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 19 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2015
- Accounts filed up to 31 January 2026
Responsible principal firm
STONEBRIDGE MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS LIMITED Reference number: 454811 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.
- Step by Step Mortgages Limited (FRN 463906) is an AR of STONEBRIDGE MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS LIMITED (FRN 454811). When you use Step by Step Mortgages's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Step by Step 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
Richmond House Lawnswood Business Park, Lawnswood Business Park, Redvers Close, Leeds, Leeds, LS16 6QY, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07779 024483 is
- Who else gives the postcode LS16 6QY
Other names (5)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Step by Step incorporating T.T Finance & Mortgage Services Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Step by Step incorporating T.T Finance & Mortgage Services Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Step by Step Mortgages Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Terry Teasdale Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- T.T Finance & Mortgage Services Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Stonebridge Mortgage Solutions 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
- 09410466 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 28 January 2015 (11 years old)
- Registered office
- Richmond House Lawnswood Business Park, Redvers Close, Leeds, LS16 6QY, England
- Nature of business
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- Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 82990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret James | Director | Mar 1972 | 28 Jan 2015 | 1 other company |
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 company
- 1
- still active
- 1
In the full report: all 1 company, 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
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£1,426
+18% from £1,213
Employees (average)
2
+100% from 1
Owed within a year
£53.3k
+2.5% from £52.0k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2026
- 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 09410466. 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
Step by Step Mortgages’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
15 September 2025
- Changed its registered name from "Step by Step Mortgages Ltd"
FCA register
2018
9 January 2018
- Changed its registered name from "Step by Step incorporating T.T Finance & Mortgage Services Ltd"
FCA register
2016
17 June 2016
- Changed its registered name from "Step by Step incorporating T.T Finance & Mortgage Services"
FCA register
6 April 2016
- Margaret James took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
10 February 2016
- Changed its registered name from "Terry Teasdale"
FCA register
2015
28 January 2015
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
2007
13 February 2007
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
In the full report: all 10 events
- All 10 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 1
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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