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 1 year
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2025
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2026
- 1 thing worth a closer look in the background checks
Responsible principal firm
New Leaf Distribution Limited Reference number: 460421 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.
- MSP Financial Solutions Ltd (FRN 1033031) is an AR of New Leaf Distribution Limited (FRN 460421). When you use MSP Financial Solutions's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from MSP Financial Solutions, 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
Also given by a firm that is no longer authorised. Check you are dealing with the firm on this page.
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Address
71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, Camden, WC2H 9JQ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- What kind of line 01702 431130 is, and the 155 other firms that give it
- Whether WC2H 9JQ is a shared office: 190 other firms give it
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through New Leaf Distribution 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
- 16356154 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 1 April 2025 (1 year old)
- Registered office
- 71-75 Shelton Street Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Activities of mortgage finance companies (SIC 64922)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donovan Ross Mawson | Director | Aug 1996 | 1 Apr 2025 | 1 other company |
| Michael James Perrin | Director | Oct 1973 | 1 Apr 2025 | 1 other company |
| Christopher John Sykes | Director | Dec 1994 | 1 Apr 2025 | None |
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
- 2
- still active
- 2
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 2 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 one on the FCA register
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
£135k
No earlier figure to compare
Cash at bank
£269k
No earlier figure to compare
Owed within a year
£144k
No earlier figure to compare
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 16356154. 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
MSP Financial Solutions’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
22 May 2025
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
1 April 2025
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Christopher John Sykes became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Donovan Ross Mawson became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Michael James Perrin became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 8 events
- All 8 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
Firms connected to MSP Financial Solutions
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with MSP Financial Solutions. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 12
- share its phone number
- 12
- past link
- 1
In the full report: all 12 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same phone number (12)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like MSP Financial Solutions
Other firms of the same type (pension transfer adviser), nearest first.
In London
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- 2 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- All 8 events in its history
- 12 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