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 17 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2009
- Accounts filed up to 31 January 2026
Responsible principal firm
Mortgage Advice Bureau Limited Reference number: 455545 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.
- Mortgage Advice & Services Ltd (FRN 497660) is an AR of Mortgage Advice Bureau Limited (FRN 455545). When you use Mortgage Advice & Services's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Mortgage Advice & 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
54 Mill Hayes Road, Knypersley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST8 7BU, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01270 219015 is
- Who else gives the postcode ST8 7BU
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Mortgage Advice Bureau Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Wright Mortgage Services Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Mortgage Advice Bureau 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 number
- 06782738 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 5 January 2009 (17 years old)
- Registered office
- 54 Mill Hayes Road, Knypersley, Stoke On Trent, ST8 7BU, England
- Nature of business
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- Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 82990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Darren Wright | Director | Feb 1972 | 5 Jan 2009 | None |
| Lee Darren Wright | Secretary | Not published | 5 Jan 2009 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that its director runs no other company
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£40.5k
+9.3% from £37.1k
Profit before tax
£14.9k
+101% from £7,455
Employees (average)
1
Same as 1
Owed within a year
£8,871
+69% from £5,244
Turnover and profit
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2026
- Both charts, 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 06782738. 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
Mortgage Advice & Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
6 April 2016
- Lee Darren Wright took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2012
25 July 2012
- Changed its registered name from "Wright Mortgage Services Limited"
FCA register
2009
20 March 2009
- Began trading as "Mortgage Advice Bureau"
FCA register
13 March 2009
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
5 January 2009
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Lee Darren Wright appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
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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