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 19 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2006
- Accounts filed up to 30 April 2025
Responsible principal firm
ValidPath Limited Reference number: 197107 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 Concepts Associates Ltd (FRN 464837) is an AR of ValidPath Limited (FRN 197107). When you use Mortgage Concepts Associates's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Mortgage Concepts Associates, 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
60 St Martins Lane, Covent Garden, London, WC2N 4JS, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07818 046993 is
- Who else gives the postcode WC2N 4JS
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through ValidPath 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
- 05694058 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 1 February 2006 (20 years old)
- Registered office
- 1 Lane End, Barrs Lane, Charmouth, Dorset, DT6 6PS, United Kingdom
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Vaughan Richards | Director | Apr 1957 | 1 Feb 2006 | 2 other companies |
| Susan Jane Richards | Secretary | Not published | 1 Feb 2006 | – |
Other companies run by its director
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
- still active
- 2
In the full report: all 2 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£47.7k
−8.5% from £52.1k
Employees (average)
2
Same as 2
Owed within a year
£1,433
−92% from £18.1k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 05694058. 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 Concepts Associates’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
6 April 2016
- Michael Vaughan Richards took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2007
6 March 2007
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2006
1 February 2006
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Michael Vaughan Richards appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
Firms connected to Mortgage Concepts Associates
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Mortgage Concepts Associates. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share its postcode
- 2
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Mortgage Concepts Associates
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In the Central London (WC) postcode area
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- 2 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 4 events in its history
- 2 connected firms, 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