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 28 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2020
- Accounts filed up to 5 April 2025
Responsible principal firm
Sesame Limited Reference number: 150427 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.
- QD Mortgage & Financial Services Limited (FRN 188682) is an AR of Sesame Limited (FRN 150427). When you use QD Mortgage & Financial Services's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from QD Mortgage & Financial Services, 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
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Address
Charter House, Courtlands Road, Eastbourne, BN22 8UY, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01323 646062 is
- Who else gives the postcode BN22 8UY
Other names (3)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Mark Weeks Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Quality Direct Insurance & Financial Services Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Quality Direct Mortgage & Financial Services Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Sesame 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
- 12459219 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 12 February 2020 (6 years old)
- Registered office
- Suite 3 Courtlands Road, Charter House Unit 1, Eastbourne, BN22 8UY, England
- Nature of business
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- Activities of mortgage finance companies (SIC 64922)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Ian Weeks | Director | May 1974 | 12 Feb 2020 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that its director runs no other company
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£14.9k
+80% from £8,256
Employees (average)
2
Same as 2
Owed within a year
£12.2k
−29% from £17.2k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 5 years of accounts
- Every year from 2021 to 2025
- The chart, over every year
- Every filed figure, year by year
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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 12459219. 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
QD Mortgage & Financial Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2021
4 November 2021
- Changed its registered name from "Quality Direct Mortgage & Financial Services"
FCA register
2020
12 February 2020
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Carl Ian Weeks took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2015
2 September 2015
- Changed its registered name from "Mark Weeks"
FCA register
2014
29 July 2014
- Changed its registered name from "Quality Direct Insurance & Financial Services"
FCA register
1998
10 July 1998
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
In the full report: all 9 events
- All 9 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 1
Firms connected to QD Mortgage & Financial Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with QD Mortgage & Financial Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share its postcode
- 2
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like QD Mortgage & Financial Services
Other firms of the same type (mortgage adviser or broker), nearest first.
In the Brighton (BN) 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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- Every company its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 5 years of accounts, charted
- All 9 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