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 1 year
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2023
- Accounts filed up to 31 January 2026
- On its latest accounts it owed £8,269 more than it owned
Responsible principal firm
Connect IFA Ltd Reference number: 441505 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.
- TJ BROOKES LTD (FRN 1033216) is an AR of Connect IFA Ltd (FRN 441505). When you use TJ BROOKES's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from TJ BROOKES, 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
4 Greenacre Mews, Leigh-On-Sea, Southend-On-Sea, SS9 3EW, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07722 007562 is
- Who else gives the postcode SS9 3EW
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Pledge Mortgages Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Connect IFA 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
- 14611371 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 23 January 2023 (3 years old)
- Registered office
- 4 Greenacre Mews, Leigh-On-Sea, SS9 3EW, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith James Barnes | Director | Dec 1967 | 23 Jan 2023 | 12 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
- 12
- closed down
- 7
- went insolvent
- 2
In the full report: all 12 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
- The 2 that went into liquidation or administration
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
−£8,269
Down £8,369 from £100
Employees (average)
0
No earlier figure to compare
Owed within a year
£12.3k
No earlier figure to compare
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £8,269 more than it owned.
Net assets
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 14611371. 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
Tj Brookes’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
13 March 2026
- Began trading as "Pledge Mortgages"
FCA register
2025
8 July 2025
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2023
23 January 2023
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Keith James Barnes took control (75–100% of shares)
- Keith James Barnes appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
Firms like Tj Brookes
Other firms of the same type (mortgage adviser or broker), nearest first.
In Leigh-On-Sea
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- 2 background checks on its contact details
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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