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 22 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2003
- Accounts filed up to 31 October 2025
Responsible principal firm
Mortgage Advice Bureau Limited Reference number: 455545 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.
- Town Centre Mortgages (Basingstoke) Ltd (FRN 409805) is an AR of Mortgage Advice Bureau Limited (FRN 455545). When you use Town Centre Mortgages (Basingstoke)'s services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Town Centre Mortgages (Basingstoke), 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
2A Church Street, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 7QE, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01256 844881 is
- Who else gives the postcode RG21 7QE
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Mortgage Advice Bureau Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Town Centre Mortgages Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Mortgage Advice Bureau 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 name
- TOWN CENTRE MORTGAGES (BASINGSTOKE) LIMITED
- Company number
- 04854300 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 1 August 2003 (23 years old)
- Registered office
- 2a Church Street, Church Street, Basingstoke, RG21 7QE, England
- Nature of business
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- Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 66190)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Martin Smith | Director | Sep 1960 | 1 Aug 2003 | 1 other company |
| Teresa Isabel Smith | Secretary | Not published | 1 Oct 2009 | – |
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
- closed down
- 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
- All 2 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£33.0k
−15% from £38.7k
Cash at bank
£18.6k
−15% from £21.9k
Employees (average)
2
Same as 2
Owed within a year
£77.1k
−21% from £97.7k
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 04854300. 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
Town Centre Mortgages (Basingstoke)’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
1 August 2016
- Paul Martin Smith took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2004
31 October 2004
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2003
1 August 2003
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 6 events
- All 6 events in its history (3 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