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 8 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2018
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2026
Responsible principal firm
AFS Compliance Ltd Reference number: 625035 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.
- SWAN COMMERCIAL FINANCE LIMITED (FRN 794881) is an AR of AFS Compliance Ltd (FRN 625035). When you use SWAN COMMERCIAL FINANCE's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from SWAN COMMERCIAL FINANCE, 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
The Oaks, Crayke, York, YO61 4TQ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07812 069053 is
- Who else gives the postcode YO61 4TQ
Other names (6)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Fortus Business Finance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Fortus Property Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Ice3 Property Finance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Synergy Commercial Finance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Richard Swan Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Swan Commercial Finance Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through AFS Compliance 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
- 11570150 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 14 September 2018 (8 years old)
- Registered office
- The Oaks, Crayke, York, YO61 4TQ, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Swan | Director | Aug 1979 | 14 Sep 2018 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that its director runs no other company
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£50.0k
+144% from £20.5k
Cash at bank
£35.9k
+50% from £24.0k
Employees (average)
1
Same as 1
Owed within a year
£23.4k
−30% from £33.6k
Net assets
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 11570150. 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
Swan Commercial Finance’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
31 July 2024
- Changed its registered name from "Swan Commercial Finance Ltd"
FCA register
2019
18 January 2019
- Changed its registered name from "Richard Swan"
FCA register
2018
14 September 2018
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Richard Swan took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2017
23 November 2017
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
In the full report: all 10 events
- All 10 events in its history (5 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