may applyEligible investment and pension claims are typically FSCS-protected up to £85,000 per person, depending on the product and your circumstances.
- Lend or arrange credit No FSCS coverConsumer credit is not covered by the FSCS, so there is no compensation scheme if the firm fails.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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- Credit Broking
- Making arrangements with a view to a home purchase plan
- Making arrangements with a view to a home reversion plan
- Making arrangements with a view to regulated mortgage contracts
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
Limits on what they may do
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Not permitted to canvass off trade premises
The firm is not permitted to canvass regulated borrower-lender-supplier agreements or regulated consumer hire agreements off trade premises
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.
The clone warnings above are scammers using this firm's name, not something the firm has done.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- 06615303 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 10 June 2008 (18 years old)
- Registered office
- Matches the FCA register address ✓
- Nature of business
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- Other information service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 63990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| John Sandford Wisden Woods | Director | May 1946 | 2 Jul 2008 | 7 other companies |
| Nicola Alma Louise Lucking | Director | Mar 1950 | 19 Nov 2015 | 6 other companies |
| Stephen John Mitcham | Director | Oct 1963 | 24 Jun 2021 | 7 other companies |
| Victoria Angela Carter | Director | May 1979 | 11 Mar 2022 | 6 other companies |
| Robert Hayles | Director | Aug 1972 | 29 Nov 2024 | 2 other companies |
| Richard Ward | Director | Sep 1969 | 29 Nov 2024 | 1 other company |
| Victoria Angela Carter | Secretary | Not published | 29 Oct 2024 | – |
Other companies run by these 6 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
- 13
- closed down
- 5
- run together
- 6
In the full report: all 13 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 6 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 6 companies these 6 directors run together
- All 12 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Moneyfacts.co.uk’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2020
15 July 2020
- FCA warned the public about a scam impersonating this firm
FCA warning list
2016
6 April 2016
- Moneyfacts Group Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2014
3 December 2014
- FCA imposed a requirement (Not permitted to canvass off trade premises)
FCA register
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2008
11 September 2008
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
10 June 2008
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 33 events
- All 33 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 18
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- 13 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- All 33 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
- FCA warning: Moneyfacts fca.org.uk
- Check your FSCS cover fscs.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk