Authorised by the FCA
Proto Tools is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
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
2 King Street, Links Lets Office, Behind OneCoffee1, Seahouses, Northumberland, NE68 7XP, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01665 720062 is
- Who else gives the postcode NE68 7XP
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.
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- Credit Broking
- Entering into regulated credit agreement as Lender (Excluding high-cost short-term credit, bill of sale agreement, and home collected credit agreement)
- Exercising/having right to exercise lender's rights and duties under a regulated credit agreement (excluding high-cost short-term credit, bill of sale agreement, and home collected credit agreement)
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.
Key dates in its history
Proto Tools’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
6 November 2023
- FCA recorded a standard requirement (Financial Promotions for own firm, ARs and other members of the group)
FCA register
2016
21 March 2016
- FCA recorded a standard requirement (No CBTL business unless registered)
FCA register
4 February 2016
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
Firms connected to Proto Tools
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Proto Tools. 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 Proto Tools
Other firms of the same type (lender), nearest first.
In the Newcastle (NE) postcode area
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- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 4 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
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk