Status Financial Services Limited

Reference number: 412590

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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

Openwork Limited Reference number: 408285 Authorised 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.
  • Status Financial Services Limited (FRN 412590) is an AR of Openwork Limited (FRN 408285). When you use Status Financial Services's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
  • Example: if you take financial advice from Status 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.

  • No website on the FCA register

  • Phone number

    0330 460 9914

  • Address

    12 Schooner Walk, Upnor, Rochester, Kent, ME2 4GZ, United Kingdom

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  • What kind of line 0330 460 9914 is
  • Who else gives the postcode ME2 4GZ
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Other names (4)

If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.

  • Status Mortgage Services Trading name
  • Graham Andrew Sharkey Former name
  • Graham Sharkey Former name
  • Status Mortgage Services Limited Former name

FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Protection through the principal firm
    Protection 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, free
    You 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
08983516
Company status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
7 April 2014 (12 years old)
Registered office
12 Schooner Walk, Upnor, Rochester, ME2 4GZ, England
Nature of business
  • Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
  • Life insurance (SIC 65110)
  • Non-life insurance (SIC 65120)
  • Activities of insurance agents and brokers (SIC 66220)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
Graham Andrew Sharkey Director May 1978 7 Apr 2014 None

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  • Confirmation that its director runs no other company
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Filed accounts and finances

Year to 30 April 2026Micro-entity accountsNot audited

Net assets

£83

Down £18 from £101

Employees (average)

3

Same as 3

Owed within a year

£67.4k

−20% from £84.5k

Assets and liabilities

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  • Every year from 2019 to 2026
  • The chart, over every year
  • Every filed figure, year by year
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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 08983516. 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

Status Financial Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

2017

7 April 2017

  • Graham Andrew Sharkey took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

2015

14 April 2015

  • Changed its registered name from "Status Mortgage Services Limited"

FCA register

20 March 2015

  • Changed its registered name from "Graham Andrew Sharkey"

FCA register

2014

7 April 2014

  • Incorporated at Companies House
  • Graham Andrew Sharkey appointed as a director

Companies House

2012

22 May 2012

  • Changed its registered name from "Graham Sharkey"

FCA register

2009

10 November 2009

  • Changed its registered name from "Status Mortgage Services"
  • Began trading as "Status Mortgage Services"

FCA register

2004

31 October 2004

  • Became an appointed representative

FCA register

Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.

Firms like Status Financial Services

Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.

In Rochester

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Status Financial Services Limited FCA authorised?
Status Financial Services Limited (FRN 412590) is not directly authorised. It is an appointed representative acting under the responsibility of a directly authorised principal firm.
What does appointed representative mean for Status Financial Services?
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. Status Financial Services Limited (FRN 412590) is an AR of Openwork Limited (FRN 408285). When you use Status Financial Services's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm. Example: if you take financial advice from Status 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.
What is Status Financial Services’ phone number?
The FCA register lists the phone number 0330 460 9914 for Status Financial Services. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.
Is Status Financial Services a scam or clone?
Status Financial Services is a genuine FCA-listed firm, and the FCA has published no warnings about fake versions of it. Scammers do copy real firms, though, so check that any contact details you were given match the ones on the register.
Is my money safe with Status Financial Services?
Protection works through Openwork Limited, the principal firm responsible for Status Financial Services's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
Who owns Status Financial Services?
Companies House lists one person with significant control of Status Financial Services: Mr Graham Andrew Sharkey (75–100% of shares).
Who runs Status Financial Services?
Companies House lists one director of Status Financial Services: Graham Andrew Sharkey.
How long has Status Financial Services been in business?
The company was formed on 7 April 2014.
What do Status Financial Services’ latest accounts show?
Its latest accounts, to 30 April 2026, show net assets of £83 (down £18 from £101).
Does Status Financial Services use any other names?
It trades as Status Mortgage Services. It has previously used 3 other names: Graham Andrew Sharkey, Graham Sharkey and Status Mortgage Services Limited.

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