Wales Audit Office

Reference number: 1037008

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Introducer appointed representative

Wales Audit Office can only introduce you to their principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.

Responsible principal firm

SME HCI Limited Reference number: 626422 Authorised 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.
  • Wales Audit Office (FRN 1037008) introduces customers to SME HCI Limited (FRN 626422). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Wales Audit Office.
  • Example: if Wales Audit Office refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Wales Audit Office 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.

In the full report: 3 background checks

  • When audit.wales first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 07799 133475 is
  • Who else gives the postcode CF10 4BZ
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Other names (1)

If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.

  • Audit Wales Trading name

FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Protection through the principal firm
    Protection 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, free
    You 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.

Key dates in its history

Wales Audit Office’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

2025

4 July 2025

  • Became an introducer appointed representative
  • Began trading as "Audit Wales"

FCA register

Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.

Firms connected to Wales Audit Office

Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Wales Audit Office. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.

connected firms
4
no longer authorised
1
share its postcode
4

In the full report: all 4 connected firms, named

  • How each is linked: the same postcode (4)
  • Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
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  • 3 background checks on its contact details
  • All 2 events in its history
  • 4 connected firms, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Wales Audit Office FCA authorised?
Wales Audit Office (FRN 1037008) is not directly authorised. It is an appointed representative acting under the responsibility of a directly authorised principal firm.
What does introducer appointed representative mean for Wales Audit Office?
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. Wales Audit Office (FRN 1037008) introduces customers to SME HCI Limited (FRN 626422). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Wales Audit Office. Example: if Wales Audit Office refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Wales Audit Office 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.
What is Wales Audit Office’s phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 07799 133475 and the website audit.wales for Wales Audit Office. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.
Is Wales Audit Office a scam or clone?
Wales Audit Office is a genuine FCA-listed firm, and the FCA has published no warnings about fake versions of it. Scammers do copy real firms, though, so check that any contact details you were given match the ones on the register.
Is my money safe with Wales Audit Office?
Protection works through SME HCI Limited, the principal firm responsible for Wales Audit Office's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
Does Wales Audit Office use any other names?
It trades as Audit Wales.

Sources and links

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