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.
Responsible principal firm
Optimum Commercial Solutions Ltd Reference number: 808754 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.
- Seeker Specialist Mortgages Limited (FRN 1018188) is an AR of Optimum Commercial Solutions Ltd (FRN 808754). When you use Seeker Specialist Mortgages's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Seeker Specialist Mortgages, 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
Samson & Hercules House, 15 Tombland, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1HF, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07515 638175 is
- Who else gives the postcode NR3 1HF
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Optimum Commercial Solutions Ltd, 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
- 15636976 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 11 April 2024 (2 years old)
- Registered office
- Samson & Hercules House, 15, Tombland, Norwich, NR3 1HF, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Peter Alger | Director | Sep 1982 | 11 Apr 2024 | 6 other companies |
| Oliver James Dack | Director | Aug 1983 | 11 Apr 2024 | 6 other companies |
| Mark Oliver Duffield | Director | Jul 1952 | 11 Apr 2024 | 9 other companies |
| Mark Oliver Duffield | Secretary | Not published | 11 Apr 2024 | – |
Other companies run by these 3 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
- 16
- closed down
- 5
- are FCA-registered
- 2
In the full report: all 16 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 2 on the FCA register
- The 3 companies these 3 directors run together
Key dates in its history
Seeker Specialist Mortgages’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
3 September 2024
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
11 April 2024
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Mortgage Seeker Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 6 events
- All 6 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
Firms connected to Seeker Specialist Mortgages
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Seeker Specialist Mortgages. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share a director
- 2
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (2), the same postcode (1)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Seeker Specialist Mortgages
Other firms of the same type (mortgage adviser or broker), nearest first.
In Norwich
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- 16 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 6 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