Introducer appointed representative
This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.
Responsible principal firm
SME HCI Limited Reference number: 626422 View firm →What does this mean?
- An introducer appointed representative can only pass your details to its principal firm. It cannot recommend products, give financial advice, or arrange deals on its own.
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (FRN 914497) introduces customers to SME HCI Limited (FRN 626422). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust.
- Example: if University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust itself.
- 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
Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust, Tremona Road, Southampton, Hampshire, SO16 6YD, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 023 8077 7222 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode SO16 6YD
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through SME HCI 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.
Connected firms
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with this firm. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share its phone number
- 1
- share its postcode
- 2
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same phone number (1), the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
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Frequently asked questions about this firm
Is University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust FCA authorised?
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk