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 10 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2016
- Accounts filed up to 28 February 2025
Responsible principal firm
STONEBRIDGE MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS LIMITED Reference number: 454811 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.
- Utopia Financial Services Ltd (FRN 735134) is an AR of STONEBRIDGE MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS LIMITED (FRN 454811). When you use Utopia Financial Services's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Utopia Financial Services, 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
12 Houghton Close, Asfordby Hill, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE14 3QL, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07505 279603 is
- Who else gives the postcode LE14 3QL
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Christopher Dolby Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Stonebridge 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
- 09983576 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 2 February 2016 (10 years old)
- Registered office
- 22a Burton Street, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1AF, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Activities of mortgage finance companies (SIC 64922)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher James Dolby | Director | Apr 1975 | 2 Feb 2016 | 1 other company |
| Karen Dolby | Director | Mar 1965 | 6 Apr 2018 | None |
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 company
- 1
- still active
- 1
In the full report: all 1 company, 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
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£5,418
+71% from £3,177
Employees (average)
1
Same as 1
Owed within a year
£4,235
−11% from £4,777
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 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 09983576. 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
Utopia Financial Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2018
6 April 2018
- Karen Dolby became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2017
17 August 2017
- Changed its registered name from "Christopher Dolby"
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Christopher James Dolby became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2 February 2016
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Became an appointed representative
Companies House · FCA register
In the full report: all 9 events
- All 9 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 2
Firms like Utopia Financial Services
Other firms of the same type (mortgage adviser or broker), nearest first.
In Melton Mowbray
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- 1 other company its directors have run, named
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- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 9 events in its history
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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