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 8 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2018
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2025
Responsible principal firm
Openwork Limited Reference number: 408285 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.
- Sandmartin Financial Services Limited (FRN 814747) is an AR of Openwork Limited (FRN 408285). When you use Sandmartin Financial Services's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Sandmartin 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
Suite 2, Britannia House, Brignell Road, Middlesbrough, TS2 1PS, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01642 432555 is
- Who else gives the postcode TS2 1PS
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Sandmartin Financial Advisers Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Openwork 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
- 11445275 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 3 July 2018 (8 years old)
- Registered office
- Suite 2 Britannia House Brignell Road, Riverside Park, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, TS2 1PS, England
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Stephen Sanderson | Director | Feb 1960 | 3 Jul 2018 | 3 other companies |
| Martin Derek Sharpe | Director | Aug 1966 | 3 Jul 2018 | None |
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
- 3
- closed down
- 1
- still active
- 2
In the full report: all 3 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
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£21.1k
+363% from £4,553
Cash at bank
£90.0k
+19% from £75.5k
Employees (average)
8
Same as 8
Owed within a year
£85.9k
+16% from £73.8k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 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 11445275. 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
Sandmartin Financial Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2018
25 July 2018
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
3 July 2018
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Ian Stephen Sanderson became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Martin Derek Sharpe became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 7 events
- All 7 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 2
Firms connected to Sandmartin Financial Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Sandmartin Financial Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 3
- no longer authorised
- 2
- share its postcode
- 3
In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (3)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Sandmartin Financial Services
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
In Middlesbrough
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- 3 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 7 events in its history
- 3 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