Introducer appointed representative
Scott Kimblin can only introduce you to their principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.
- Appointed for under a year
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- 1 thing worth a closer look in the background checks
Responsible principal firm
PHOENIX FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS LIMITED Reference number: 539195 View firm →What does this mean?
- An introducer appointed representative can only pass your details to its principal firm. It cannot recommend products, give financial advice, or arrange deals on its own.
- Scott Kimblin (FRN 1062118) introduces customers to PHOENIX FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS LIMITED (FRN 539195). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Scott Kimblin.
- Example: if Scott Kimblin refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Scott Kimblin itself.
- 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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Phone number
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Address
5 Cartmel Close, Bolton, Bolton, BL3 4SS, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- When sleekgardenrooms.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 07496 162096 is
- Who else gives the postcode BL3 4SS
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Sleek Garden Rooms Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Phoenix Financial Consultants 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.
Key dates in its history
Scott Kimblin’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
3 September 2026
- Became an introducer appointed representative
- Began trading as "Sleek Garden Rooms"
FCA register
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
Firms like Scott Kimblin
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In Bolton
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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