Mortgage Seeker Limited
Reference number: 201336
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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.
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 Seeker Limited (FRN 201336) is an AR of Mortgage Advice Bureau Limited (FRN 455545). When you use Mortgage Seeker's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Mortgage Seeker, 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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Phone number
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Address
Mortgage Seeker Ltd, 18 Hall Quay, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 1HP, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When mortgageadvicebureau.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01493 844855 is
- Who else gives the postcode NR30 1HP
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Mortgage Advice Bureau Trading name: A name it trades under now.
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
- 03721415 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 25 February 1999 (27 years old)
- Registered office
- 18 Hall Quay, Great Yarmouth, NR30 1HP, England
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Oliver Duffield | Director | Jul 1952 | 25 Feb 1999 | 12 other companies |
| Stephen Peter Alger | Director | Sep 1982 | 20 May 2009 | 6 other companies |
| Oliver James Dack | Director | Aug 1983 | 7 Oct 2015 | 6 other companies |
| Mark Oliver Duffield | Secretary | Not published | 25 Feb 1999 | 12 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
- 21
- closed down
- 10
- are FCA-registered
- 2
In the full report: all 21 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 2 on the FCA register
- The 3 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 6 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Mortgage Seeker’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2020
14 September 2020
- Alger Limited became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
- Stephen Peter Alger stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Duffield Limited became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Stephen Peter Alger became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
1999
22 June 1999
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
25 February 1999
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 14 events
- All 14 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 7
Firms connected to Mortgage Seeker
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Mortgage Seeker. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share a director
- 2
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Mortgage Seeker
Other firms of the same type (mortgage adviser or broker), nearest first.
In the Norwich (NR) postcode area
Firms are listed by type and location, best known first. Being listed is not a recommendation: check any firm before you deal with it.
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- 21 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 14 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