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 13 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2013
- Accounts filed up to 30 April 2025
- On its latest accounts it owed £10.1k more than it owned
Responsible principal firm
Top House Mortgage Solutions Limited Reference number: 484706 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.
- The Equity Release Company (UK) Ltd (FRN 604632) is an AR of Top House Mortgage Solutions Limited (FRN 484706). When you use The Equity Release Company (UK)'s services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from The Equity Release Company (UK), 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
10 Lowside, Outwell, Wisbech, Norfolk, PE14 8RE, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01945 01945 is
- Who else gives the postcode PE14 8RE
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- The Equity Release Company Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Top House 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
- 08486071 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 12 April 2013 (13 years old)
- Registered office
- Victoria House Lowside, Outwell, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE14 8RE
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simon John Compton | Director | May 1974 | 1 Aug 2013 | None |
| Jane Anne Sutton | Director | Apr 1965 | 1 Aug 2013 | 8 other companies |
Other companies run by these 2 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
- 8
- closed down
- 4
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 8 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- All 4 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
−£10.1k
Down £6,310 from −£3,788
Employees (average)
0
Same as 0
Owed within a year
£14.9k
−5.6% from £15.8k
Total equity is negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £10.1k more than it owned.
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2025
- 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 08486071. 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
The Equity Release Company (UK)’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
13 April 2016
- Jane Anne Sutton became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Simon John Compton became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2013
18 July 2013
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
12 April 2013
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 11 events
- All 11 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 6
Firms connected to The Equity Release Company (UK)
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with The Equity Release Company (UK). A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share a director
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: shared directors (1), the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like The Equity Release Company (UK)
Other firms of the same type (mortgage adviser or broker), nearest first.
In Wisbech
In the Peterborough (PE) postcode area
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- 8 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 11 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, 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