Mr William Conway
Reference number: 653324
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Authorisation being cancelled
Mr William Conway has asked the FCA to cancel their authorisation. It is still in force until the FCA processes the application, so existing business keeps its protection, but their regulated work is winding down.
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
Pontefract Van Centre, Wakefield Road, Featherstone, Pontefract, Wakefield, WF7 5BP, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When pontefractvancentre.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 07885 331886 is
- Who else gives the postcode WF7 5BP
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Pontefract Van Centre 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 websites (1)
- bondratecompare.co.uk
The FCA warning these came from
- Bond Rate Compare 20 August 2026
Scammers change these details often. Always check the live FCA warning.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- 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.
Show FCA detail (3 permissions)
- Credit Broking
- Debt Adjusting
- Debt-counselling
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.
Key dates in its history
Mr William Conway’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
20 August 2026
- FCA warned the public about a scam impersonating this firm
FCA warning list
2015
14 January 2015
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Applied to cancel its FCA authorisation
FCA register
In the full report: all 6 events
- All 6 events in its history (3 shown here)
Firms connected to Mr William Conway
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Mr William Conway. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Mr William Conway
Other firms of the same type (credit broker), nearest first.
In Pontefract
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- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 6 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, named, and who links them
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- FCA warning: Bond Rate Compare fca.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk