Authorisation being cancelled
This firm has asked the FCA to cancel its authorisation. It is still in force until the FCA processes the application, so existing business keeps its protection, but its 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
O S B Group, Exchange Court, 1 Brabourne Avenue, Wolverhampton Business Park, Wolverhampton, WV10 6AU, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When prestigefinance.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0333 240 6114 is
- Who else gives the postcode WV10 6AU
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Prestige Personal Finance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Advise on or arrange mortgages FSCS may applyMortgage advice and arranging may be FSCS-covered, up to the limit that applies.
- 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.
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- Administering a regulated mortgage contract
- Entering into a regulated mortgage contract as lender
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
- 01080632 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 7 November 1972 (53 years old)
- Registered office
- The Observatory Brunel Way, Dock Road, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4AF, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Other credit granting not elsewhere classified (SIC 64929)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria Jane Sullivan-Hyde | Director | Jun 1976 | 4 Jul 2025 | 14 other companies |
| Matthew Baillie | Director | Jan 1984 | 10 Sep 2025 | 1 other company |
| Melanie Mann | Secretary | Not published | 2 Jun 2023 | – |
Other companies run by these 2 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
- 14
- closed down
- 2
- are FCA-registered
- 4
In the full report: all 14 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 4 on the FCA register
- The 1 company these 2 directors run together
- All 12 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Prestige Finance’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
6 April 2016
- Onesavings Bank PLC took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
21 March 2016
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Applied to cancel its FCA authorisation
FCA register
1972
7 November 1972
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 27 events
- All 27 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 19
Firms connected to Prestige Finance
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Prestige Finance. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 4
- share a director
- 4
- share its postcode
- 2
In the full report: all 4 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (4), the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Prestige Finance
Other firms of the same type (mortgage lender), nearest first.
In Wolverhampton
Elsewhere in the UK
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- 14 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 27 events in its history
- 4 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
- Check your FSCS cover fscs.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk