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 22 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2002
- Accounts filed up to 30 April 2025
- On its latest accounts it owed £37.4k more than it owned
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.
- Signature Mortgages Limited (FRN 411418) is an AR of Openwork Limited (FRN 408285). When you use Signature Mortgages's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Signature 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
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
90 Dowson Road, Hyde, Cheshire, SK14 5BN, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07815 123135 is
- Who else gives the postcode SK14 5BN
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Signature Group Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Signature Mortgages Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
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
- 04367697 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 6 February 2002 (24 years old)
- Registered office
- Office 1,1st Floor 41-43 Liverpool Road, Cadishead, Manchester, M44 5BQ, England
- Nature of business
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- Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding (SIC 66290)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Anthony Jeffries | Director | Jul 1973 | 31 Jan 2008 | 2 other companies |
Other companies run by its director
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
- 2
- closed down
- 2
In the full report: all 2 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 4 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
−£37.4k
Down £7,025 from −£30.4k
Employees (average)
1
No earlier figure to compare
Owed within a year
£33.6k
+87% from £18.0k
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £37.4k more than it owned.
The accounts for the year to 30 April 2025 do not tag turnover in a form that can be read automatically, so it is not shown. The last tagged figure is £80.7k, for the year to 30 April 2022.
Net assets
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2025
- Both charts, 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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 04367697. 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
Signature Mortgages’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
23 August 2023
- Changed its registered name from "Signature Mortgages Ltd"
FCA register
2017
1 February 2017
- David Anthony Jeffries took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2008
13 February 2008
- Changed its registered name from "Signature Group"
FCA register
31 January 2008
- Board replaced: its only director left and 2 new directors took over
Companies House
2007
8 August 2007
- Changed its registered name from "Signature Mortgages Limited"
FCA register
2004
31 October 2004
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2002
6 February 2002
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 14 events
- All 14 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 7
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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